*Yoda voice* Begun, the Meme War has. https://t.co/XxRdGA4IoM
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) December 29, 2016
As Twitchy told you, today, President Obama announced sanctions against Russia in response to their recent cyberattacks. Well, the Russian embassy in London has something to say about that:
Russian government response via embassy in UK https://t.co/DoYCih7t7J
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 29, 2016
Brace yourselves:
President Obama expels 35 ?? diplomats in Cold War deja vu. As everybody, incl ?? people, will be glad to see the last of this hapless Adm. pic.twitter.com/mleqA16H8D
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) December 29, 2016
OK.
Oh boy https://t.co/m6pxjFzkXS
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) December 29, 2016
This just keeps getting better. https://t.co/wB64ulJ7xq
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 29, 2016
Sure. If by “better,” you mean “much, much worse.”
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/814569520392208385
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/814570217548513284
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/814572818734034944
Seriously. This is where we’re at.
Is this a spoof account?
— gdpreston (@gdpreston) December 29, 2016
wait
wtf is going on here
is this a real tweet from a real russian embassy? https://t.co/pbaccwpFyG— PoliMath (@politicalmath) December 29, 2016
is that for real or a parody account!?
— Elise Hu (@elisewho) December 29, 2016
If only it were parody.
how old are you guys over there??
— WTF (@DitaKnights) December 29, 2016
??? did someone's teenager just hack the @RussianEmbassy? what grade are you in? @RusEmbUSA
— Diana Crandall (@DianaCReports) December 29, 2016
We have escalated to a shitty meme war, apparently https://t.co/ME9ztsmqvt
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) December 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmyOtto8/status/814568548940988416
Stay classy Russia. https://t.co/9vBlc9aVGu
— Katrina Jørgensen (@Veribatim) December 29, 2016
Somebody. Please. Make it stop.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. https://t.co/kyEkATLqGI
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) December 29, 2016
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Related:
Why did Obama wait until now to punish Russia for hacks? (Hint: This looks bad)