this is the saddest news update I’ve seen all week. poor duckies… https://t.co/ZB6SZMgp2G
— Christine Roussefefe (@crousselle) June 9, 2017
Remember those adorable “duck ramps” that showed up in D.C. last week in order to help ducks swim in the Capitol Reflecting Pool?
It appears they’re more like DEATH RAMPS:
80+ ducks have died in Lincoln reflecting pool. Park Service blames parasitic snails. Will drain pool starting Sunday to fix. #NBC4DC
— Tom Sherwood (@tomsherwood) June 9, 2017
Only in D.C. could something seemingly so benign turn deadly:
Holy crap we spent taxpayer dollars just to send ducks to get murdered by snails. https://t.co/0BVA8FI8t2
— Annie Lowrey (@AnnieLowrey) June 9, 2017
That duck ramp was actually a gang plank https://t.co/S1HWfXyYBS
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 9, 2017
Lobbyist: Let's build a ramp for ducks
Govt: Why
Lobbyist: It's cute
Govt: K
…
Lobbyist: The deed is done
Parasitic snails: MUAHAHAHA https://t.co/Gx6o9L149V— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) June 9, 2017
And so much for Trump’s “infrastructure week”:
"Infrastructure Week” is really ending on a bleak note. https://t.co/KJm9VvulEH
— Benjamin Freed (@brfreed) June 9, 2017
Drain the swamp, the Reflecting Pool … drain it all!
drain the….hell, drain everything just to be safe https://t.co/WulTYoxEbl
— Mark Berman (@markberman) June 9, 2017
Here are the ducks in happier times, before getting killed with the assistance of the Nanny State, that is:
Duckling update: The full journey in. pic.twitter.com/dzfuBfbsM2
— U.S. Capitol (@uscapitol) May 19, 2017
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