War on Women? FEMA forced to apologize for rape reference in tweet

Oof. Bureaucrats might want to stay away from making “jokes” on Twitter. But when they don’t, Twitchy is here to document their tweets. You’re welcome.

On Friday evening, FEMA announced to the world that “no doesn’t always mean no.”

https://twitter.com/fema/status/267042313514139650

So, sometimes it’s not a legitimate “no”?

http://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/statuses/267286737221464064

Is Obama's FEMA department part of the #waronwomen? : http://t.co/PLLv62Fh

— Queen of England (@QueenLizzyII) November 10, 2012

The agency was referring to rejected requests for disaster assistance in the botched tweet. But some Twitterers lashed out at FEMA for the play on “no means no,” a phrase often used in discussions of rape and sexual consent.

Yes, that was @fema making a rape joke in the middle of a national emergency.

— Asher Wolf (@Asher_Wolf) November 10, 2012

https://twitter.com/DiBustos/status/267052620454174720

https://twitter.com/AdamInOakland/status/267138881642708993

https://twitter.com/chelseagrunwald/status/267285874348261376

Of course, now that FEMA has apologized “to anyone we offended,” this will blow over pretty fast. After all, this was President Lady Parts’ FEMA; it’s not like it’s a Republican who trivialized rape, so no biggie! All will be forgiven.