Silke Jasso
The American Civil Liberties Union recently launched a project called #WeThePeople, which displayed copies of the First Amendment in public.
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We launched #WeThePeople to remind the public of its First Amendment rights & reassure immigrants they too are protected by the Constitution pic.twitter.com/o1jiQmB4sW
— ACLU (@ACLU) April 4, 2017
The project was designed in response to the travel bans, which affected seven Muslim-majority countries, put forth by President Trump’s administration.
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The Huffington Post published an article about the project but used the title “ACLU trolls Trump with First Amendment billboards:”
ACLU trolls Trump with First Amendment billboards https://t.co/o8XwiiyTSm pic.twitter.com/my2ckr91sD
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 12, 2017
Several hours later, the ACLU responded to the title with blunt honesty:
Since when did upholding the Constitution become trolling our president? https://t.co/AoPCuXTjrA
— ACLU (@ACLU) April 12, 2017
“Since when did upholding the Constitution become trolling our president?” they asked.
The tweet gained support from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/babyducker/status/852249037386375168
#ACLU just dropped the mic on the #HuffingtonPost. Ouch. https://t.co/ySWVXG3Gd9
— Seamus (@Wisqerbisqit) April 13, 2017
Better headline: @ACLU informs New Yorkers of their rights in unprecedented ad campaign. ??? #themoreyouknow #ACLUdoesimportantwork https://t.co/TUdlPvZtmI
— Campbell-Swanson (@iamaswanbell) April 12, 2017
(H/T Twitter)
