Quick, what’s something the kids love? Netflix, right?
And what’s something the kids hate? 9/11, right?
Mash them together and you’ve got relatable comedy gold, the kind of thing that can bring about some laughs from the millennials while getting young people to rise to the passionate defense of the Transportation Security Administration.
https://twitter.com/woodruffbets/status/854351351094161409
That was Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly on the much-maligned TSA and he … what’s the opposite of nailed it?
This might be the stupidest quote ever. https://t.co/cR9kmZ8AY1
— Garrison Frost (@GarrisonFrost) April 18, 2017
It was a dumb statement that drew comparisons to some of Mike Huckabee’s worst tweets. But better yet, it led to Twitter trying to replicate the joke structure but intentionally fucking it up and failing.
https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/854356067756777473
"While you're binge-watching Broad City on Hulu, the TSA is making sure the Broads in this City are safe from terrorists." https://t.co/RbudKCzKdR
— Mark Turkeytime Hrisho (@MarkTHrisho) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/davelozo/status/854357667174899712
"While you're watching Big Little Lies, TSA is making terrorists big little cry." https://t.co/yicMtz92ZW
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/rockiesVSconnor/status/854358418869686272
"When you were binge-watching IRON FIST, a TSA agent was using a fist to— you know what, I'm going to workshop this one a bit first" https://t.co/UHhXl9Nx5f
— Shawn McGuan (@the_mcgone) April 18, 2017
When you are binge-watching “The Blacklist,” the TSA is creating an actual blacklist. https://t.co/QSmHIeQxeD
— Matt Viser (@mviser) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/misterpdb/status/854357596601368576
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/854357473385476096
Sec. Kelly: "While you're laughing along to Fuller House, immigrants are sneaking over our borders making our country into a fuller house" https://t.co/i0wZ6txnv3
— Robby Slowik (@RobbySlowik) April 18, 2017
"While you're hate-watching Girls on HBO, our administration is blocking access to health care and equal pay for actual girls." https://t.co/6KceFhj7Vl
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 18, 2017
"When you're binge-watching Daredevil, there is a blind man being flagged for additional screening in a private room." https://t.co/JcPBNq7awT
— Cat in the Hat (@NorthCaroliNats) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Adam_Jacobi/status/854363107405291520
when you’re binge-watching Dave Chappelle’s new stand up specials on Netflix, our politicians are STANDING UP in the face of terrorists https://t.co/zCIZRaTOWu
— Ham (@shut_up_ham) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/tomtomorrow/status/854355304007467008
Try it yourself. Pick a movie out right now. I’m gonna try it, without any previous thought, with the Last Jedi.
While you were watching the trailer for the Last Jedi, the TSA was using the Force of the federal government to prevent terrorists from boarding planes.
Many others also noted that a high-level Trump staffer once tried to take a gun on a plane.
https://twitter.com/R0G3R5R4NG3R5/status/854355720229277697
So, there’s that, too.