The grandstanding between President Trump and Speaker Pelosi through the State of the Union deal with has triggered an avalanche of memes on-line, with Mike Pompeo collaborating amongst others.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a ‘Simpsons’ meme displaying a tearful Lisa Simpson tearing papers into shreds in season three of the favored collection.
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— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) February 5, 2020
The plain dig at Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who tore in half her copy of President Donald Trump’s state of the union speech after he seemingly refused to shake her hand, appeared on Pompeo’s private Twitter account.
'Candy revenge': Pelosi version#SOTU#SOTU2020 #StateOfTheUnionhttps://t.co/O2pBORNZCS pic.twitter.com/heY2kL7fxE
— RT (@RT_com) February 5, 2020
Pelosi later mentioned that tearing up the speech – a “manifesto of mistruths,” as she put it – was “the courteous factor to do, contemplating the alternate options.”
The animosity between the 2 escalated this yr as Pelosi led a profitable Home effort to question Trump on allegations of abuse of energy and obstruction of Congress. His Senate trial is broadly anticipated to finish in acquittal this week.
Public response to Tuesday’s grandstanding appears divided alongside celebration traces. Republicans bashed Pelosi for disgracing the achievements talked about within the speech. Democrats name her a “legend” and a “hero.”
Some hinted that making grand gestures like that is simpler for Democrats than, say, blocking his navy funds.
Pelosi ripped the SOTU speech in half. I assume the components of the speech that she applauded — Trump’s Venezuela coup and assassination of Qasem Suleimani — get saved and framed on her wall.
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) February 5, 2020
Others mentioned the tweet might backfire, contemplating that Pompeo missed the context of the picture he shared. It comes from an episode referred to as “Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington” and reveals an idealistic Lisa’s response to discovering the blatant corruption there.
This scene is when Lisa tears up her essay on Democracy when she sees a lobbyist shopping for drilling rights from a Congressman. It's just like when Pompeo had a Raytheon Lobbyist head his legislative affairs dept at State & then offered $ 2 billion is Raytheon weapons to Saudi Arabia.
— That Man (@ThatGuy3002) February 5, 2020
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