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Scott Walker's Truly awful Take From the Dark Side

2/28/2022

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Scott Walker thinks Joe Biden should personally take up arms to defend our southern border. From where did he share that ridiculous little nugget of an idea? Disney World. Really.

(These tweets were sent 3 hours apart.) pic.twitter.com/vTU9epK9vT

— Josh Klemons □ (@jlemonsk) February 27, 2022
Last weekend, Scott Walker made a trip to Star Wars Galaxy Edge at Disney World's Hollywood Studios. Maybe he went to pay homage to his childhood hero and personal role model Darth Vader. Maybe he just needed a way to fill the days while not serving as Wisconsin's Governor. 

While it's not clear what he loves most about the leader of the evil empire - perhaps it’s his icy-cold cyborg personality or his lack of empathy for everyday people - we do know one thing: Scott Walker found inspiration lurking in the dark side.

That inspiration led Walker to take a moment from his tour to drop this ridiculous tweet. 

If only @JoeBiden was as passionate about defending our borders □□ as Ukrainian President @ZelenskyyUa is about defending his borders. □□ pic.twitter.com/EpOwlEQNXv

— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) February 27, 2022
This tweet is bad — on so many levels. Not only is he glorifying Ukrainian suffering - but he’s using that suffering to compare an illegitimate occupation from foreign forces with a border crisis largely manufactured by right-wing media and talking heads... like Walker himself. 

The people entering Ukraine are doing so with tanks and missiles. The people at our southern border are refugees looking for a better life. Needless to say, there’s not too much in common between those two groups.

Part of us wants to be thankful that Walker isn’t praising Putin like other Republicans (looking at you Trump and Tucker Carlson) - but nonetheless, this tweet is disgusting - even more so when you know it’s coming from the “most magical place on earth.”

For context his southern border tweet was sent just 3 hours after this tweet:

Checking out the new @starwars ride at @DisneyStudios pic.twitter.com/4twA0lEckN

— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) February 27, 2022
Have no fear though, just like in the galaxy far, far away, the dark side is strong, but the side of light and Resistance is stronger.

In this galaxy though, we fight not
with lightsabers and lasers, but with quote tweets and Twitter dunks. We rounded up some of the best and most memorable smackdowns of this truly awful and absurd tweet for your enjoyment: 
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Calling out Walker’s past meetings with Russian spies

Here is @ScottWalker with convicted Russian spy Maria Butina.

The man he’s with is Alexander Torshin, a Russian mobster who infiltrated the NRA. pic.twitter.com/A8HxfhbX6U

— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) February 28, 2022

Ever wonder who funds the GOP empire? This Twitter user has answers.

Scott Walker #KochNetwork https://t.co/uJXZpn9V5U

— seeshell (@Tentoads4truth) February 27, 2022

​Trump doesn’t seem too willing to take up arms - we’re guessing Walker wouldn’t be either.

Question: “If you were in a similar situation as president, would you take up arms like Zelensky?”

Trump: “Well, you never know about bravery …”pic.twitter.com/hljWf6p3VA

— ??Angela ?? (@AngelaFeth) February 27, 2022

Twitter won’t let Walker forget about his failed bid for President.

Remember when you were never going to be President?

Even more now. https://t.co/DEVX3pjgRQ

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 28, 2022

This Twitter user thinks Walker needs a civics lesson. We agree.

It would be nice if at least one Republican was civically literate enough to understand why attacking a sovereign country is not the same as emigrating to one. https://t.co/vvetwIUZXt

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) February 27, 2022

Ukrainian freedom fighters and Republican “freedom fighters” are NOT the same.

pic.twitter.com/yWK2FzvBnu

— Jo Burchfield □ (@burchfieldjo) February 27, 2022

It’s hard to keep track of reality when you’re buzzing off the Disney Land vibes.

Have you lost all touch with reality? Is the government of Mexico launching some sort of artillery bombardment of Wisconsin I'm unaware of?

— Adam J Schmidt (@adamjschmidt) February 27, 2022

Scott might not take his arms to protect his country - but he sure did destroy that sandwich.

When I think of Scott Walker, I definitely think of a fearless warrior who could captivate and rally the world. pic.twitter.com/PmqyXTnXs1

— Brent (@rbpakawok) February 27, 2022
Thankfully, Scott Walker’s not too relevant these days, unless you’re a CPAC bro or someone pining for the old days of union busting up and the dismantling of Wisconsin’s working class. 

And while we'd of course prefer to ignore Scott Walker for the rest of time and pretend he ever existed, it's hard to witness this kind of disgusting politicization of a tragedy like the one unfolding in Ukraine and not get mad. So what choice is there but to point out the hypocrisy of someone like Scott Walker. Hopefully next time he takes a trip to the dark side, he can stay off the socials and just keep his bad takes to himself.

One more fun fact for you on this truly awful tweet: it currently has 1158 retweets. But of those, 971 are quotes tweets (just shy of 84%). That is just a whole other level of getting ratioed!

If anything in that previous paragraph is confusing to you, you should take my Super Twitterer course!

​And if you're running for office or looking to help be a force for good in the world, get in touch! We help progressive campaigns, candidates and organizations find, hone and tell their stories online.
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