FAIL: Sen. Chris Murphy's attempt to 'science' shame the Koch bros. backfires hilariously

Doug P. | 9:03 AM on October 28, 2017

As Twitchy reported yesterday, Democrat U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy tweeted a claim that he took his 9-year old to task for saying the Koch brothers have “good commercials.” Koch Industries tweeted back this response:

Please tell your 9 year old thanks! If you want to learn about our environmental responsibility efforts visit https://t.co/Fu0kjbOtLM

— Koch Industries (@KochIndustries) October 27, 2017

Murphy probably should have let it go at that point, but of course couldn’t:

I did. Then:

Me: You know how u love science in school?
9 yr old: Yeah.
Me: The Kochs don't believe in it.
9 yr old: What? I don't get it. https://t.co/TKmF026jUJ

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 27, 2017

Murphy had at that point fully set himself up for fail:

This is the worst attempt to cover up getting Rekt of the month

— @schreibs1 Is an idiot (@TerresasBrother) October 27, 2017

https://twitter.com/molratty/status/924004538113290243

He should have, because it really was an epically failed comeback:

https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/924000669090099202

You were saying, Sen. Murphy?

This is silly. Charles Koch has an MS in Nuclear Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from MIT.

— Beth Anne Mumford (@bamumford) October 27, 2017

You’re saying that two men with Masters degrees from MIT don’t believe in science. Don’t let your partisanship get in the way of facts.

— Hambone Fakenamington? (@2theLeff) October 27, 2017