Sen. Joni Ernst's SOTU rebuttal sparks 'bread bag' meme
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst touched on a variety of topics in the Republican rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address. But it may be an anecdote about her modest upbringing that most Americans will remember.
“You see, growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry,” Ernst said. “But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.”
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Ernst would go on to discuss a variety of issues, from international trade to terrorism to the Keystone Pipeline. But judging by the flood of responses on Twitter, she seems to have lost a lot of people at “bread bags.”
I happened to be wearing my #breadslippers when #JoniErnst gave Republican response to #SOTU tonight #BreadBags ;-) pic.twitter.com/29n0Rowvf0
— Eric Seals (@ericseals) January 21, 2015
Now that she is a Senator she can finally afford 'Loafers' #breadbags #sotu
— Gregory Hall (@brewergreg) January 21, 2015
Breadbags over shoes- to help you visualize the GOP Response story pic.twitter.com/m4tp8pyrEM
— al tompkins (@atompkins) January 21, 2015
BREAKING: Nike announces new "Air Ernst" shoe line. #SOTU #Breadbags pic.twitter.com/5dIYlrHnim
— Howard Camerik (@HowardCamerik) January 21, 2015
I am sure @aaronshock was shirtless and wore Paul Smith Breadbags. #SOTU #BNRNews
— Lizz Winstead (@lizzwinstead) January 21, 2015
My Bread Bags are killing me! Thank god Obamacare graciously helps me get orthotics!#BreadBags
— Rudresh Mahanthappa (@rudreshm) January 21, 2015
Republicans be like #breadbags pic.twitter.com/1ullAI59Jr
— Cam (@KillaCamJC) January 21, 2015
For every kid to wear bread bags on their feet, we first gotta make sure families can afford 2 loaves of bread. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/jSgGUZWp9R
— Spike (@loudspike) January 21, 2015
And YOU get a bread bag, and YOU get a bread bag, and YOU get a bread bag!!! Cc @SamSeder @anamariecox #breadbags
— Sam Vance (@samvance) January 21, 2015
Honestly feel like I just listened to Jodi Ernst give the world's longest kindergarten commencement speech. #JodiErnst #BreadBags
— Zabeth Russell (@zabsters) January 21, 2015
#breadbagchronicles When I was a kid, we collected and traded #breadbags like baseball cards.
— Warren Throckmorton (@wthrockmorton) January 21, 2015
I might be wearing breadbags on my feet right now, for all you people know.
— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) January 21, 2015
Got them Breadbags! RT @CandiLand808: "@breadbagshoes: Toasty! Version 3.0 prototype. Limited Edition. pic.twitter.com/BIt1px2Xdy" and I'm done
— adrianne (@writersrepublic) January 21, 2015
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