White House official anonymously contributes Dr. Seuss-style poem to Politico mocking Republicans, calling Trump a 'Neanderthal'
Despite President Joe Biden promising to unify the country, one of his staff members made it clear they are not on board after they took the time to pen a Dr. Seuss-style poem mocking Republicans and stating that former President Donald Trump "acted like a Neanderthal."
What are the details?
On Thursday evening, Politico published a piece titled, "Biden World gives a shoulder shrug to the raging culture wars," wherein the publication began with a Dr. Seuss-style poem that reads:
"There's a war on The Muppets. And 'The Cat and the Hat!'
But Biden is busy. He has no time for all that."
The story continues:
Over the past few weeks, Republicans have simmered over the "cancellation" of seemingly innocent family favorites, including the venerated Mr. Potato Head toy and Dr. Seuss books. Glenn Beck has likened it to fascism. Fox News has covered it obsessively. In recent days, conservative legislators have made speeches at confabs and in the halls of Congress, warning about what they describe as out of control PC culture.
An unnamed White House "official" also contributed a Seuss-style poem for the story, saying:
"Republicans may complain, but they're still in thrall
To a President who acted like a Neanderthal
Instead of coming together, the flames they fan
When they should be working with Joe on the Rescue Plan
Cry, whine, and gnash their teeth as they may
It's actually the Republicans who are in disarray!"
The poem's mention of the word "Neanderthal" in reference to Trump doubles down on Biden's comment Wednesday when he said that the Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi were guilty of "Neanderthal thinking" for lifting COVID-19 restrictions in their states to open their economies.
The Politico story declaring that the Biden administration could care less about it all dropped as many Republicans were already fuming over the "Neanderthal" insult, which White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained was "a reflection of [Biden's] frustration and exasperation."
Reviews of the poem were mixed on social media. Some praised it, with one person declaring, "Oh my, That's Hilarious," and another calling it "perfect."
Others were less than impressed, with one person writing, "This makes me wish I was dead. I'm only 31, but I know I've lived too long," and another tweeting, "HAHAHA THIS CANNOT BE REAL that poem makes me more embarrassed to be an American than all of Trump's tweets combined."
Trump voters accuse Arizona poll workers of giving them a sharpie pen to thwart their vote, and election officials have responded
Supporters of President Donald Trump spread a rumor that their votes were being thwarted in Arizona by poll workers giving them a sharpie brand pen that would cancel their ballot, but election officials refuted the claims.
Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union chairman, was among those spreading the theory on social media Wednesday.
AZ update: apparently the use of sharpie pens in gop precincts is causing ballots to be invalidated. Could be huge… https://t.co/voKn5hJD8s— Matt Schlapp (@Matt Schlapp)1604508713.0
Twitter restricted the visibility of the tweet over the disputed claims.
Schlapp tweeted, "apparently the use of sharpie pens in gop precincts is causing ballots to be invalidated. Could be huge numbers of mostly Trump supporters."
Local officials respond
Local officials in Arizona attempted to debunk the theory.
"The felt-tip pen ballot controversy burning through social media is false. Don't get caught up in it," read a tweet from the Pima County government.
The felt-tip pen ballot controversy burning through social media is false. Don't get caught up in it. Arizona ballo… https://t.co/UdXSCYKVXD— Official Pima County (@Official Pima County)1604508659.0
"Arizona ballot tabulating machines can read ballots marked with a felt tip pen. Felt pens are discouraged because the ink can bleed through," they added.
They went on to explain the process of deciphering the ballot and counting it even if the ink bleeds through on the ballot.
"All ballots in which voter intent can be discerned will be counted. That's also in the manual. No ballots will be discarded because of the method used to color in the ovals," they added.
The public information officer for the Arizona Secretary of State said in an email to the Associated Press that people were misunderstanding the cancellation of ballots.
"If a voter's ballot is listed as canceled, it usually means the voter made an additional ballot request if they needed to have their original ballot replaced," said Sophia Solis. "Depending on when they returned their replacement ballot, that ballot is most likely still being processed by the county."
Despite the statement of election officials, some continued to spread the theory on social media.
"This is one example of fraud and maybe that happened in multiple places and states. Especially those Pro-Trump. The center gave the voter a sharpie to mark the options and this type of ink is not readable by the machine to register the votes," read one tweet.
Apparently, word got out that conservatives tend to vote on election day. SO, several poll workers in Arizona, chos… https://t.co/oqzOW6OhyC— Becky Bunde (@Becky Bunde)1604496164.0
People in Arizona are messaging me saying that their ballots have been canceled.Here's the kicker: Their polling… https://t.co/ek74IvYwyo— Alexandra Lains 🇺🇸 (@Alexandra Lains 🇺🇸)1604507990.0
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich sent a letter demanding answers about the controversy from Maricopa County election officials after receiving hundreds of complaints.
On Wednesday, Trump campaign advisor Steve Cortes admitted in a video that Joe Biden was leading Trump in the ballot count in Arizona by 93,000 votes, but noted that the president only needed 58% of 605,000 votes that were still being counted in order to beat Biden.
Here's more about the sharpie election conspiracy:
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