'You people are a joke': ThinkProgress' spin on LeBron James' move to Cleveland sparks facepalms

Doug P. | 4:25 PM on July 11, 2014

LeBron James is headed from Miami to Cleveland to once again play for the Cavaliers, and ThinkProgress, in an apparent attempt to prove that higher taxes are not an obstacle when it comes to luring talent to an area, couldn’t help themselves:

LeBron leaves Miami to pay higher taxes in Cleveland http://t.co/AJHMRjZwmh #tcot

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 11, 2014

So that’s why he’s going to Cleveland?

LeBron James wrote an entire article on why he is going back to Cleveland. Nowhere did he say it was to pay higher taxes, @ThinkProgress.

— RBe (@RBPundit) July 11, 2014

There might also be millions of additional reasons he’s returning to Cleveland:

Fixed MT “@thinkprogress: Cleveland wins LeBron over with extra pay to cover Cleveland's high tax rates http://t.co/K3v0O7FkHU #tcot”

— Okie (@OkieMuskogee33) July 11, 2014

@thinkprogress But he gets MORE MONEY in Cleveland!

— Fact Based Opinion (@RoBrow44) July 11, 2014

Sure, there’s that.

Meanwhile, back in the real world…

Ya. That's TOTALLY why he's going HOME. Get a life. RT @thinkprogress LeBron leaves Miami to pay higher taxes in Cleveland

— Chase Proctor (@ChaseProctorXLI) July 11, 2014

I thought it was to play basketball? RT @thinkprogress LeBron leaves Miami to pay higher taxes in Cleveland http://t.co/AvXS6549OQ #tcot

— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) July 11, 2014