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Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee was ripped on social media after suggesting that individuals from her state have been demanding a wall on their southern border.
Blackburn tweeted “Tennesseans want a wall on our southern border” on Monday afternoon, prompting fast responses from many who identified that Tennessee is bordered to the south by fellow U.S. states Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Blackburn might have supposed to seek advice from former President Donald Trump‘s now-canceled U.S.-Mexico border wall, a venture of which she has beforehand spoken in favor.
Nevertheless, as Tennessee is greater than 1,000 miles away from the Mexican border and the wording of Blackburn’s tweet left open the likelihood that she was referencing a brand new proposal for a home wall between states, a lot of these responding to the tweet used geography as a foundation to mock the senator.
“YOUR southern border is with Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, MORON,” commentator Keith Olbermann tweeted.
“Marsha, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia are on Tennessee’s southern border,” person @elsa6bean tweeted. “A wall might cause some problems. Maybe you need to look at a map from time to time.”
Marsha, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia are on Tennessee’s southern border. A wall would possibly trigger some issues. Perhaps it’s good to have a look at a map on occasion. pic.twitter.com/fHUTiwCpeb
— elsa (@elsa6bean) April 12, 2022
“I agree,” tweeted chef Hugh Acheson. “Georgia needs to be protected from Chattanooga.”
i agree. Georgia must be shielded from Chattanooga.
— Hugh Acheson (@HughAcheson) April 12, 2022
“I’m from Alabama and I too have wanted a wall built between me and that state,” tweeted Collier Fernekes, a analysis analyst for the Bipartisan Coverage Heart.
“Do you know where the southern border is, Marsha?” requested @JDCocchiarella.
Are you aware the place the southern border is, Marsha?
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) April 12, 2022
“But then people from Alabama won’t be able to come in,” mentioned author Molly Jong-Quick in a reply to Blackburn’s tweet.
However then folks from Alabama received’t have the ability to are available.
— Molly Jong-Quick (@MollyJongFast) April 12, 2022
“Why do you think we want it?” author Skylar Baker-Jordan responded to Jong-Quick’s tweet. “Marsha’s from Mississippi so it’d keep the likes of her out too.”
Why do you assume we wish it? Marsha’s from Mississippi so it’d preserve the likes of her out too
— Skylar Baker-Jordan (@SkylarJordan) April 12, 2022
“I want a wall around New York so you can’t come and see dear Evan Hansen on Broadway,” author John Biggs tweeted. “But neither of us are going to get what we want.”
I need a wall round New York so you possibly can’t come and see expensive Evan Hansen on Broadway. However neither of us are going to get what we wish.
— John Biggs (@johnbiggs) April 12, 2022
“When I was a TN resident years ago, I’d have joked this would protect TN from MS, AL and GA,” tweeted blogger Shauna Wright. “But now that human dust bunnies like you are in office, pretty sure it’s the other way around.”
once I was a TN resident years in the past, I would have joked this may defend TN from MS, AL and GA — however now that human mud bunnies like you’re in workplace, fairly certain it is the opposite approach round
— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 12, 2022
“Given the sheer amount of stupidity Republicans are pushing on the state, I’m surprised Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia haven’t already built one there themselves,” historian Kevin M. Kruse tweeted.
Given the sheer quantity of stupidity Republicans are pushing on the state, I’m stunned Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia haven’t already constructed one there themselves. https://t.co/Fb52urcAy9
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 11, 2022
“Tennesseeans finally telling mississippi, alabama and georgia what’s what,” tweeted political scientist Ian Bremmer.
tennesseeans lastly telling mississippi, alabama and georgia what’s what
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) April 12, 2022
Blackburn lately confronted backlash for the questions she selected to direct towards future Supreme Courtroom Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson throughout her latest Senate affirmation hearings.
The Tennessee Republican demanded that Jackson outline the phrase “woman” and accused the choose of supposedly advocating for the “progressive indoctrination of our children” and assaults on “pro-life women,” amongst different expenses.
Blackburn later dismissed the criticism as “pathetic,” complaining in a tweet that the “left is doing everything in their power to shut down the tough questions that don’t fit their narrative.”
Newsweek reached out to Blackburn’s workplace for remark.