Ohio GOP Lawmaker Hilariously Mocked For Taking Founding Fathers Literally
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The House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would turn Washington, D.C., into a state, but some people are protesting the move with potentially dubious claims.
Case in point: Ohio state Rep. Mike Loychik (R) took to Twitter on Thursday to assert that the founding fathers never wanted D.C. to be a state.
The founders never intended for Washington DC to become a state.
— Representative Mike Loychik (@MikeLoychik) April 22, 2021
It’s true that Washington was made into a separate district rather than a state, but many Twitter users weren’t impressed with Loychik’s argument. They pointed out a whole bunch of things that are an accepted part of American culture that the founders also never intended (and vice versa). Take a look:
A lot of them owned slaves, so excuse me if I'm not compelled by their intentions. https://t.co/g8MUTmzko0
— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) April 22, 2021
The founders also thought that human beings should be property.
Things change. https://t.co/fPEvTqQ1wa— jonhumbert (@jonhumbert) April 22, 2021
The founders never intended for women or Black people to vote, and yet here we are. https://t.co/3QieMMzb78
— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) April 22, 2021
The founders never intended for this man to become a President. https://t.co/UfvXvos0iq pic.twitter.com/8dnWAtf7C2
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) April 22, 2021
The Founders also treated headaches with leeches, bark and opium so let's ditch the FDA. https://t.co/H2jI3AnwXc
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) April 22, 2021
The founders often pooped in buckets. We've advanced as a society and can make decisions based on information from this century. https://t.co/WhnlOjdRkp
— Spencer L. Hicks (@SpencerLenox) April 22, 2021
the founders never intended for a dog to play basketball https://t.co/v9kTUaBKVf pic.twitter.com/F0kvNV2HQT
— Allie Ghaman (@AllieG) April 22, 2021
Sir, they also did not foresee the invention of the modern "Dorito." https://t.co/TwuuK3TwsG
— Siddhartha Mahanta (@sidhubaba) April 22, 2021
The founders never intended for Nick Foles to win a Super Bowl. https://t.co/WY0jX39yjp
— Adam Hermann (@adamwhermann) April 22, 2021
The founders never intended for video games to become reliant on an extractivist freemium model. The founders are disappointed in you. https://t.co/vZRD6JkZjT
— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) April 22, 2021
The founders never intended for one of two political parties to flirt with fascist autocracy while attempting to implement minority rule either. But here we are. https://t.co/2DPIm5AfCK
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) April 22, 2021
the founders never authorized an air force either but here we are https://t.co/h32nZW1PAM
— Space Laserman, j.g. (@maxjrosenthal) April 22, 2021
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
