Today, James Comey comes to Capitol Hill for the first time since being unceremoniously dumped by President Donald Trump, and people are expecting fireworks.
Comey already delivered some in advance, with the Senate releasing a copy of his prepared remarks yesterday afternoon.
It was instantly a partisan Rorschach test. Whereas the left on Twitter saw the words of the former FBI director as indisputable evidence of obstruction, the right… well…
Trying to find something of substance in Comey’s opening statement like pic.twitter.com/igLC4JPREg
— GOP (@GOP) June 7, 2017
Which…
Hey gang, we r the young and #hip @GOP here to party with sweet #memes and #gifs. We on #fleek y'all! https://t.co/Y4tEnBQ6ay
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 7, 2017
The left didn’t appreciate such a snarky GIF defense of the president, when they clearly saw very blatant misdeeds
"Glib. We'll go with glib. People love glib." https://t.co/AO28aOaqVL
— Cedric The Passive Observer (@MrButterChicken) June 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/872539292861595648
https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/872540171815837696
In how many different ways is this sad? At first glance I count eleven thousand. https://t.co/GNfaJ3GRij
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) June 7, 2017
People tried to remind Republicans that, lawfully or unlawfully, this was a big story for our democracy.
Here, let me help you: The President is a criminal. https://t.co/4RiYsUstf3
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) June 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/ChloeAngyal/status/872538320122859520
https://twitter.com/andreagrimes/status/872548448926486528
Did they also read this or just joke about it? I mean, I read it, and there's some serious concerns in there. https://t.co/fVy8ydULLj
— Wes Wolfe (@WesWolfeTandG) June 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/lauraolin/status/872536868373639169
https://twitter.com/resnikoff/status/872537476572827649
https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/872537964223639556
But the best responses were a joke on the president creating a war room to handle the Russia allegations.
https://twitter.com/SmartLiberal/status/872555841525776387
Even Maggie Haberman got in on it.
Priebus-led war room effort here https://t.co/MHaCntsi1L
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 7, 2017
Ouch.