Former Republican campaign strategist Steve Schmidt went on a massive tweetstorm on Sunday, attacking what he called the "Fox News Sewer" for coordinating a smear campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris over a harmless Memorial Day tweet about the holiday weekend.
On Sunday morning, a Fox News host became absolutely unglued over one tweet by Harris -- one of several the vice president posted -- and the right-wing pile-on began with regular Twitter outrage-instigators, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) also jumping on the bandwagon.
That appears to have set off of Schmidt who expressed his disgust with the conservatives making a big deal about patriotism after they encouraged the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6th.
As Schmidt tweeted, "Fox News is the most divisive, dishonest and damaging institution in the United States. It has poisoned our democracy with conspiracy theories and lies while stoking division and fear. The latest nonsense attacking @VP for wishing the American people a long weekend is a great case study."
He then proceeded to make his case in a series of tweets that you can read below:
case study. It does seem like perfect evidence around the enduring insight, apocryphally credited to Upton Sinclair, that when \u201cfascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross\u201d. The only outrage about @VP wishing Americans a good long 2/— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622391697
That cause is freedom and democracy. The people attacking @vp are the same people who helped incite an insurrection against the United States and ended the peaceful transition of power in this country. The people attacking @VP are the same people who poisoned faith and belief 4/— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622391698
and surf of the killing grounds where the forces of freedom died to destroy the evil of Nazi tyranny. He remarked that was what the young men who sacrificed everything gave their lives for. They died for freedom and surrendered their lives so we could live in freedom, joy and 6/— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622391698
@vp didn\u2019t dishonor those men though they have been dishonored. Their sacrifice has been disgraced and great violence has been done to the dignity of their memory as well as the nation they died for by a despicable faction of Americans that has turned against democracy in the— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622391699
Look for outrage if that is what you are on the hunt for this weekend. You won\u2019t find it in the weekend good wishes from our @VP. Have a good weekend.— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622391700
( Sinclair Lewis not Upton Sinclair) **— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1622392241
