Conservative pundit Ann Coulter’s mocking of the “Bring Back Our Girls” hashtag failed this week.
On Sunday, Coulter tweeted “My hashtag contribution to world affairs” with an image of herself holding a sign with her own hashtag, “#Bring Back Our Country.” The tweet received almost 2,000 retweets by Tuesday morning.
My hashtag contribution to world affairs … pic.twitter.com/Wkb8ozYZFC
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 12, 2014The international community last week began using #BringBackOurGirls on Twitter to encourage the release of the teenage girls by the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram. The suspected gunmen took 276 girls from their dormitories more than a month ago. Last week they captured an additional eight individuals.
Supporters of #BringBackOurGirls replaced the text on Coulter’s piece of paper with their own phrases to describe their views of her public post:
.@AnnCoulter Hashtag Hijacking #BringBackOurGirls Backfires BigTime http://t.co/LVBKlueRyr Well-deserved! #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/yRTj6l0JYi
— Becky Carrizales (@bcarrz) May 13, 2014What Ann Coulter SHOULD have tweeted: pic.twitter.com/CTQZFsySGK
— Brad Friedman (@TheBradBlog) May 12, 2014Ann Coulter is a Sick Racist and Traitor – Shameful #tweko #FlushGOP #StopRush .@PRyan pic.twitter.com/zmWQjBLCEX
— Warp Drive (@jeffwired) May 13, 2014Ann Coulter: pic.twitter.com/18m4khBC0a
— Abeeha (@freddiehamiIton) May 12, 2014Ann Coulter is Conchita Wurst-Fan! pic.twitter.com/wPU8Fers0O
— -Stannis Free Folk- (@DieAcademy) May 13, 2014This makes me smile. America > Ann Coulter. http://t.co/CI9L4Bb1iF pic.twitter.com/0Y6Ud8Qn0l
— Gregor Rossino (@GregorRossino) May 13, 2014In addition to Coulter, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, Fox News contributors and Will Cain of TheBlaze also poked fun at the world rallying behind the phrase on Twitter. They especially mocked First Lady Michelle Obama for supporting the original campaign. Other politicians and industry leaders published similar images, including comedian Ellen DeGeneres, musician Leona Lewis and education activist Malala Yousafzai.
Michele Richinick