Former Army intelligence analyst and transgender activist Chelsea Manning responded in the best way Monday night to a violent message she received on Twitter.
The whistleblower, who posed in her bathing suit for a profile in the September issue of Vogue, has been considered a highly polarizing figure ever since she released thousands of sensitive government documents related to America’s Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2013.
As a result, Manning still receives messages like the one she received on Monday night from a Twitter user who told her “You should have been shot for treason.”
Her response was priceless.
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Since Manning’s release from prison earlier this year after her sentence was commuted by then-President Obama, the activist has used her platform to draw attention to the injustices trans and gender-nonconforming people face in America. Most recently she slammed Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military, calling the move “cowardice.”