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#UnitedForUkraine Twitter Hashtag Hijacked, Epic Mockery Ensues

April 25, 2014 Leave a comment

After a string of diplomatic disasters in Libya and Syria, leave it to the Obama administration to come up with a whole new way to bungle foreign affairs. Enter “hashtag diplomacy,” which apparently now is a thing.

It all started on March 26th, when State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki sent the following tweet in support of President Obama’s pro-Ukraine remarks made earlier that day:


With this tweet, the Twitter hashtag #UnitedForUkraine was born, showing the world how effectively this “social media savvy” administration leverages networks like Twitter to achieve its foreign policy objectives.

Until a few days ago, when the Russian Foreign Ministry hijacked the State Department’s own #UnitedForUkraine hashtag, and used it to taunt the US and President Obama over the standoff in Ukraine:

 

 

 

 

Not to be outdone, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki sent this legendary tweet in response, further reinforcing President Obama’s image as a strong leader who is tough on Russia and tough on Russian President Vladimir Putin:

 

Yes, you read that correctly. That was the State Department attempting to scold Russia for not living “by the promise of hashtag.” Needless to say, Twitter users were not impressed. What followed next was an epic amount of mockery aimed squarely at Jen Psaki:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As if things couldn’t get worse for Mrs. Psaki, Fox News correspondent Ed Henry asked the State Department spokesperson about her dubious tweet during a press conference today. Her response was as follows:

Here is a direct quote of what she said to Ed Henry:

I was highlighting the fact that they have not been following their hashtag with action.

No, no, no. You did not just say that. Dammit.

Twitter users were equally displeased with her comments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Most embarrassing administration evah.” Sadly, I could not agree more. If this is us hitting the reset button on our relations with Russia, then I’d officially like to hit the eject button on this administration. I guarantee you that won’t get lost in translation.

 

(H/T: Twitchy articles here, here, and here)

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