'Anti-vaxxer' Aaron Rodgers' playoff loss sparks celebration among Occupy Democrats, other rabid leftists: 'America needed this'



After Green Bay Packers superstar Aaron Rodgers ripped President Joe Biden last week — the latest sociopolitical critique from the outspoken quarterback now known for defying vaccine mandates and standing up to cancel culture and woke bullies — leftists far and wide were hoping for one thing Saturday: for Rodgers and the Packers to lose their playoff game to the San Francisco 49ers.

It seemed like a pipe dream. Green Bay usually is a graveyard for visiting teams, and Rodgers has been having an MVP-caliber season.

But alas, Rodgers and the Packers managed to cough up the game on a last-second field goal — and on cue, leftists cut loose on Rodgers in a kind of rabid unity, posting delirious, sarcastic tweets as if they won the game instead of the Niners.

What did the leftists have to say?

Seriously, when was the last time you observed Occupy Democrats get so excited about a football score?

BREAKING: Anti-vaxxer quarterback Aaron Rodgers just lost to San Francisco 49ers and got eliminated from the NFL playoffs. RT IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS GOOD RIDDANCE!
— Occupy Democrats (@Occupy Democrats) 1642915405

"BREAKING: Anti-vaxxer quarterback Aaron Rodgers just lost to San Francisco 49ers and got eliminated from the NFL playoffs," the leftist outfit tweeted. "RT IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS GOOD RIDDANCE!"

And the venom was still spewing the next day. Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali sure was enjoying the extended Rodgers "roasting," apparently seeing it as a salve for the nation's woes:

Twitter is still roasting Aaron Rodgers. I love it. America needed this. #ByeAaron
— Wajahat Ali (@Wajahat Ali) 1642965128

"Twitter is still roasting Aaron Rodgers. I love it," Ali wrote, adding a "ByeAaron" hashtag. "America needed this."

And Robert Reich — perhaps relieved attention had shifted after his deleted tweet days before about Democrats giving Kyrsten Sinema the "backs of their hands" over the filibuster — was suddenly standing tall with sports knowledge:

Just a reminder: Colin Kaepernick led the 49ers to three victories over Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.
— Robert Reich (@Robert Reich) 1642915064

Here's a sampling of other reactions from left-wing foot soldiers carrying Twitter's coveted blue checkmark:

Once again we all mistakenly believed Aaron Rodgers had a shot
— Keith Olbermann (@Keith Olbermann) 1642915974
I guess Aaron Rodgers also got immunized against winning in the postseason.
— Skip Bayless (@Skip Bayless) 1642911707
I\u2019ve read the same Aaron Rodgers \u201cnatural immunity\u201d jokes 100 times already and still can\u2019t get enough.
— Chris Hayes (@Chris Hayes) 1642912189
Aaron Rodgers gonna wait for all the research to come in before he declares this score final
— Drew Magary (@Drew Magary) 1642911409
.@AaronRodgers12 is blaming the loss tonight on Dominion Voting Systems.
— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow) 1642919259
Aaron Rodgers was winning until they counted the mail in points.
— Akilah Hughes (@Akilah Hughes) 1642918212
Look at the bright side for @AaronRodgers12 he doesn\u2019t have to worry about meeting @POTUS at the White House.
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari Sellers) 1642911033
Unlike Aaron Rodgers\u2019 play calling, vaccines actually work.
— Jon Cooper \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Jon Cooper \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1642945433
Aaron Rodgers\u2019 playoff run thwarted by snowflakes, cancel culture strikes again
— Kyle Neubeck (@Kyle Neubeck) 1642910946
I guess Aaron Rodgers decided to boycott the Super Bowl after all.
— Cousin Sal (@Cousin Sal) 1642911097
The vaccine reduces the severity of COVID so much that Aaron Rodgers is unvaccinated and yet his receivers didn't catch anything significant.
— Steve Hofstetter (@Steve Hofstetter) 1642946433

Oh, but we've long since had a retort from Rodgers

If the giddy leftists reveling in Rodgers' loss hope they're somehow getting to him and contributing to twisting the knife, they may want to remind themselves that Rodgers already said they're a joke to him.

"Now the rules of the game are that you must acquiesce with the woke mob at all times," he told podcast host Pat McAfee a few months back, adding that he's "not a part of this game ... being played out by these individuals. And I see it, I hear it, but to me it's comedy."

