Adults not in the room: Did the WH mock ‘Benghazi acrostic’ to push #RaiseTheWage?

The White House continues to find new ways to say the same old things.

Case in point:

Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.http://t.co/oEArnaztyE#RaiseTheWage pic.twitter.com/FjCsB0bysb

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) October 6, 2014

Maybe the same message vertically instead of horizontally will make more sense! The White House’s tweet, while not an acrostic, seems to be an attempt to mock a style of tweeting some have used to call attention to Benghazi.

@WhiteHouse Look, I know you're out of practice, but that's not how you do a BENGHAZI acrostic.

— delrayser (@delrayser) October 6, 2014

The White House’s tweet was instantly mocked and schooled:

This
is
also
how
the
cheaper
more
dependable
burger
robots
speak
RT @WhiteHouse: Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 6, 2014

Raising
The
Minimum
Wage
won't
change
this.
RT @WhiteHouse Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— RBe (@RBPundit) October 6, 2014

Raising
the
minimum
wage
will
mean
fewer
full
time
jobs.
RT @WhiteHouse Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— RBe (@RBPundit) October 6, 2014

The
Current
Minimum
Wage
(Before
Transfer
Payments
And
EITC)
Is
Above
The
Federal
Poverty
Line.@WhiteHouse

— Mike (@ThePantau) October 6, 2014

@WhiteHouse
Not
All
Full time
Jobs
Were
Made
To
Make
A
Living.
Minimum wage = minimum skills #RaiseTheWage @dillon_braun

— Brandon (@btpiggg) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/xCeaser/status/519152557189783552
https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/519152772206559232
https://twitter.com/RightWingEddie/status/519153173861511168

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Nobody
who
knows
anything
about
business
or
how
the
economy
works
agrees
with
you.@WhiteHouse

— ? Suzy Flu ? (@scout_nj) October 6, 2014

You take enough of our money, can't they repair your space bar button?
“@WhiteHouse:
Nobody
who
works
FT
should
have
to
live
in
poverty."

— 4th-Party Pol (@PointlessPol) October 6, 2014

@WhiteHouse
Why
Not
Fifty
Dollars
Then?

— J (@j_nelsn) October 6, 2014

.@WhiteHouse
Y
O
U
'
R
E

D
U
M
B
.

— scubasteve(SSN771) (@JJMac_1) October 6, 2014

@WhiteHouse
Marine
Sergeant
Andrew
Tahmooressi
Is
Still
In
A
Filthy
Mexican
Prison
Get
Him
The
Fuck
Out
And
Bring
Him
Home
Hugs!
Lizzy

— Lizzy Lou Who ?? (@_wintergirl93) October 6, 2014

#1 Learn English
#2 Learn Skill
#3 Find job w responsibility for $$.@WhiteHouse
Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— Teresa Wendt (@projectmat) October 6, 2014

Stop
destroying
good
jobs.

RT @WhiteHouse
Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.#RaiseTheWage

— BAH! Humbuggery… (@thehiredmind) October 6, 2014

When
Ppl
Don't
Read
Your
Tweets
Resort
To
New
Tactics
“@WhiteHouse:
Nobody
who
works
fulltime
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.#RaiseTheWage"

— 4th-Party Pol (@PointlessPol) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/519161338065473536
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/519160785088819200
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/519161710775914496

We
need
economic
policies
that
create
better
paying
jobs
RT @WhiteHouse: Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— Hair (@SHannitysHair) October 6, 2014

Nobody
who
works
FT
shld
have
to
subsidize
your
election
promises
RT@WhiteHouse
Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— Joan of Argghh! (@JoanOfArgghh) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/MichaelBerrySho/status/519161717918793729

I
paid
a
Nigerian
Prince
for
50K
followers
and
all
I
got
was
this
stupid
format
change.
I
think
I
may
have
been
screwed.@WhiteHouse

— Rusty Shackelford (@rshackelford14) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/JR_Delage/status/519165327871995906
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/519166352762757121

Robots
work
for
well
under
$15
per
hour@WhiteHouse
tabletop
computers
now
replacing
waitresses#Progress

— Ima Debatin' (@ImaBannedd) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/JonnyRiggs/status/519167153392869377
https://twitter.com/LadySandersfarm/status/519168314460086273

at
$10.10
an
hour
wages
burger
making
robots
make
economic
sense@WhiteHouse#Progress
is
wonderful pic.twitter.com/EBfwCJoOgP

— Ima Debatin' (@ImaBannedd) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/LadySandersfarm/status/519171407595704320

Gain
skills
needed
to
repair
robots
replacing
low
wage
workers
and
you
will
make
well
OVER
$10.10/hr@WhiteHouse#PersonalResponsibility
FTW

— Ima Debatin' (@ImaBannedd) October 6, 2014

Suggest
not
ever
doing
this
again
as
it
was
a
really
dumb
idea
RT@WhiteHouse Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.

— Suze (@suze109) October 6, 2014

So
we'll
price
them
out
of
their
jobs…

MT @WhiteHouse: Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.#RaiseTheWage

— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) October 6, 2014

If
raising
the
min
wage
makes
ppl
less
poor,
why
not
a
min
wage
of
$1,000,000
a
year?
Then
we'll
all
be
rich!
Yay!#RaiseTheWage@WhiteHouse

— (((Aaron “Worthing” Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) October 6, 2014

“@WhiteHouse: Nobody
who
works
full-time
should
have
to
live
in
poverty.#RaiseTheWage”

Tweeting
like
this
does
not
make
you
sound
smart.

— ???? (@thesejoyousdays) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/cummingsamerica/status/519176494204346368

Has
ANYONE
in
the@WhiteHouse
READ
the
Non
Partisan
CBO
REPORT?#BUYINGVOTES

— Texas Beer Infidel (@MRVvoort) October 6, 2014

https://twitter.com/KileyComo/status/519180691268182016

To sum up the reaction:

Go
away.@WhiteHouse

— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) October 6, 2014

Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include additional tweets.

Bingo!