Tweet of the Day: Snarky Obama disciple Jen Psaki posts selfie to show solidarity with Ukraine
“Russian leader Vladmir Putin sent in troops and tanks to invade neighboring Ukraine and the Obama administration is coming to the rescue with … selfies!” quips the New York Post.
The reference is a to a tweet posted on Thursday by Obama protégé Jan Psaki, whose ever-present smirk was the subject of a January post. Here was her message:
To echo @BarackObama today-proud to stand #UnitedForUkraine World should stand together with one voice pic.twitter.com/VeMt578UdY
— Jen Psaki (@statedeptspox) March 26, 2014
It’s hard to know what the point of this dopey Twitter message was. In it Psaki flashes a broad grin and a thumbs-up for the citizens of Ukraine who, in her world, merited nothing better than a hand-scribbled sign as a show of American solidarity.
Needless to say, the mindless gesture was received with the disdain it richly deserved. Tweeter Matt Dawson responded by writing:
.@statedeptspox @BarackObama remember when Winston Churchill saved Britain with the hashtag #victory? It was super productive
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2014
George Eliseo tweeted:
@PruPaine @statedeptspox GW Bush had Stealth bombers making daring midnight raids to enforce foreign policy. Obama? Hashtags…
— George Eliseo (@GeorgeEliseo) March 27, 2014
Psaki, not knowing when to quit (another trait she must have learned from her boss) defended her photo:
The people of Ukraine are fighting to have their voices heard and the benefit of communicating over social media is it sends a direct message to the people that we are with them, we support their fight, their voice and their future.
She also promised that the next time she tweets a selfie in which she is holding a sign, it will printed by a professional sign maker. (No, not really.)
