The GOP has set out to remind Americans that, like you, they are also made of human parts and perform human activities like "drive Priuses," "put together IKEA furniture," and even occasionally, "are black." The Republicans Are People Too ad campaign and subsequent social media hashtag, #IAmRepublican is the ill-conceived handy work of former Mitt Romney strategist, Vinny Minchillo. If there's one thing that Mitt Romney's people know how to do, it's connect with young voters.
The backfire on Twitter and Facebook was swift as jokesters flooded the campaign with snarky quips about what being a Republican means to them.
Behold some of the response in the following tweets:
#IAmARepublican so I believe government should be small enough to drown in a bathtub ,but big enough to prevent all gay marriages& abortions
— myopinion (@RightonCarl) September 30, 2014
#IAmARepublican because I believe that baking a cake for a gay couple is the same as the Holocaust!
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) September 30, 2014
#IAmARepublican your gay marriage ruins the sanctity of my 5th marriage
— Mimi Anne Malarkey (@medarlinv) September 29, 2014
#IAmARepublican because the only thing scarier than gays is lady-parts. Or brown people. Or gay, brown, lady-parts. Or paying my share!
— Robert Nesbit (@WakersBrother) September 29, 2014
#IAmARepublican because equality means less privilege for straight, white men, and straight, white men have told me that's bad.
— Violet Smith (@stachi0) September 29, 2014
#IAmARepublican because I'm scared that when minorities become the majority, they'll treat us the way we've treated them.
— Jayelle (@GreenEyedLilo) September 30, 2014
#IAmARepublican because minorities & liberals are only poor because of their own choices. White conservatives are poor because of immigrants
— Dorian Plum (@DorianPlum) September 30, 2014
#IAmARepublican because I benefited from feminism, but don't think future generations of women should.
— Jayelle (@GreenEyedLilo) September 30, 2014
#IamARepublican because I have a tattoo of Leviticus chapter/verse and don't understand irony.
— Mari Steed (@culchiewoman) September 30, 2014
#IamARepublican because my greatest fear is Obama's Gay Robot Army. His militant Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell-bots are just TOO fabulous.
— Tort Master (@theTortmaster) September 30, 2014
#IamARepublican because I cater to all demographics as long as they include straight, white christian males over 35
— Teabagadonuts (@Baggerazzi) September 30, 2014
Watch the campaign's hip video below and see what started all this:
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