We honestly don’t even know what to write at this point, although it’s nice of the New York Times to acknowledge that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s staff really screwed up the rollout of her Green New Deal last week, what with all of those multiple doctored versions floating around and the wrong draft being posted to her own website.
And of course, Republicans pounced.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 12, 2019
Seriously, they’re all just trolling us now.
YES, POUNCING! https://t.co/EJQmOnSKKo
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 12, 2019
I wish I could buy stock in the word “pounce.”
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 12, 2019
Pounce def: Verb. Point out the stupidity on display for all to see.
— Robbie Roberts Son (@RobDownSouth) February 12, 2019
I dunno, this really felt more like seizing.
— Brian Amsbary (@brianamsbary) February 12, 2019
Confession: When I saw this headline I wasn’t sure if it was a parody, so I had to search the NYT website to double check that @benshapiro wasn’t pulling our legs. Sure enough, it’s real. Beyond parody! https://t.co/8d13UKKwT7
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) February 12, 2019
Unbelievable that the @nytimes headline writers seem unaware at this late date of the "Republicans pounce" cliche. How about it, @palafo? (h/t @rkylesmith) https://t.co/gd8o7V1oX5
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) February 12, 2019
“Flubs” = said exactly what they meant but then realized people thought it was ridiculous.
— JCW (@wazcheber) February 12, 2019
She makes one little mistake about people not having to work and banning airplanes and printing money to pay for everybody in the world to be happy and the Republicans pounce all over her with their toxic masculinity.
— Rev. Justice Jackson Jr. Esq. (@TrumpsArmy) February 12, 2019
"We did something stupid and the republicans noticed".
— ElectricMonk ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@ElectricMonk69) February 12, 2019
'Cortez team flubs her entire premise of a "Green New Deal" and people point out idiocy"
— Alex Occasional Cortex (@AOCortex2020) February 12, 2019
It's so funny how they're always the victims of everything.
Make a hilariously bad proposal? Don't worry, if someone calls you out for your stupidity, you just blame them. They're "pouncing" on you. Pounce!
— Transfigurations (@Transfigurati0n) February 12, 2019
At least they're consistent.
— Paul Wright (@PaulNo155) February 12, 2019
— smartalice (@smartalice) February 12, 2019
— HowToCureYourLiberalism.com (@GlennVerasco) February 12, 2019
— Ariana Oja (@ariana_oja) February 12, 2019
So when she does something worth mentioning she’s lauded as a hero, but when she screws up it was “her team”. Must be nice to have so many fall guys on the staff.
— R. Shackleford (@Mike_Honcho254) February 12, 2019
And don’t even get us started on the story itself:
This opening graph makes a mess of the timeline. The FAQ was published 2 days before the resolution was published. The whole story omits that AOC's team didn't just publish the FAQ, they gave it to multiple news outlets as part of the rollout. pic.twitter.com/kS0VtlgD6J
— John Sexton (@verumserum) February 12, 2019
Unreal. Fortunately for President Trump, most of the announced 2020 Democrat candidates pounced on the Green New Deal to co-sponsor it.
Related:
Oh honey, STOP! AOC’s thread on Green New Deal doubles down on a whole LOTTA STUPID and all we can say is HELLOOO backfire https://t.co/b757YsKBwK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 10, 2019
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