House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday not only set into motion his potential removal from office, it also inspired a slightly off-color hashtag.
By the afternoon, #impeachthemf was a trending term on Twitter. For those living under rocks, “MF” is shorthand for “mother fucker,” and is generally not considered a positive term.
Twitter users reacted in all sorts of memish ways.
Some were surprised it was actually happening.
laura
Opening Twitter this afternoon #ImpeachTheMF
Jyn Erso
The dam is breaking. #Impeachment #ImpeachTrump #ImpeachTheMF
Some were happy about the news.
Oh look finally a hashtag I can tweet while making sense. Let's goooooo!!! #ImpeachTheMF
Nicole #TheResistance
She finally said it @SpeakerPelosi announces Impeachment Inquiry!!! Drop your Impeachment Inquiry dance below #ImpeachTheMF
Shanelle Moore
And that is an "on period" from me. [credit: freakymarko2] #ImpeachTheMF
Others were cautiously optimistic about how the impeachment process might work.
Truthiness
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And then there were people who couldn’t help but wonder how the president was handling the news.
Megan Lane
He seems like a very happy young peach looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!#ImpeachmentInquiry #ImpeachTheMF #PresidentPAB #PresidentialHarassment
ISeeYouLaughingTho
BREAKING: #Trump responds to impeachment inquiry announcement #ImpeachmentHearings #ImpeachTheMF #ImpeachmentInquiry #ImpeachNow
Thomas O.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally comes around. Let’s go! #DEMS #ImpeachTheMF