For people who aren’t Trump supporters, the Roseanne tweets help confirm an impression that we have of Trump supporters. We are told that Trump supporters are not racists or bigots, but here we have Trump supporter Roseanne Barr going full racist and still getting support. Trump just pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, a wingnut who questioned the birthplace of Barack Obama, ridiculed Rosa Parks (all she did was refuse to sit in the back of the bus), and laugh at the survivors of the Mary Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Trump is snatching children away from people using the process to apply for asylum in the United States. The people of Puerto Rico are vulnerable as a new hurricane season approaches. Trump supporters remain steadfast despite this obvious evil.

We get distracted by Samantha Bee’s outrage about Ivanka promoting motherhood as we snatch children away from their mothers. You do need to remind people of Ivanka’s hypocrisy and of the words Trump used about Megan Kelly and Rosie O’Donnell. You point this out first, then you point to Samantha Bee’s apology.  You never lose an opportunity to point out the evil that is Trump. Is pointing out Trump’s own words and actions a form of what-about-ism? Yes, but given the harm Trump is doing, I have no problem.