Along with an estimated 21.6 other viewers (compared to 24.6 said to have watched Joe Biden’s speech), comedian Jim Gaffigan spent his Thursday night (8/27) watching the final night of the Republican National Convention. While he’s generally strove to avoid controversy in his material, Gaffigan clearly couldn’t hold it in any longer after hearing Trump address a maskless crowd on the White House’s South Lawn, and held forth on his Twitter on the lies, hypocrisy, and hate and fear mongering the address had contained. “RIP Truth,” he began, before writing, “Look Trumpers I get it. As a kid I was a cubs fan and I know you stick by your team no matter what but he’s a traitor and a con man who doesn’t care about you. Deep down you know it. I’m sure you enjoy pissing people off but you know Trump is a liar and a criminal.”
“I know you hate snobs and elites,” Gaffigan continued, “I get it but look at Ivana and that douche bag Jerod. Think they are on your side? Do you think they’ve ever done a real days work in their lives. Wake up.”
“To those of you who think Im destroying my career wake up,” he went on. “If trump gets elected, the economy will never come back. You know he lies. Constantly. Yet you dont care? What because he insults people that make you and me feel dumb?”
At a reply asking Gaffigan if he’s “still pro-life,” he replied, “Wake the fuck up! Trump is not pro-life and obviously not christian or a decent person. Everyone in the Republican Party is just frightened of him.”
Gaffigan also addressed former Fighting Irish coach Lou Holtz, who spoke at the RNC on Wednesday. “Fuck Lou Holtz,” he wrote. “Biden is Catholic in name only? Compared to who? How many abortions did trump pay for? How many women has he raped? How many times did pull the shit he did in Ukraine. Wake up. He’s a crook and a con man.”
Gaffigan’s rant got a ton of replies, of course, including ones from Patton Oswalt, Jason Isbell, and Pixies’ Black Francis (who recently went on a Twitter rant of his own, blasting the CDC for their changing coronavirus testing guidelines). Read those, and all of Gaffigan’s tweets, below.
RIP Truth
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Look Trumpers I get it. As a kid I was a cubs fan and I know you stick by your team no matter what but he's a traitor and a con man who doesn't care about you. Deep down you know it. I'm sure you enjoy pissing people off but you know Trump is a liar and a criminal.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
By the way you can't be against Cancel Culture and tell people to stay out of politics. You know that time you did a job and didn't get paid? That's trump and you know it.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
I know you hate snobs and elites I get it but look at Ivana and that douche bag Jerod. Think they are on your side? Do you think they've ever done a real days work in their lives. Wake up
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
to those of you who think Im destroying my career wake up. if trump gets elected, the economy will never come back.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
You know he lies. Constantly. Yet you dont care? What because he insults people that make you and me feel dumb?
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Wake the fuck up! Trump is not pro-life and obviously not christian or a decent person. Everyone in the Republican Party is just frightened of him
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Fuck Lou Holtz. Biden is Catholic in name only? Compared to who? How many abortions did trump pay for? How many women has he raped? How many times did pull the shit he did in Ukraine. Wake up. He's a crook and a con man.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
What bravery from the cowards who are against equal justice. Wake up. Don't you know history will make you the fool.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
can we stop with this HOLLYWOOD shit. I'm not from Hollywood and Hollywood is just a town. Please say coastal elites (which Trump, Jared and Ivana are) Maybe people on the east and west coasts have different values from yours but they dont like liars and con men like trump. https://t.co/F9A12uG2TI
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Please dont buy that socialist crap either. Obviously Obama wasn't a socialist. This is all lies to scare you and you know it. Biden is not radical. Are you serious?
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Remember everything Trump accuses the Democrats of he's guilt of. Dont let the socialist name calling distract you from the fact he is a fascist who has no belief in law.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
You know Trump just creates enemies. You know you can't trust him. You know he been incompetent during this crisis. You know all those people didn't need to die. Trump talks about the Space Program and you can't safely go to a movie. Wake up
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Trump budding up with dictators is RADICAL. Trump having interfering with the justice department is RADICAL. Trump pandering to the police and army (I gave 3 raises) is RADICAL.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
I dont give a fuck if anyone thinks this is virtue signaling or whatever. We need to wake up. We need to call trump the con man and thief that he is.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Trump derangement syndrome is part of the con. Wake up. you know Fox News is biased and full of loons. it's how they gaslight and silence criticism. Do you think any of those congressional republicans really believe in Trump or do they fear him dont want to end up like Flake.
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Trump literally ran Paul Ryan out of politics. Why? Paul Ryan knew Trump was poison. So does Romney. Trump is not a conservative or even a Republican. You know that. You know Barr is dirty. You know if Trump gets re-elected it's over. How many books have to be written?
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Oh have you noticed there's a pandemic with no national plan? Or do you think it's made up? Obama did get us out of the worst economic crisis of my lifetime (at the time)
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Hey fuck you Chad. In case you didn't notice 180,000 people have died and the country is being run by a con man who's trying to convince half the country that the suburbs are about to be set on fire (a lie)
— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Heading to bed but remember
– If you want to sound crazy please tell me about THE DEEP STATE.
– To sound stupid please be against CANCEL CULTURE but then accuse anyone with an opinion of Virtue signaling.
– Trump Derangement Syndrome is meant to distract from the con of Don— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan) August 28, 2020
Pouring one out for all the MAGA cheese doodles who are gonna boycott Jim Gaffigan and deprive themselves of one of the best comedians working today to own the libs.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 28, 2020
Make America Gaffigan
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) August 28, 2020
@JimGaffigan loving the new telease…
— Black Francis (@MrBlackFrancis) August 28, 2020