Social Media Users Mock Dragnea's Assassination Claims

A few days ago, when nobody believed anymore that he could, Liviu Dragnea, the leader of Romania’s ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD), lowered the bar for all conspirators out there. He appeared on one of his vassal television channels and said he was the target of an assassination attempt.

According to him, “four foreign nationals were sent to Romania by an infamous world figure with the intended purpose of killing him.” When the moderator then asked who is he suspected of doing such a thing and whether he is thinking it could’ve been Soros, Dragnea replied: “I’m not thinking of him, he’s thinking of me”. Blaming Soros and the “parallel state” is a usual propaganda method for him.

As you can imagine, a wave of mockery washed over the internet in the aftermath of his performance. Puns and memes picturing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the penguins from Madagascar movie, and parodies of “Die Hard” flooded the newsfeeds.

Everybody had their laughs, but the sad thing is that, while Dragnea is talking mumbo-jumbo on TV (and his ministers are following suit: the minister for work recently stated, when referring to the tear gas used against protesters, that Iohannis should keep his mouth shut about gassing people, him being a German and all) and keeping the headlines busy, some real horrors are taking place in the country. These politicians’ statements overshadow really important problems: the government’s disastrous management of the swine pest, the riot police’s abusive use of force, and the relentless attack on the system justice.