Last week in right-wing trolling

Presenting the worst takes on the Chinese spy balloon

What if the real Chinese spy balloon was the unfounded Armageddon scenarios we imagined along the way?

Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich

The Chinese Communist balloons could be trial runs for low visibility deliver of devastating EMP weapons. Read Bill Forstchen’s One Second After for a vivid, accurate demonstration of how devastating these balloons could be. This is madness.

Acyn @Acyn

Watters: The next balloon might be filled with another virus. Pop, droplets all over, we are all on ventilators again. How do we know the next balloon isn’t loaded with Bioweapons

Pro-Trump troll forum The_Donald weighs in with the “real reason’ Biden wouldn’t shoot down the balloon—diversity, inclusion and … Ukraine?

Notable figures in the Trump administration either didn’t know about the Chinese spy balloons, or they lied to protect Trump.

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Former DNI John Ratcliffe on claims that Chinese Spy balloons occupied airspace during Trump admin: “I can refute it. Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper refuted it yesterday. Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo has refuted it.”

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec

BREAKING: Reporter @BrookeSingman spoke with Esper, Bolton, Grenell and other DOD and intel officials who all deny the anonymous reports of Chinese spy balloons during the Trump administration

Once evidence emerged that Chinese spy balloons did fly over the United States while Trump was president, the narrative shifted to blaming the “Deep State” for hiding this from Trump. There is, of course, no evidence for this. (The reality is they weren’t discovered until after Biden took office, but it wasn’t incompetence that led Trump officials to miss this, right? It was the “Deep State” undermining them!)

Tosca Austen @ToscaAusten

Trump the 🍊 scapegoat was whipped out to rescue Joe from the balloon fiasco. The lies went up in flames and illuminated a serious breach in command in the Trump admin. Generals in the Trump era were in place to WATCH him for the deep state, not to safeguard America.

@amuse @amuse

SHOCK: The Pentagon just announced that Chinese Spy Balloons violated US airspace during Trump's presidency to justify their current inaction. The Deep State is real and they continue to try to harm the former president...

Tom Fitton @TomFitton

It would be yet another reason to court martial Milley. #Seditionist

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec

Did Chinese spy balloons fly near the US during the Trump administration and Milley deliberately withheld the intel from the White House?

The missing context here is Milley “called China” because they were worried Trump would start WWIII via unhinged tweet.

DC_Draino @DC_Draino

General Mattis didn’t tell President Trump about Chinese spy balloons when he was Secretary of Defense Gen. Milley *called China* behind Trump’s back and promised we wouldn’t attack them Just how many of our senior military leaders are compromised by Communist China?!

I find the graphics on this one as offensive as the message itself.

Steve Retired Texas Pragmatist @SteveTexasBest

Marky Mark Milley is a COWARD & TRAITOR!!!

And they’ll tell him, “Q sent us.”

General™️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇸🦅 @TheGeneral_0

The first thing that needs to happen when a Conservative becomes president, is to fire and then arrest this POS for treason.

Now, behold, the worst take of all. It wasn’t a “Chinese” balloon. It was a “Deep State” balloon. Okay then!

Łitecoin Bull | The News Before The News! @litecoin_bull

That balloon you saw fake news was in o it. As we said "Chinese" lol Pull the other one It's a Deep State EMP Electromagnetic Pulse Military Weapons doing Test Runs. White Hats in charge took care of the situation. Lcb 🙏

Very serious members of the House GOP will wrap this up for us.

Kevin McCarthy @SpeakerMcCarthy

First Biden refused to defend our borders. Now he won’t defend our skies.

Imagine if Jim Jordan had to explain what he’s implying here beyond what he wrote in this tweet. So what if it did, Jim? What would that prove?

Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan

Did the Chinese spy balloon fly over the Chinese-funded Penn Biden Center?

Thanks to Kevin McCarthy, MTG is now one of the most powerful members of the House GOP. She says Joe Biden is “owned” by China and implies he couldn’t shoot down the balloon because the Chinese wouldn’t let him.

Breitbart News @BreitbartNews

MTG Bursts BIDEN'S BALLOON: "He's Owned by China!"

I refuse to treat an unserious caucus seriously.

Until next time…