Pathetic: UK Russian embassy crafts ‘embarrassing' response to Obama sanctions

*Yoda voice* Begun, the Meme War has. https://t.co/XxRdGA4IoM

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 29, 2016

As Twitchy told you, today, President Obama announced sanctions against Russia in response to their recent cyberattacks. Well, the Russian embassy in London has something to say about that:

Russian government response via embassy in UK https://t.co/DoYCih7t7J

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 29, 2016

Brace yourselves:

President Obama expels 35 ?? diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, incl ?? people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Adm. pic.twitter.com/mleqA16H8D

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) December 29, 2016

OK.

Oh boy https://t.co/m6pxjFzkXS

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) December 29, 2016

This just keeps getting better. https://t.co/wB64ulJ7xq

— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 29, 2016

Sure. If by “better,” you mean “much, much worse.”

https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/814569520392208385

https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/814570217548513284

https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/814572818734034944

Seriously. This is where we’re at.

Is this a spoof account?

— gdpreston (@gdpreston) December 29, 2016

wait
wtf is going on here
is this a real tweet from a real russian embassy? https://t.co/pbaccwpFyG

— PoliMath (@politicalmath) December 29, 2016

is that for real or a parody account!?

— Elise Hu (@elisewho) December 29, 2016

If only it were parody.

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how old are you guys over there??

— WTF (@DitaKnights) December 29, 2016

??? did someone's teenager just hack the @RussianEmbassy? what grade are you in? @RusEmbUSA

— Diana Crandall (@DianaCReports) December 29, 2016

We have escalated to a shitty meme war, apparently https://t.co/ME9ztsmqvt

— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) December 29, 2016

https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/814568548940988416

Stay classy Russia. https://t.co/9vBlc9aVGu

— Katrina Jørgensen (@Veribatim) December 29, 2016

Somebody. Please. Make it stop.

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. https://t.co/kyEkATLqGI

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) December 29, 2016

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Related:

Why did Obama wait until now to punish Russia for hacks? (Hint: This looks bad)