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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is the "May Day hand gesture" that Hope Hicks gave to the moron today?
Jeffrey Toobin was just on CNN and they were discussing that the Moron started tweeting a lot today to take attention away from Hope Hicks during her testimony with the House Intel hearing today. They said that he is protective of Hope and when he saw her gesture the tweeting picked up, despite the fact that she did what Bannon did and answered nothing. The anchor cut him off in an attempt to change the subject so I assumed it meant she gave a rude gesture but I googled it and couldn't find any answers in Navy lingo.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)immediately what he meant.
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Oddly, it is apparently the fist of May 1, which was the International Workers Day when communism was still around.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)signified power to the Workers. And the other meaning is Workers Day May 1st.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)I though that it was a signal of "distress/we need help" used by the US military and couldn't figure out why it was connected to a known Soviet holiday. It is ironic now if you consider the political animosity/collusion between the two countries with this admin. For it to come from sweet, dear Hope during the testimony would normally be considered unusual but with the Moron it is the new normal.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)So that's why they call it "Mayday" and their symbol is the fist, as the previous post shows. (It doesn't have a communist meaning any more, it's like our Labor Day.)
I think in broadcasting the interviewer and the guest can use the fist as a wordless gesture that would be given off camera. So it's not related to a "mayday" distress call. It just means "don't go there" by previous agreement.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)It's sort of like, "Don't go there" in the line of questioning? Does that mean that the interviewer is in on it too?
underpants
(182,877 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)Triloon
(506 posts)It derives from the French "m'aidez", pronounced "mayDAY," and means literally "help me."