Josh Harder Rep
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an me 2 23</font></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The official Twitter account for the Republican Party is <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/gop-mocking-coastal-elites-backfires-17769691.php" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">being trolled</a> for a flawed tweet that was shared on Monday, February 6.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">According to SFGate, the tweet featured an image of an aerial view of farmland that included the caption, "Wait until the coastal elites find out that this is where their food comes from!"</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The news outlet highlighted the main issue which the tweet, which was meant to be a political jab at high-earning Democrats.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/2020/08/anatomy-of-a-man-made-disaster-here-are-595-hard-facts-about-trumps-abysmal-19-response" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Anatomy of a man-made disaster: Here are 595 hard facts about Trump's abysmal COVID-19 response</a></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"The tweet was clearly meant to be a jab at hypothetical wealthy Democrats who look down on rural farmers, despite the fact that those farmers produce a majority of the nation's food," the outlet reported. "There's only one problem with the tweet: The land in the picture appears to be in California, the home of many so-called 'coastal elites.' Moreover, it appears to be an area that elected a Democratic congressman."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.), the lawmaker who represents the area featured in the image, quickly slammed the tweet and pointed out the main issue with it. Retweeting the image, he tossed the party's caption back at them <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshHarder/status/1622777880257216525" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">tweeting</a>, "Wait until the @GOP find out this is my district</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It didn't take long for Twitter users to chime in with critical remarks. Historian Kevin Kruse <a href="https://www.alternet.org/r/entryeditor/2659387793#advanced::text=https%3A//twitter.com/Kevi..." target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">tweeted</a>, "All you had to do was find a picture of farmland in the Midwest and you somehow screwed that up. Amazing."</p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Clara Jones, the editor-in-chief of Mother Jones magazine also offered blistering remarks <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/1623032683411685376" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">tweeting</a>, "Bow down to CA's food production. With 4% of nation's farms, we produce 13% of all ag products, 1/3 of all veggies, 2/3 of nation's fruit and nuts, 81% of wine..."</p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/gop-conspiracy-theories-2658976456/" target="self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">'Groomers,' Paul Pelosi and so much more: The most unhinged GOP conspiracy theories of 2022</a></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Since the post remained despite the barrage of critical responses it received, the news outlet speculates that it likely will not be removed.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/12/gop-twitter-employees" target="_self" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">GOP lawmaker vows to investigate Twitter employees who may have helped to censor news on Hunter Biden's laptop</a></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div>