{"id":403157,"date":"2019-04-15T18:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/tulsi-gabbard-attempts-to-talk-twitter-with-got-meme-fails-miserably-rt-usa-news\/"},"modified":"2019-04-15T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:54:20","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-attempts-to-talk-twitter-with-got-meme-fails-miserably-rt-usa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/tulsi-gabbard-attempts-to-talk-twitter-with-got-meme-fails-miserably-rt-usa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard attempts to \u2018talk Twitter\u2019 with GOT meme, fails miserably \u2014 RT USA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/thumbnail\/5cb4b5fffc7e935e0c8b4588.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard attempted to reach Game of Thrones fans via Twitter by using their own language \u2013 memes \u2013 but instead cemented herself as the official \u201cmom\u201d of social media.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Hawaii Rep. was lamenting the bad weather that delayed her flight from LA to Chicago on Sunday, and took the opportunity to score some sweet pop culture points by referencing the highly anticipated return of Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was the accompanying mismatched meme featuring a quote and character from Lord of the Rings (played by actor Sean Bean who also appeared in GOT) that netizens found inexcusably offensive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One does not simply mash up J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin references. =:^)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Horn&#x2122;\/Cool Jerk dot com (@CoolJerk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoolJerk\/status\/1117539067175026688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice picture of Ned Boromir who died in episode one of Lord of the Thrones.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr The Leopard In The Basement Is A Stupid Name (@tlitb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tlitb\/status\/1117540434232922114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tulsi&#8230; that&#8217;s Lord of the Rings<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 luke (@VoteLuke2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteLuke2020\/status\/1117589229620662272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lord of the Thrones is my favorite show!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe (@Yinz_r_jagoffs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yinz_r_jagoffs\/status\/1117801422316285952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Gabbard learned the hard way that one must know what one is doing before simply selecting a meme, especially on Twitter, and mashing cult classic quotes together is a bold move best left to the experts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crossing the meme streams huh? Bold move.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheLoreSeeker (@TheLoreSeeker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLoreSeeker\/status\/1117541562139828224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oh no who showed her how to meme<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Hinojosa (@MichaelHinni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelHinni\/status\/1117539599260311558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<p>Whether the politician really was confused about the meme\u2019s origin, or simply didn\u2019t understand the severity of her decision to mix the two, we may never know.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-big\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/456304-game-of-thrones-red-cross\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"read-more-big__container\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"read-more-big__content\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__subtitle\">Also on rt.com<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__title\">Game of Thrones \u2018worst war criminals\u2019 RANKED by Red Cross<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__cover lazyload\" data-bgset=\"&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/xxs\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b4608.jpg 280w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/xs\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b4609.jpg 320w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/thumbnail\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b4607.jpg 460w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/m\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b460a.jpg 540w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/l\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b460b.jpg 768w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/article\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b4606.jpg 980w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.04\/xxl\/5cb02a52fc7e93a6158b460c.jpg 1240w&#10;                        \" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Think your friends would be interested? 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