Maya Angelou famously once said, "When people show you who they are, believe them."
This quote came to mind when Democrats on social media actually became upset over former President Donald Trump delivering hundreds of bottles of water to the residents of East Palestine, Ohio. Whatever criticisms one has of the former president, getting angry over him distributing water is ridiculous. And just as Angelou said, this disdain showed the country exactly who these people are: unhinged fanatics with an irrational hatred of Trump.
Many left-wing social media accounts spread an unsubstantiated claim that Trump distributed "expired water." Obviously, water doesn't expire, so such a claim should be immediately discredited, given its absurdity. However, that didn't stop irrational leftists from spreading such nonsensical misinformation.
For example, Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) tweeted that the water Trump brought might be 13 years old. Torres provided no legitimate evidence, mind you. He just made a baseless claim that Trump was distributing 13-year-old water. It’s indicative of the content of the character of today's elected Democratic leaders.
Tristan Snell, another left-wing social media agitator, also tweeted that the water would be from 2010 — as if Trump had stockpiles of unused water stored in his Florida residence for some reason.
"He goes to East Palestine and brings them Trump Water that might actually be at least 13 years old (the business went under in 2010)?" Snell tweeted. "Got it."
This is how fanatical the Left is with its hatred of Trump.
Other left-wing extremist social media personalities also repeated Torres's claim. The basis for this came from a claim on social media that the bottles were from a previous spring water brand owned by Trump called "Trump Ice." These are the kind of ridiculous lies that Trump has had to endure since he entered the political arena. And for a political party that was allegedly so concerned with misinformation, Torres showed they have no problem when it is coming from one of their own.
"Trump Ice" ceased commercial sales in 2010. However, another five seconds of research would have revealed that the water continues to be used in his restaurants and hotels. These facts, unsurprisingly, were conveniently omitted by the left-wing water conspiracy theorists. They don't care about the veracity of any claims — they just want to attack him because they hate him.
Their outrage says more about the Left than it does about Trump. What kind of unhinged creature gets upset about someone distributing water (and also buying lunch for the city's first responders) to citizens in need? Regardless of one's opinions of Trump, he should be applauded for his efforts and generosity. All of this is a positive thing. It goes to show the depths to which the Left will sink to sully Trump's name and reputation.