'The lunatics run the asylum': Guess which country the U.N. just elected to its women's rights commission

Conservatives: We don’t trust the UN.

UN: Hold my beer…

UN elects Saudi Arabia to women’s rights commission https://t.co/j20RoWx1mJ #MiddleEast pic.twitter.com/YribosQub2

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) April 23, 2017

We couldn’t make this up if we tried:

.@UNWatch: Cant make this stuff up. Unconscionable that #UN elected #SaudiArabia 2 women commission. Another reason y #UN needs 2 b reformed

— Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (@RosLehtinen) April 23, 2017

You have got to be kidding me. https://t.co/rboulXk6Hk

— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) April 23, 2017

https://twitter.com/MrJoshPerry/status/856239307128025092

Lmao wut? https://t.co/MLKfIrVYzE

— Jags Movie Guy (@MoviePaul) April 23, 2017

They’re improving?

Well they did just give women the right to vote in 2015, so they're cool and good now. https://t.co/5oGrsD9FQr

— Vincent S?. James (@slatermaus) April 23, 2017

Or it’s more like this:

Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission https://t.co/w2X1aVLTB4 "like making an arsonist into the town fire chief"

— Hayder al-Khoei (@7ayder87) April 23, 2017

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And tell us why we should ever trust the U.N.?

https://twitter.com/TheFreds/status/856251914647986178

Keep in mind this is the same Saudi Arabia in the news over Dina Ali, a 24-year-old Saudi woman was was sent back to the kingdom en route to Australia as she attempted to flee an arranged marriage:

A Saudi woman who tried to flee has been put in protective custody https://t.co/S4a0XACHrv pic.twitter.com/w8NG4iQWMT

— Bloomberg (@business) April 19, 2017

Ali made this video with the help of a tourist during a stopover in the Philippines, saying she feared for her life if she was sent back:

https://twitter.com/4n0nc47/status/854473009473634306

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