After Speaker John Boehner failed to rally enough support for his “Plan B” bill, many people tweeted tasteless abortion puns about the fiscal cliff measure that shares its nickname with a brand of emergency contraception. But only one of them was a sitting congressman.
https://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/statuses/281931350351695872
https://twitter.com/RikkiWilliamsXO/status/281931535232409600
But it’s House Republicans who aren’t serious about the fiscal cliff?
Several members of the lapdog media retweeted Oregon Rep. Blumenauer. But nearly 12 hours later, it appears that none of them considered a Democratic congressman cracking an abortion joke newsworthy enough to write about.
Aaaaand Blumenauer goes there. https://t.co/VkV7LI6Y
— Kate Nocera (@KateNocera) December 21, 2012
RT @KateNocera: Aaaaand Blumenauer goes there. https://t.co/MD2tnldl
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/281930932619984896
https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/281931141097873408
RT @repblumenauer: Did the GOP just abort "plan B"?
— KATU News (@KATUNews) December 21, 2012
RT @repblumenauer: Did the GOP just abort "plan B"?
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 21, 2012
Zing! RT @repblumenauer: Did the GOP just abort "plan B"?
— Justin Snow (@JustinCSnow) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/timothypmurphy/status/281931462981349377
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/281931540282368003
One ThinkProgress editor was delighted at Blumenauer’s “sassy” quip.
Yay sassy members of Congress! RT @repblumenauer: Did the GOP just abort "plan B"?
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) December 21, 2012
Abortion punchlines: Sassy.
@KATUNews @repblumenauer You're a nasty, sick little man. And shame on KATU for encouraging him.
— Ken Hallenius (@khiddy) December 21, 2012
Indeed.
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