‘OH FO SHO’: Ocasio-Cortez, Omar Welcome 82-Year-Old Pascrell Jr. To The Squad
A story straight out The Onion came true in a matter of hours after the satirical website posted a story in which 82-year-old Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) asked to be let into “The Squad.”
That’s the group of Democratic lawmakers ― all women of color ― who have been the subject of President Donald Trump’s racist tweets: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
But Pascrell seized the moment on Monday, shared a link to the Onion story on his Twitter feed and asked if he could join the group:
Well. How bout it @AyannaPressley @AOC @RepRashida @IlhanMN? https://t.co/jqdmXneYv5
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) July 16, 2019
Omar replied with this classic Snoop gif:
https://t.co/OvHsLarw9d pic.twitter.com/I8LX9sqz2u
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 16, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez also welcomed Pascrell:
You’re in, @BillPascrell! ☺️💖👯♀️👯♂️ https://t.co/iuYJfCyWng
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 16, 2019
Pascrell ― or whoever runs his social media ― replied with a humorous meme from the 2004 film “Napoleon Dynamite”:
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https://t.co/MLeMavbyFM pic.twitter.com/EwooL0d7Sz
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) July 16, 2019
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
