Okay fine🧵.

Guys. People lost their minds when Trump walked slowly down a ramp one time.

I don’t think the Biden stair stumble stuff should matter. But boy did the media set one hell of a precedent about presidential walking patterns.

And if you’ve forgotten, read on ⤵️

Remember this very earnest and concerned @nytimes story (and video!)? Suggesting his “halting walk” “raises new health questions”??

I wonder if we’ll hear about how Biden is the oldest president when (if?) his stair story hits print.

And people picked this story up. This was a whole news cycle! Here’s @kylegriffin1 and @jaketapper sharing this story as if it were something that mattered.

I mean, cmon! @washingtonpost *fact checked* Trump’s claim that the stairs were slippery!

Are you kidding me?! @PhilipRucker @seungminkim

This wasn’t the first time Trump’s stair walking was a media cycle. You may remember in 2017, there was another scandal about Trump’s supposed fear of stairs.

@CNN had it as a chyron for a whole segment!

About whether Trump might be afraid of stairs!!

🧵THREAD🧵

Today we learned more about how awful @ProjectLincoln is.

If you’re wondering how these guys survived for so long, it’s because tons of people in the media & beyond boosted this pack of no-good grifters.

And I’ve got the receipts to remind them.⤵️

After @ProjectLincoln got started, tons of media poured endless attention into them because they said mean things about Trump.

Places like @CNN were happy to hype the group up without pausing to consider if they might be awful.

could’ve been confused for @ProjectLincoln press secretary there for awhile.

got a lot of truly fawning coverage. This first story from @washingtonpost is indicative of the broader pattern.

I mean, seriously? Their plan “for preserving the union”?

The most egregious was probably this @NewYorker story from @williams_paige (it was a front page feature!) that made these guys out to be heroes.

I mean, c’mon!