One problem with speaking your mind — at least when your mind is cluttered with socialist blather — is that your comments will come back to haunt you.
In Barack Obama’s case, this is a two-fer. When he originally made his offensive “you didn’t build that” comment while running for reelection in 2012, he was the recipient of much well-deserved ridicule that failed to dissipate even after his defenders in the mainstream media attempted to “explain what he really meant.” (So much for the “silver-tongued orator” myth that accompanied him through his first campaign for the White House.)
The “you didn’t build that” meme experienced a second life yesterday after the White House tweeted a boast about how many jobs it has created in the years since Obama first took office.
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Our businesses have added 14.4 million jobs over the past 73 months—the longest streak ever: https://t.co/wOaqhT4lsi pic.twitter.com/nRxsG9qsNW
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) April 1, 2016
The numbers are debatable, but at least the administration has gotten over another meaningless metric: number of jobs saved.
Nevertheless, the wording of the tweet — and especially the phrase “our businesses” — lit up Twitter with reactions including:
https://twitter.com/Redgtosamurai/status/715913810444480512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
They're not your businesses. #WhoBuiltThat https://t.co/ZlsMNGsOUd
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) April 1, 2016
@WhiteHouse You SO didn't build that.
— BWSmith (@JagGator1) April 1, 2016
Some tweeters picked up on the claim in the original White House tweet:
That's a lot of waiters and waitresses. Congratulations! But, alas, your #FightForFifteen will eliminate them all https://t.co/uknHYpmJt8
— Goldens Rule (@jamesbranch3) April 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/ITTRP/status/715913704026595329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
20 million more on food stamps than when we got started, equals our definition of #success https://t.co/K2MmAYD4dI
— Labor Conservative (@Ggoblue) April 1, 2016
(h/t: Twitchy)
