Boehner’s Blank GOP Jobs Plan Tweet Leads To Epic Trolling

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with reporters about the border crisis, veterans' health care, and future funding, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2014. House Republicans and Senate... Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with reporters about the border crisis, veterans' health care, and future funding, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2014. House Republicans and Senate Democrats are at an impasse on dealing with tens of thousands of young migrants showing up at the southern border, leaving any solution unclear with Congress' annual August recess looming. (AP Photo) MORE LESS
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) invited an afternoon of mockery on Tuesday after he (or at least his staff) shot off a peculiar tweet about the GOP’s jobs plan.

In a tweet linking to his “5 Points for Resetting America’s Economic Foundation,” Boehner ended up leaving the five bullet points blank, ready for any mischievous Twitter rascal to submit their own:

In a flash, Twitter rushed to fill the empty spaces:

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  1. I really don’t understand how these intertubes work #ImARepublican

  2. That poor, poor intern that sent that out.

  3. Avatar for meri meri says:

    I don’t know the difference between mockery and trolling. #IWorkAtTPM

  4. Not far off from the actual plan.

  5. Avatar for hoagie hoagie says:

    Well, he/she was waiting for instructions…never got them. Never will.

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