Is this the 'most Federal Government tweet ever'? Good luck finding a better one

As Rand Paul announced his presidential candidacy, D.C. was hit by a set of power outages.

Washington, D.C.: White House and the State Department Hit by Power Outages: Reports http://t.co/wHqMeQQ9AY via @NBCNews

— ChrisHerter's BowTie (@ColdWarBowTie) April 7, 2015

BREAKING NEWS: White House, Capital, and other sites affected by wide spread power outages across D.C. @AP

— Andrew S. Ginsburg (@GinsburgJobs) April 7, 2015

Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/585496956899819520

Rand Paul already shutting down large parts of the federal government:http://t.co/317fD5sCmP #StandWithRand

— Peter McCaffrey (@peteremcc) April 7, 2015

Rand Paul's viral campaign of knocking the power out in DC Is best thing since the Dark Knight's treasure hunt during SD Comic Con.

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 7, 2015

But one thing’s for sure: The power problems resulted in a glorious little Twitter gem.

Behold:

UPDATE: The Dept of Energy has lost power. CNN

— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) April 7, 2015

Ha!

The most Federal Government tweet ever. https://t.co/bV6PqBDIbv

— RBe (@RBPundit) April 7, 2015

Seriously. If that isn’t the perfect D.C. tweet, we don’t know what is.

https://twitter.com/jdude988/status/585493620821733380

https://twitter.com/jfgroves/status/585493669521817601

@PzFeed how's that for irony?

— Jeff (@illyahkuryahkin) April 7, 2015

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? The irony. RT @PzFeed: UPDATE: The Dept of Energy has lost power. CNN

— brittany. (@NyBrit12) April 7, 2015

https://twitter.com/MrTallStuff/status/585494108686446592

https://twitter.com/FzProbst/status/585495513975365632

The Department of Energy has lost power, in a move suspected to be the work of their rival Department of Irony.

— Mr. Alben (@JewkeSkywalker) April 7, 2015

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/585495386170781698

It doesn’t get any better than that.

I was going to write something satirical today, but then the Dept. of Energy lost power. I think I'll hold off until reality settles down.

— John Hayward (@Doc_0) April 7, 2015

The Dept Of Energy lost power and if you dont think that is the funniest thing ever get out of my face

— jojo (@cowboyrilakkuma) April 7, 2015