Chuck Grassley Invites Web to Put Words in His Mouth
Iowa Republican Charles E. Grassley Friday created another blizzard of controversy by sharing a nebulous update on social media.
I’m at the Jefferson Iowa DairyQueen doing “you know what” !!!
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 16, 2015
But, as Twitter is wont to do, Web crawlers quickly flipped the farmer-turned-lawmaker’s commercial plug into all manner of impropriety.
Some wondered if he was suddenly breaking bad.
.@ChuckGrassley dealing meth? — Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) October 16, 2015
Loyalists sought to connect the anecdotal dots.
assume cows dead RT @ChuckGrassley: I'm at the Jefferson Iowa DairyQueen doing "you know what" !!!
— Adam R. Maxwell (@maxwellarm) October 16, 2015
Several recoiled in terror.
@ChuckGrassley This makes me uncomfortable
— Danielle Russell (@likethe309) October 16, 2015
@ChuckGrassley chuck there are kids reading !! ! shame on you
— Rick Gamer (@mellerad) October 16, 2015
@Thomg57 @ChuckGrassley ahhhhh, no, stop! — Tara Rowe (@politicgame) October 16, 2015
One went straight to potty humor.
@ChuckGrassley pooping? — Franklin Comes Alive (@FrankTweets) October 16, 2015
And, of course, there were those who demanded the provocative pol document every bit of the wildly speculative experience.
@ChuckGrassley Pics or it didn't happen. — Ryan Carroll (@RyanTCarroll) October 16, 2015
Keep up the good work, y’all.
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