@charlescwcooke It's amazing. Literally everything the super cool smart Progressive set mocked Romney for saying, he was right.
— Pete & Lisa Got Caught Tampering With Flynn's 302! (@drawandstrike) July 9, 2015
Just call him butter, because Mitt Romney is on a roll. As it turns out, he wasn’t just right about Russia … he was right about China, too.
As the truth about the OPM hack gets progressively uglier, it’s clear that he was on to something a few years back:
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/619247343938859008
Today, intrepid tweeters are hopping in their wayback machines and digging up some real gems.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/619241884720824320
The most horribly cruel thing you can do to some people is to RT their tweets from 3 years ago.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 9, 2015
And it hurts. So. Good.
Here’s just a sample:
Romney keeps his women in binders because he's afraid if he put them in folders on his computer China would hack them #Debate
— ???? ??? ✨? (@xSciFiCHiCKx) October 23, 2012
Romney: China is hacking our computers! We gotta call the cyber police to backtrace! #debates
— The Nopefully Crew (@nopefully) October 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/The_MagicMarker/status/258395233988005889
https://twitter.com/CraigElimeliah/status/258395223787454464
https://twitter.com/DearLadyA/status/258395417014837250
"Hack into our computers.." abt China..Bold/Racist statement Romney #debates
— Gagan Brar (@g_brawr) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/CamCapers1/status/258395376619495425
Romney-chan just said that China was hacking our computers. Looks like somebody's watched too many 80's computer movies.
— Andy Keener (@reibeatall) October 23, 2012
#VeryLateDebateTweets: Romney: the Chinese are hacking into our computers. They have a fake Apple store. #Nailedit!
— jesse Williams. (@iJesseWilliams) October 17, 2012
Romney on China–he sounds like a conspiracy theorist. "they hack into our computers." #debate
— Rachel L-W (@rglweiner) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/le_spawnster/status/260566419194925056
https://twitter.com/caseycurry/status/258396223046828032
#romney. It's easy with a level playing field. Tell it to Wall Street!!! #ows #debate also china hack our computers? Paranoid much?!
— Vicki (@Iamverysmart) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/LyndzD43/status/260566236860129281
https://twitter.com/iamed_nc/status/258395509197254656
https://twitter.com/briddey/status/258395905093427200
Romney on China: "They hack into our computers" like, all of our computers, using their asian-ness. and math.
— Hamish Chandra (@thinktankhero) October 17, 2012
“@vato: "They hack into our computers." – Romney on China” haha
— MariachiHeiress (@MariachiHeiress) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/Rlamiam/status/260567853080641538
https://twitter.com/smb07350z/status/260570408103866370
https://twitter.com/insomniac19/status/260566159387131905
Did Romney really just say that the fake Apple store's products in China are going to hack our computers?! #outoftouchwithreality #Romne …
— Andi Royer (@Andifine) October 17, 2012
watch out for your computers people. china can hack that shit!! #debate #youtubepolitics
— MITT ROMNEY YO (@Mitt_Romney_yo) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/travsi/status/258401063122632704
The counterfeit Apple store in China will hack into our computers? What the magical fuck is Romney talking about?
— Don McNeely (@dizzoknows) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/huskiefan38/status/258407800709976064
RT @HamLikeHussain: According to Romney China can "hack" into US technology files. Yep the most powerful country hacked, don't think so.
— Ed Carson (@IBD_ECarson) July 9, 2015
romney needs to stop scaring people like my dad about how china is "hacking our computer" #debate
— mandrea brawn (@smash_lampjaw) October 23, 2012
Romney warns that China is hacking my computer. Over the internet. Made of tubes.
— Evan Berman (@Scapes) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/KathleenCaruso1/status/258395450699304960
https://twitter.com/CrystalKnights1/status/258395731218542592
*slightly* racist Romney? "China's been cheating […] by stealing [… , by] hack[ing] our computers." http://t.co/ffudOLRX
— T045TBR0T (@t045tbr0t) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/notdan/status/258410340298137600
Romney thinks the biggest threat from china is 'they hack into our computers' Priceless..
— Neurius (@neurius) October 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/belemaiyo/status/258463230211526657
https://twitter.com/TheTrekNerd/status/260566246070833153
Where is Romney getting those ideas from? China is stealing our patents. China is hacking into our computers. #mcvsddebate
— Kevin Kenneally (@kenneally15) October 23, 2012
apparently they're hacking his computers RT @ariannahuff Does Romney know China can hear him?
— Amy Coopes (@coopesdetat) October 17, 2012
This #Romney asshole just called the entire country of China, "they", thieves. "They hack our computers and steal our patterns and ideas."
— Tony Aaron II ?? (@TonyAaronII) October 23, 2012
I think Romney thinks that China is a country where no one does anything else but endlessly hack into US computers.
— Dan Alper (@Kenyonthug) October 23, 2012
Romney got an email from a Nigerian prince saying China was trying to hack his computer. Send him your email passwords and he’ll save you!
— mat whitehead (@matwhi) October 23, 2012
Romney: I'm worried that China will hack my cyborg brain. #debates #Cylon
— Michael Paone (@michaelpaone) October 23, 2012
Romney: China is hacking into our computers??? Omg!!! #debate2012 #debates #RomneyNotReady
— Mark Stuart-Smith (@MarkStuartSmith) October 23, 2012
https://twitter.com/Simply_Suzanna/status/260566292627599360
Romney sounded like my grandmother (who is scared of ATM machines) talking about computers and hacking.
— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack) October 17, 2012
LOL ROMNEY JUST ACCUSED CHINA OF HACKING OUR COMPUTERS!!! LOL
— See Hang (@SawHung) October 17, 2012
@NiecyNash Romney mentioned that his faith in God allows him to relate to the average human. & china is going to hack our computers! LOL!!
— Olayinka Hassan (@omhassan7) October 17, 2012
Ouch. Well, glad they got a good laugh out of it then.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/619247859171328000
Pretty embarrassing, no?
https://twitter.com/JonInWinder/status/619247689012654080
It sure is.
https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/619248928366551040
That’s certainly a start. Heh.
Editor’s note: Thanks to tweeters like @lachlan, @iowahawkblog, @jimmyprinceton, @neontaster, and many others for their efforts in tracking down so much scorching stupidity.
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