WaPo fact-checks whether GOP Sen. Tim Scott actually went from 'cotton to Congress' — gets rightfully torched by critics



The Washington Post on Friday decided to publish an extensive probe of Republican Sen. Tim Scott's history to fact-check if the South Carolina lawmaker's family actually went from "cotton to Congress," prompting critics harsh criticism from commentators on the left and right.

What are the details?

"Tim Scott often talks about his grandfather and cotton. There's more to that tale," wrote Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler in the Friday morning hit piece on Scott, who was recently tapped to deliver the Republican Party's response to President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday.

Scott often touts his family's journey from cotton to Congress in one lifetime as proof of the opportunity America affords to enterprising individuals who work hard to get ahead, regardless of their skin color. But that message runs counter to modern progressive ideology, which teaches that America is inherently racist and restrictive to minority classes.

With that in mind, the Post set out to investigate the authenticity of Scott's claim, digging through the annals of history to decipher whether his grandfather, Artis Ware, was in fact forced out of elementary school to help on the farm and pick cotton.

In the exhaustive 1,800-word article, Kessler enlists the help of historians and draws from numerous census and property records to ultimately suggest on admittedly flimsy data that Scott, while speaking truthfully, may not be providing the entire context of his family's situation.

"Scott's "cotton to Congress" line is missing some nuance, but we are not going to rate his statements," Kessler declared, opting not to award Scott any Pinocchios.

"Scott tells a tidy story packaged for political consumption, but a close look shows how some of his family's early and improbable success gets flattened and written out of his biography," he continued. "Against heavy odds, Scott's ancestors amassed relatively large areas of farmland, a mark of distinction in the Black community at the time. Scott, moreover, does not mention that his grandfather worked on his father's farm — a farm that was expanded through land acquisitions even during the Great Depression, when many other Black farmers were forced out of business."

What else?

The post immediately drew backlash from commentators on social media.

"Who thought this was a good idea?" tweeted CNN commentator and former Democratic South Carolina state lawmaker, Bakari Sellers.

Who thought this was a good idea? https://t.co/019Sxf9V9l
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari Sellers)1619193526.0

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley added, "What WaPo did to @SenatorTimScott is shameful. When minorities refuse to be victims, disagree with liberal talking points, and think for ourselves, the media shames us and questions our credibility. It's why we must fight harder for conservative values that lift us all up."

What WaPo did to @SenatorTimScott is shameful. When minorities refuse to be victims, disagree with liberal talkin… https://t.co/asN5phSDA9
— Nikki Haley (@Nikki Haley)1619190227.0

"Senator Scott deserves an apology for this," political strategist Rory Cooper wrote. "It's everything wrong with the fact checking industry. The targeting. The lack of good faith. The personal side of it. It's bad."

Senator Scott deserves an apology for this. It's everything wrong with the fact checking industry. The targeting. T… https://t.co/DmDJIxMRw6
— Rory Cooper (@Rory Cooper)1619184427.0

"If you find yourself telling the grandson of a Depression-era Black man who spent his youth picking cotton to check his privilege, please for the love of all that is holy log off, WaPo," Washington Examiner executive editor Seth Mandel tweeted.

If you find yourself telling the grandson of a Depression-era black man who spent his youth picking cotton to check… https://t.co/zeSwxPO5UV
— Seth Mandel (@Seth Mandel)1619187992.0

Daily Wire reporter Cabot Phillips summarized the story this way: "A white man telling a black man his ancestors weren't ***actually*** that poor or oppressed ... If this story were about a Democrat, half the Washington Post editorial board would have been forced to resign by now.

A white man telling a black man his ancestors weren't ***actually*** that poor or oppressedIf this story were abo… https://t.co/OLI0HDyOHx
— Cabot Phillips (@Cabot Phillips)1619187303.0

Republican strategist Matt Whitlock noted that many readers will only see the headline in front of the Washington Post's paywall and assume that Scott is lying despite the fact that the outlet ended up admitting the senator's statement is true.

It’s quite a choice to publish this when A) your conclusion is that everything he said.. is true B) you’re argu… https://t.co/n655KK3g0g
— Matt Whitlock (@Matt Whitlock)1619188763.0

One self-described independent wrote, I "really don't think this is necessary or appropriate...Bad look by @washingtonpost."