GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted this morning that his Memorial Day event at the Aplington cemetery in Iowa was canceled due to rain. He invited readers to his Facebook page to see his speech.
Some liberals and “real journalists” immediately mocked Grassley for confusing Aplington cemetery with Arlington National Cemetery. They even turned #Aplington into a derisive hashtag:
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/339026367582703617
https://twitter.com/benhjacobs/status/339028427090849793
https://twitter.com/SladeHV/status/339030356915286016
It seems @ChuckGrassley won't have a chance to speak at Aplington cemetery. pic.twitter.com/VCBipxgIlB
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/339033556166787072
A quick Google search would have saved them the abject and total derpitude.
@nycsouthpaw It's a real town in Iowa. Google "Aplington tornado".
— Nathan (@NathanDaniel515) May 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/mccanner/status/339034019356352512
Correction. Aplington not a Grassley typo.
— Dave Stroup (@DaveStroup) May 27, 2013
I'm a few miles away. Been sunny all morning. MT @ChuckGrassley Rain canceled my speech at Aplington cemetery to honor fallen military
— BHy75 (@bhy75) May 27, 2013
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Hold up. Aplington is a real place. Just thought @ChuckGrassley was misspelling Arlington. Continue on, America.
— BHy75 (@bhy75) May 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/339033827093647360
https://twitter.com/SladeHV/status/339031426756382720
No, not the whole “Internet.” Just you goofs:
@mccanner I love how the internet, myself included, assumed it was a typo. I feel badly for Aplington, IA.
— Dave Stroup (@DaveStroup) May 27, 2013
Beclowned.
https://twitter.com/SladeHV/status/339031230894968832
https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/339031300361056256
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