Rick Kriseman, the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida had a pointed response to GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s Islamophobic new immigration plan, which he shared on Twitter yesterday:
I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.
— Rick Kriseman (@Kriseman) December 8, 2015
Many of the respondents — Trump supporters, all of them — couldn’t tell that the mayor was being sarcastic, most likely because their candidate of choice routinely makes more offensive statements with a straight face and bitter, shriveled heart:
@Kriseman OMG you have over step your title. You are what is wrong with America. If you are doing this what else are u doing #DonaldTrump
— Moxie (@Moxiesmg) December 8, 2015
@Kriseman @SKHaiku – What a dumb comment. Trump wants to protect our country. France closed their borders after the recent attack. Smart.
— Doc (@DockKing1) December 8, 2015
.@Kriseman When @realdonaldtrump becomes @POTUS guess what pissant mayor and 2-bit city will be on his shitlist? #YOU
— Chris 🇺🇸 (@Chris_1791) December 8, 2015
@Kriseman As a Floridian I am ashamed of you! WHERE do you get off BANNING an American Citizen from anywhere in the US. Bill USN RET
— startpackin (@startpackin) December 8, 2015
@Kriseman you don't have that power. Good luck w/ re election. You should be so lucky to be 1/100th of the man he is. #Trump 2016
— Paula Jager (@realPaulaJager1) December 8, 2015
@Kriseman @brightnoom there's something fundamentally wrong with you. He's a real American. Built in the USA. The threat is in the WH
— Nicole Manson (@NicoIeManson) December 8, 2015
But most people caught Kriseman’s meaning:
@Kriseman *slowclap*
— foodmancing (@Foodmancing) December 8, 2015
Some even offered further suggestions:
@Kriseman We need a rigorous screening process with 100% accuracy and a 20 ft high Trump-proof fence around all of St. Petersburg.
— c0nc0rdance (@c0nc0rdance) December 8, 2015
For his part, Kriseman told the Tampa Bay Times’ Claire McNeill that “you make a ridiculous statement, so you answer with a ridiculous statement. There are some people who thought I was seriously going to ban Donald Trump from St. Petersburg, and that’s obviously not something I would try to do. But his statement was kind of ridiculous, so I thought that it deserved an equal response.”
