Joshua Armstrong

Lover of days gone by, teacher of history, bow tie enthusiast

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

@tacobell’s steak cheesy street chalupas didn’t have to go that hard, but they did. Gracias.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

Today six Conservative Supreme Court justices pissed on the graves of our Founding Fathers, just days before the Fourth of July.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Trump mocked Nikki Haley’s husband’s military service.
She endorsed him for president.

He called Ted Cruz’ wife ugly.
He endorsed him for president.

He called Mitch McConnell’s wife racial slurs.
He endorsed him for president.

If Republicans can’t stand up for their spouses, why the hell would anyone expect them to stand up for America?

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

When he's right he's RIGHT! 👍

#CreditWhereCreditsDue

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

@WFLA Just meatball bein’ meatball.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

@DonaldJTrumpJr You and your family disgust me.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow.

Here’s Robert De Niro’s full statement about how Donald Trump should NEVER be president again:

“I���ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty.

Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. 

Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story �� but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world.

We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. 

They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it. 

Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity. 

Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world. 

Safety for our families. 

Decency. 

Let’s welcome them back. 

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

I thought wanting to repeal the Affordable Care Act was the dumbest thing ever.

I was wrong.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

To call the modern Republican Party a dumpster fire would be an insult to fiery dumpsters everywhere.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Last time there was a government shutdown, 800,000 Americans were furloughed or worked without pay.

But enjoy your weekend.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

I wonder how surprised Pat Robertson is right now…

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

Tennessee, you’re a disgrace.

P.S. Thanks for distracting the country from how much Florida sucks.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Hey, @60Minutes -- I fixed it for you.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

Thank God for Tennessee. Otherwise my home state of Florida would be the biggest national embarrassment right now.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

Alright! Alright! Geez! I’ll be Speaker of the House.

[Joshua Armstrong @JAllynArmstrong]

@ThisIsKyleR @elonmusk Why is this murderer on my feed?

[Charlie Crist @CharlieCrist]

Who’s excited to end Ron DeSantis’s career in 3 days?

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Can we get 1,000 retweets on this important election message from Hillary Clinton

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Say it.