Blue Check Twitter Mocks Tom Price’s Resignation: ‘Too Much Baggage, Overhead’
Once President Donald Trump announced on Friday afternoon that he would decide sometime Friday evening about his fate, it seemed like just a matter of time before Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price would be out of a job. Price opted not to wait for the axe to fall, and he resigned his post — in a decision announced moments after the President’s remarks.
Price has been under fire for spending exorbitant sums of taxpayer money on private planes. He offered to pay a portion of the money back, but this did little to quiet the widespread public criticism.
Blue check Twitter was quick to weigh-in on the latest Friday departure from the Trump administration; following Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Chief of Staff Reince Pribus, and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Here’s a sampling of the reaction from politicians, journalists, and other verified Twitter users. (Warning: prepare for some puns ranging in quality from middling to Cillizza.)
.@SecPriceMD, you still owe the American people an explanation and a check for your mishandling of taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/tbKLtF8X0u
— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) September 29, 2017
Whether it was the millions who would’ve lost #healthcare or the millions lost on private flights, #TomPrice put Americans last at @HHSGov.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) September 29, 2017
Tom Price abused the public trust. He sabotaged the #ACA. Looks like he paid the price.
— Nanette D. Barragán (@RepBarragan) September 29, 2017
Sec. Price may have resigned, but the American people deserve to know just how much of their tax dollars he and other Cabinet officials are wasting on excessive travel & perks https://t.co/vcK8KsVHEk
— Senator Gary Peters (@SenGaryPeters) September 29, 2017
lol tom price is never going to pay that money back
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) September 29, 2017
Couldn’t have happened to a smarmier, more dishonest partisan, but there are others in this administration who are Price’s equal.
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 29, 2017
price had too much baggage, overhead
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 29, 2017
every American is united in saying that price’s private jet blue it
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) September 29, 2017
Next person that does a bad Tom Price pun on my timeline is being sent to customer service for a price check.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 29, 2017
If you look past the grifting, mismanagement of ACA implementation, and repeated failure to repeal the ACA, Price was good at his job.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 29, 2017
The Price is wrong.
I’ll show myself out.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 29, 2017
Congratulations to Dr Tom Price on his upcoming hire by the Scaramucci Post
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 29, 2017
From now on, consequences will be known as The Tom Price
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) September 29, 2017
Price Cut
Trump Drops Price
Trump Fixes Price Error With Cut
Trump Administration Goes Price-Less
The Highest Price: HHS Secretary Resigns— Samit Sarkar (@SamitSarkar) September 29, 2017
PRICED OUT
PRICE DROP
SLASHING PRICES
CLOSING PRICE
CUTTING PRICES TO THE BONE
KNOCKDOWN PRICE
PRICE FIXING
ROLLING PRICES BACK— tom mckay (skeleton) (@thetomzone) September 29, 2017
Farewell Fridays at the White House:
July 21: Spicer splits.
July 28: Priebus pushed out.
Aug 18: Bannon bolts.
Sept 29: Price packs up.— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) September 29, 2017
Tom Price is a good example of why you shouldn’t trust doctors who look like they could play an evil veterinarian in a Beethoven sequel
— Erin ?Gloria? Ryan (@morninggloria) September 29, 2017
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