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By Gabriel Lehrman January 20, 2017

Trump’s inauguration brought in a tweetstorm from Jewish critics cringing at the next four years. Here’s a selection:

Joshua Malina had better things to do than listen to the speech:

Listening to the finale of Bernstein’s Candide rather than the Inauguration.— (((Joshua Malina))) (@JoshMalina) January 20, 2017

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Mayim Bialik was not too happy during the speech:

I don’t feel civilized right now. — Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) January 20, 2017

Big Bang Theory producer Bill Prady pointed to the bigoted past of “America First”:

The antisemitic origins of the slogan “America First” https://t.co/ybEhAc9cYT— Bill Prady (@billprady) January 20, 2017

Ilana Glazer, of Broad City fame, was our moral compass for the day:

your actions have been the most egregious so far, @IvankaTrump, because we all know you have some BRAINS. hope you use them now.— ilana glazer (@ilazer) January 20, 2017

After the inauguration, Glazer continued tweeting and announcing her plans to resist:

we are watching you and we are resisting you @POTUS @FLOTUS @IvankaTrump @mike_pence https://t.co/JBEse0OZbJ — ilana glazer (@ilazer) January 20, 2017

Julia Ioffe picked out choice quotes

“This is your country.”— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 20, 2017

“American carnage”— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 20, 2017

Ellen DeGeneres producer Andy Lassner wondered if Trump’s America is really first

#AmericaFirst ??? pic.twitter.com/qWl7U5LMvI— andy lassner (@andylassner) January 20, 2017

And Sarah Silverman ominously took us to Trump’s brand-new presidential Twitter feed, which is empty

Oh just wait pic.twitter.com/L92p2SPASd— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 20, 2017

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