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At a Target in Arizona, a woman has gone viral for recording a video of her own awful behavior.
In the clip, the woman, identified as Melissa Rein Lively, sees that Target is selling face masks.
She gleefully tears them off the display and throws them onto the floor.
She can be heard saying:
"So, Target, I'm not playing anymore f*cking games. This sh*t is f*cking over. This sh*t's over...Yeah, wooh!"
This woman in Scottsdale, Arizona was super upset with Target for selling face masks. So upset in fact, that she at… https://t.co/tBZPn50EAO— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼) 1593977323.0
The woman was approached by Target employees asking her to stop vandalizing the store.
While being confronted, she didn't hesitate to bring her race and wealth up, saying:
"Why? You let everybody else do it … I can't do it because I'm a blond White woman? That's wearing a f—ing $40,000 Rolex?"
Lively was later arrested.
She told law enforcement officers who arrived at her home she's a spokesperson for President Trump and QAnon, saying:
"I was hired to be the QAnon spokesperson."
Then, as she's being handcuffed, the woman said:
"You're doing this to me 'cause I'm Jewish! This is a Nazi f—king game."
“It’s because I’m jewish isn’t it?” Unreal.🤣🤣🤣— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼) 1593978418.0
Lively was quickly identified online as the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of "Karens"—White women who use their privilege to justify their bad behavior and attack others.
@RexChapman I'm NOT some expert on the matter and there are ALWAYS exceptions, but people who wear a "$40,000 Rolex… https://t.co/vP44mnEr6x— Brent O (@Brent O) 1593978983.0
As is the case with almost every Karen, Lively was lambasted by Twitter.
@RexChapman “Because I’m a blonde, white woman?” Blonde, white, Target employee: https://t.co/UnKkn225xL— Moon Child ♋️ (@Moon Child ♋️) 1593978668.0
Many wondered what Lively was expecting after filming herself committing a crime.
@RexChapman She. Filmed. Herself. https://t.co/IxMjtbcNNO— Dr. Dion 💙 (@Dr. Dion 💙) 1593977709.0
@RexChapman For the 100th time. This is why we need to allocate more funds to education & mental illness. America n… https://t.co/Q6q4B1KcJg— Politi-Cat (@Politi-Cat) 1593977721.0
This woman in Scottsdale, Arizona was super upset with Target for selling face masks. So upset in fact, that she at… https://t.co/tBZPn50EAO— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼) 1593977323.0
Many felt that the woman was displaying seriously unstable behavior.
All I got from that Qanon Karen video was that Target has some cute looking Cat & Jack kids masks that I will defin… https://t.co/jzXXzUgPIb— RuPaul Ryan (@RuPaul Ryan) 1593985061.0
Donald Trump has fundamentally broken half of this country. https://t.co/QwdsuybULl— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1593980111.0
It's hard to tell which of Lively's statements were lies and which she actually believed.
@davenewworld_2 This woman needs a bee thorough psych evaluation! 😳 https://t.co/C1JH7EnzkJ— 0kayte (@0kayte) 1593977069.0
Wearing a mask isn't something to rebel against, especially considering Arizona's rapidly spiking virus numbers.
What is wrong with these women? Like really? All this rage and distruction just because they’ve been asked to prote… https://t.co/UPADLw5G8m— yvette nicole brown (@yvette nicole brown) 1593988276.0
@YNB My favorite part is when she tried to justify it by comparing herself to the looting that Target didn’t care a… https://t.co/OWaJ4jFo5k— Old Boar (@Old Boar) 1593992318.0
Most people would learn something after being arrested for their bad behavior, but it seems unlikely Lively will take any helpful lessons away from this ordeal.