The White House sparked an online firestorm over a Valentine’s Day meme that poked fun at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) over the doomed border deal.
The White House posted an image of an X with a red background and a heartbroken Johnson with the caption: “Happy Valentine’s Day, Chairman Johnson.”
Attached to it was the poem, “Roses are red, violets are blue, border agreements were broken because of you.”
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Critics online were quick to point to Biden administration policies that Republicans and some Democrats say are exacerbating the crisis at the southern border and leading to record numbers of migrants and illegal entry into the United States. did.
“If I were Speaker of the House, this is how I would react…Roses are red, passionflowers are deep blue, and we’ve been saying for three years that our border is safe,” tweeted Doug Powers.
Another user wrote: “Solved.” “Roses are red, communists are blue, you held the House of Representatives for two years, this is your responsibility.”
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“Did Speaker Johnson stop deportations? Did he stop people from remaining in Mexico? Did he stop building a border wall? Did he end the border emergency? Millions of unvetted illegal immigrants. Did they unilaterally resettle them? No, that’s it, big guy,” added Republican research director Jake Schneider. arm.
One user posted an image of a young schoolchild working on a laptop with the caption, “Image of White House staff posting to X.”
Derek Hunter responded to the meme by saying, “The president is 500 years old, but his staff is 12 years old.”
President Biden urged Prime Minister Johnson to pass a bipartisan national security bill with several border provisions in the Senate and send it to the House.
The Senate on Tuesday passed a $95 billion national security supplement package to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Border measures were omitted.
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In his remarks, Mr. Biden urged Prime Minister Johnson to bring the bill to the floor immediately, saying, “There is no question that the Senate bill would be considered by Congress.” House of Representatives, It will pass. ”
Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
