It’s Halloween, which means there’s a whole lot of potentially triggering content being put on Twitter. But the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Seema Verma really set off the Resistance crowd and others with this one:
This year’s scariest Halloween costume goes to… pic.twitter.com/QtRbdmiR8T
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) October 31, 2018
Some in the media were among the first to notice:
Trump's Medicare chief: https://t.co/q4Dkdd6Exm
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 31, 2018
Not every day a government administrator takes a potshot at the program she runs. https://t.co/3IrHhFmFUd
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) October 31, 2018
This woman is in charge of overseeing the federal health programs https://t.co/70htilM91K
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 31, 2018
This is America's administrator of health care for elderly, disabled and low-income people mocking the idea of everyone having health care. https://t.co/2iEYEXzQlV
— Alastair Gee (@alastairgee) October 31, 2018
Tweet from the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. https://t.co/K7CTcat1m0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 31, 2018
Planned Parenthood, Kathy Griffin and David Corn were among those alarmed:
Our health care is not a joke.
Vote. #TakeItBack https://t.co/gY12U8Ib1l
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) October 31, 2018
You are such a loser. And that you are in charge of anything is so sad. https://t.co/ubC7Ph3PvI
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 31, 2018
But so were many more:
Definitely fine that the administrator of Medicaid for the entire United States doesn't want to expand the program (and in fact wants to contract it).
— Alex Kotch ?? (@alexkotch) October 31, 2018
Making Jokes About Letting People Die to Own the Libs®
— Alex Kotch ?? (@alexkotch) October 31, 2018
This seems like an odd way to announce that you’re unfit for office and going to resign, but it’s your choice I suppose.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 31, 2018
You're a national embarrassment.
— Calvin (@calvinstowell) October 31, 2018
Wow. Just…wow. The person in charge of operating Medicare thinks more people receiving Medicare is frightening. https://t.co/0W2hZ2GtJA
— Charles Ghoul-ba (@charles_gaba) October 31, 2018
This year's violation of the Hatch Act goes to Seema Verma for supporting a corrupt and doddering administration that has no interest at all in providing medical care to anyone who isn't a member of tRUmp's country club.
— James Savage (@James_Savage15) October 31, 2018
this is disgusting https://t.co/HEv21DQiP8
— tc (@chillmage) October 31, 2018
I feel like if you think that the idea of everyone having Medicare is "this year's scariest Halloween costume," you probably shouldn't be the person running the agency responsible for Medicare. Just a thought. https://t.co/12OUqDOvag
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 31, 2018
Resign.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 31, 2018
And the award for most terrible person in government goes to..
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) October 31, 2018
Hey everybody! This tweet if from the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). A public official tasked with overseeing medicare. Do you need further proof Trump wants to do away with healthcare altogether?
— WonderWoman (@T_WonderSlueth) October 31, 2018
In general, the CMS administrator’s Halloween tweet was a big time trigger.