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AS IT IS 2015-12-09 Donald Trump1, John Lennon, and #InternetTheBeatles 唐纳德·特朗普,约翰·列侬,和披头士
#TrumpOnCNN
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is all over social media today because of comments he made Monday. Trump called for the U.S. to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the country. He said a ban was necessary to protect the U.S. from more terror attacks.
American leaders, Democrats2 and even fellow Republican presidential candidates quickly slammed Trump’s ideas.
Former U.S. Vice3 President Dick Cheney said Trump’s proposed ban “goes against everything we stand for.”
Trump defended his comments Tuesday morning on CNN. Soon after, #TrumpOnCNN trended on Twitter.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest answered questions from reporters Tuesday about Trump’s comments. Earnest said the proposal “disqualifies him from serving as president.”
By Tuesday afternoon, “Josh Earnest” was trending on Facebook.
After the White House spokesman’s remarks, Twitter threw a #TrumpIsDisqualfiedParty. People posted pictures of celebrities4 arriving at Hollywood parties, saying they were arriving the Trump Disqualified Party.
It was unclear whether some Twitter users actually believed that the White House could disqualify a presidential candidate. (To be clear: it cannot.)
The Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday compared Trump to Adolf Hitler. Its cover photo showed Trump with his right arm extended, in a way similar to the Nazi5 salute6.
#JohnLennon
Today marked the 35th anniversary of the death of British musician John Lennon. The former Beatles star was shot and killed on December 8, 1980 in New York City.
Lennon’s widow, artist and activist7 Yoko Ono, tweeted today about gun violence in America.
She wrote, “Over 1,100,000 people killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980.” She ended her message with the hashtag #StopGunViolence.
On Twitter, #JohnLennon trended worldwide. People tweeted photos, videos, and old newspaper stories to celebrate Lennon’s life music.
Another #JohnLennon-inspired trend on Twitter today was #InternetTheBeatles. People played with the names of famous Beatles songs and modernized8 them to include Internet-related vocabulary.
The Twitter handle NewMen_Look came up with “Get By With A Little Help from My Friend Requests.” The original Beatles song is titled “Get By With A Little Help From My Friends."
Words in This Story
temporarily - adv. continuing for a limited amount of time
slam - v. to criticize (someone or something) harshly
widow - n. a woman whose husband has died
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n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉 | |
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n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的 | |
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vi.行礼,致意,问候,放礼炮;vt.向…致意,迎接,赞扬;n.招呼,敬礼,礼炮 | |
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使现代化,使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 ); 现代化,使用现代方法 | |
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