Tim Eyman, Jack Fagan, and Mike Fagan
Tim Eyman, Jack Fagan, and Mike Fagan at the turn-in event for Initiative 976 in Olympia (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/Northwest Progressive Institute)

Yes­ter­day, dis­graced ini­tia­tive pro­mot­er and admit­ted liar Tim Eyman declared he’s run­ning against Jay Inslee for gov­er­nor in 2020 (and note his choice of words: against Inslee, as opposed to for the peo­ple of Wash­ing­ton State).

Not sur­pris­ing­ly, this inspired a range of strong reac­tions. Eyman’s fans pro­fessed delight and egged him on, while pret­ty much every­one else groaned.

Here are a few of the GIFs that we saw post­ed to social media in reac­tion to news clips about Eyman’s pur­port­ed guber­na­to­r­i­al bid.

Some were amused…

We are laugh­ing (GIF post­ed by Randy Perry)
Gervais laughing (GIF)
That’s a good one! (GIF post­ed by Charles Lapham)
Now comes the part... (GIF)
Now comes the part where we throw our heads back in laugh­ter (GIF post­ed by Bri­an McNett)
Heh, heh (GIF)
Heh, heh (GIF post­ed by upanatm)

Some were revolted…

Nope! (GIF)
Nope! (GIF post­ed by T. Bell)
It's a no from me (GIF)
It’s a no from me (GIF post­ed by Agent T.T)
No thank you! (GIF)
No thank you! (GIF post­ed by photog_grrl)
Nope, times four (GIF)
Nope, nope, nope, nope! (GIF post­ed by Kinosminion)

And some were bewildered.

But why? (GIF)
But why? (GIF post­ed by Gee Scott)

About the author

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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One reply on “GIFs fly on social media after Tim Eyman claims he’s running for governor”

  1. After Trump’s win in ’16, I take this very seri­ous­ly. The more rules these men break, the more they skirt the process, the more pop­u­lar they become.

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