‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Offers $100,000 If Trump Will Step On A Scale
The president’s height and weight claims sparked the “Girther” movement.
James
Gunn, director of the two “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, is offering $100,000 if President
Donald Trump will step on a scale.
Gunn’s unusual proposition came hours after White House doctor Ronny Jackson said on Tuesday that
the president was 6′3″ and weighed 239 pounds, or one pound shy of the level that would be considered obese.
The filmmaker and other Trump critics didn’t buy it. Mocking Trump’s involvement in the debunked “birther” conspiracy theory that claimed President
Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, Twitter users created the #
Girther hashtag to question Jackson’s claims.
Some even demanded to see Trump’s #
GirthCertificate.
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/953433094102556672
James Gunn
✔@JamesGunn
I will give 100 thousand dollars to Trump's favorite charity if he will step on an accurate scale with an impartial medical professional, okayed by both of us. For real.
#Girther #GirtherMovement
7:05 PM - Jan 16, 2018
Gunn’s bounty echoed
Trump’s 2012 offer of $5 million to charity if Obama would release his college transcripts. When asked what charity Trump might pick, Gunn replied:
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/953437440420626432
James Gunn
✔@JamesGunn
Replying to @TheMMChief and 2 others
I would be afraid that it's the Ku Klux Klan but there's no way in hell he's 239 pounds, so I don't have to worry about it.
7:22 PM - Jan 16, 2018
Gunn made it clear that his offer wasn’t about body-shaming the president:
https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/953454844903268354
James Gunn
✔@JamesGunn
This has nothing to do with fat shaming. It has to do with a continuous pattern of fabricating facts by both Trump and his administration.
https://twitter.com/RoscoRoberts1/status/953454528283758592 …
8:32 PM - Jan 16, 2018
For good measure, Gunn also shared images of others for comparison, including this one:
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https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/953455341236207617
James Gunn
✔@JamesGunn
A picture of a 6’3” man standing next to a 6’1” man and their wives.
8:34 PM - Jan 16, 2018
Not surprisingly, the #Girther hashtag began to trend on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/953498132150661120
Richard Hine@richardhine
Clearly, we're going to need to see the long-form digital readout from the scale Dr. Ronny Jackson used
#Girther https://twitter.com/genetic_warrior/status/953383931054903297 …
11:24 PM - Jan 16, 2018
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https://twitter.com/GershKuntzman/status/953382607496114177
Gersh Kuntzman
✔@GershKuntzman
For the record,
@realDonaldTrump said he was 74 inches in 2012. Now his doctor says he's 75 inches. And that one inch makes is BMI "overweight" not "obese." I'm a
#girther because old men don't GROW an inch!
3:45 PM - Jan 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/953379719843602432
Chris Hayes
✔@chrislhayes
Has anyone coined "girther" for those who belive the president weighs more than his doctor reports?
3:33 PM - Jan 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/LiveLoveLifeDo/status/953395636979884033
Janell8ItAll@LiveLoveLifeDo
Yes, we're calling it the Girther Movement.
@realDonaldTrump must step on a scale on live TV, and let beauty contestants judge the results.
#GirtherMovement #Girther https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/953379719843602432 …
4:36 PM - Jan 16, 2018
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https://twitter.com/AHamiltonSpirit/status/953425027902459905
Alexander "Stable Genius" Hamilton@AHamiltonSpirit
So Dr. Ronny Jackson says Trump is 6' 3" & 239lbs
That makes his BMI 29.9
These are the BMI classifications
Normal weight: BMI is 18.5 to 24.9
Overweight: BMI is 25 to 29.9
Obese: BMI is 30 or more
Seems to me like they lied just enough so Trump wouldn't be considered obese.
6:33 PM - Jan 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/rosedude1/status/953475912560869376
james p cavanaugh@rosedude1
#Girther. I've got people in Hawaii looking into his weight, and you won't believe what they are finding.
9:55 PM - Jan 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/EricDSnider/status/953386787568627712
Eric D. Snider
✔@EricDSnider
Petition to make Trump release the long-form girth certificate.
#girther
4:01 PM - Jan 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/iamnotkowalski/status/953420374158520321
Interim User Name@iamnotkowalski
I think the
#girther movement is my new favorite thing the internet has ever done
6:15 PM - Jan 16, 2018