'Simpsons' Writer Shames Trump's Secretary of State

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'Simpsons' Writer Shames Trump's Secretary of State After He Tried to Use Lisa Simpson Meme to Troll Nancy Pelosi

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Republicans were unfazed by the 31 false statements made by President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address, but they were fuming at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for ripping her copy of Trump's address in half on the House floor.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among those offended, and tried to troll Pelosi on Twitter.

He used a quote from The Simpsons to do so.

Link to tweet

The shot features Lisa Simpson in the episode "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington," in which Lisa becomes disillusioned with government and tears up her paper on the roots of Democracy.

Pompeo may have thought his trolling was superb, but it wasn't long before former Simpsons writer Bill Oakley called Pompeo out in no uncertain terms.

Link to tweet

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The fallout is glorious.

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1. LOL!

Self OWNED!

What a doofus!

The picture he, the jackass SoS, used was demonstrating Lisa's profound disappointment in the corruption of the US government. In her speech at the contest, she even finishes her new speech with, "And this will be one nation, under the dollar, with liberty and justice for none!"

Once again, "The Simpsons" gives a vision of things that came. Then there is Sideshow Bob's speech after rigging and stealing the mayoral election:

"Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. That's why I did this: to protect you from yourselves."

The mantra of the Republican party summed up in a cartoon!

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2. What amuses me most is that it's a good bet he doesn't watch the show.

He likely got his staff to come up with something meme worthy--and they did!