Paul Manafort, GOP nominee Donald Trump’s controversial campaign chairman, resigned from his post on Friday morning.
News of the shake-up is far from shocking, as just last weekend, Trump hired Breitbart News’ Stephen Bannon and GOP pollster Kellyanne Conway as his campaign CEO and manager, respectively.
With Manafort’s resignation foreboding and the Trump campaign’s turnover rate as rapid as it is, the overall tenor of Twitter responses was appropriately jokey:
Paul Manafort has resigned from the Trump campaign, citing a desire to spend more time with Ukraine.
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) August 19, 2016
Manafort is done. (Or is it Donetsk?) With these serial firings, the @realDonaldTrump campaign is beginning to feel like The Apprentice!
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) August 19, 2016
Breaking: Manafort resigns, pledges to spend more time with his family at their dacha.
— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) August 19, 2016
There are, though, some of examples of how not to respond.
Exhibit A) The reactionary Hillary Clinton supporter whining about media persecution:
Exhibit B) The Trump apologist thanking a shadowy lobbyist for his service:
Looks like Manafort will step aside. His role in getting Trump nominated was completed. Thank you Paul! We all owe you!
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) August 19, 2016
Exhibit C) Nationalist bidding adieu to seemingly the only member of the campaign who kept Trump on-script:
