Another day, another political stunt mocked and ridiculed. The #LiveTheWage posturing elicited some hilarity.
@SooperMexican I'm going to live @janschakowsky 's wage for a week pic.twitter.com/v8GaiKGSNj
— Ken (@Kenaschmidt) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/JohnBurtner/status/492397809715273728
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/492415105305677824
@Matthops82 :'( he couldn't afford water, so he had to drink his own tears.
— Ian Hanchett (@IanHanchett) July 24, 2014
@Matthops82 @angelaisms When you're done you can lick the cupcake pictures for dessert.
— MTiller (@LadaMokusa) July 24, 2014
@Matthops82 I'll give you a gallon of milk and 3 Kool-aid packets for that painting.
— The Real Marty Byrde (@goingdeeep) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/492400891090059264
@CuffyMeh i've been licking the dew off the grass in the morning.
— texas tweedy (@tweedylouwho) July 24, 2014
"No duck, no shrimp, and no sorbet between courses. This isn't the America I grew up in." — Rep. Schakowsky #LiveTheWage
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 24, 2014
For just $1 /day, you can sponsor someone on the #LiveTheWage challenge so they can add extra butter to their chicken & sweet potato dinner.
— Razor (@hale_razor) July 24, 2014
And of course a left-wing political stunt wouldn’t be complete without Obama’s OFA flunkies posting something that completely undermines the point they are trying to make.
The last time the federal minimum wage was raised was five years ago today. #TBT #LiveTheWage pic.twitter.com/WBxGM6PfgL
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 24, 2014
Looks like you're doing a crappy job. MT @BarackObama #TBT #LiveTheWage pic.twitter.com/V38YSEobyR
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 24, 2014
I wonder how much the price of milk would drop if gasoline prices were at $1.87 (like it was when Obama took office) @exjon @BarackObama
— StandSomeMore (@StandSomeMore) July 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/492390013372727296
Self awareness isn’t the left’s forte.
Editor’s note: A typo in the last sentence has been corrected.
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