A list of people and things Donald Trump tried to get canceled before he railed against 'cancel cult

[Rogue Valley]

A list of people and things Donald Trump tried to get canceled before he railed against 'cancel culture'

"One of their political weapons is 'cancel culture' -- driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. This is a curious argument, to put it mildly, coming from Donald Trump. Trump has long railed against "political correctness." But he has also tried for years to get people and entities punished or banished for what he considers objectionable words and acts. Trump has explicitly advocated cancellations, boycotts and firings on numerous occasions -- often simply because he doesn't like something his target has said. We made a list of such occasions. Don't bother telling us it isn't complete; there are so many examples of Trump playing canceler that we're sure we missed some. And we deliberately omitted cases in which Trump as President fired officials or called before his presidency for political officials to be fired for political reasons. Though definitions of supposed "cancel culture" vary, those cases, in our view, just don't qualify. Here's the list in chronological order - August 2012 to May 2020.

Although not as granular as it could be, the list is still extensive.

 

[Jetboogieman]

Another hater thread.

(Am I being a good Trumpist?)

 

[Mr Person]

Rank hypocrisy is a form of ugliness, and the ugliness is the point.