Brace yourselves, because Louise Mensch it trumpeting another “scoop”:
My sources say the death penalty, for espionage, being considered for @StevenKBannon. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) July 19, 2017
In response, Philip Bump, Washington Post national correspondent, took a page from other journos who were scooped by Donald Trump, Jr.:
I… worked on this story for a year… and… she just… she tweeted it out. pic.twitter.com/oniMcaX7k7
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017
Heh. Well played.
(This is also a joke.)
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017
thanks for clarifying
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2017
LOL
— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) July 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/S_R_Paul/status/887666614656581632
This is funny (and all sarcasm)….don't care on which side of an aisle you sit.
Philip writes for WaPo. https://t.co/fJOt6eWAxb— Cara TXZEAL (@Cara_TXZEAL) July 19, 2017
Another letdown for The Resistance?
Please let this be true!!
— m (@kudzu48) July 19, 2017
There is a zero percent chance this is even close to being true.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 19, 2017