'LOL': WaPo journo mocks Louise Mensch's death penalty 'scoop' in familiar fashion

Brace yourselves, because Louise Mensch it trumpeting another “scoop”:

My sources say the death penalty, for espionage, being considered for @StevenKBannon. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this.

— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) July 19, 2017

In response, Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent, took a page from other journos who were scooped by Donald Trump, Jr.:

I… worked on this story for a year… and… she just… she tweeted it out. pic.twitter.com/oniMcaX7k7

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017

Heh. Well played.

(This is also a joke.)

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017

thanks for clarifying

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2017

LOL

— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) July 19, 2017

https://twitter.com/S_R_Paul/status/887666614656581632

This is funny (and all sarcasm)….don't care on which side of an aisle you sit.
Philip writes for WaPo. https://t.co/fJOt6eWAxb

— Cara TXZEAL (@Cara_TXZEAL) July 19, 2017

Another letdown for The Resistance?

Please let this be true!!

— m (@kudzu48) July 19, 2017

There is a zero percent chance this is even close to being true.

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017