It’s been a few days since Governor Rick Snyder compared the flooding devastation in Detroit with water damage to his lake house, but the #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood tweets are still trickling in. Residents were furious about the comparison Michigan’s governor made. Inquisitr covered the details of the governors’ inappropriate comparison of suffering in a previous article.
The governor has been to visit the flood damaged areas, according to The Telegraph . He has already asked the state insurance commissioner to look into the devastation. He has contacted officials at the state and federal level regarding the hardships caused by the flood. Even still, social media can be relentless.
#JustLikeTheDetroitFlood tweets popped up right after Snyder’s radio debacle. The hashtag, which sarcastically berated Governor Snyder, even managed to trend on Twitter. The whole nation joined Detroit in finding comparisons that were, more or less, “just like the Detroit flood”. Here are some of the highlights from those tweets:
New hashtag to celebrate Rick Snyder’s tone deafness: #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood http://t.co/8niIpDQeF6 via @eclectablog #1u
— AFSCME (@AFSCME) August 18, 2014
The condensation from my @Starbucks iced coffee just left a puddle on my desk. #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood Right, Gov. Snyder? #TeamSchauer
— Travis Radina (@TravisRadina) August 15, 2014
#JustLikeTheDetroitFlood , “Friends” style @onetoughnerd pic.twitter.com/ApPQkxvoLr
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) August 15, 2014
Had to throw out a perfectly good smoking jacket that accidentally got wet in the rain. Kept thinking “This is #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood ”
— Chris Savage (@Eclectablog) August 14, 2014
I had to carry my own luggage and began to sweat #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood
— Sam Inglot (@saminglot) August 14, 2014
One time it rained at all my mansions in the same day. #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood @onetoughnerd
— Trevor Staples (@trevorstaples) August 14, 2014
@Eclectablog MSHDA Director dropped 75 year old scotch on a charted flight while staying in a $500 a night room. #justlikethedetroitflood
— We Matter (@bridgespeaks) August 14, 2014
I once laughed at poor people and champagne shot out my nose #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood
— Sam Inglot (@saminglot) August 14, 2014
One time my kids climbed in the backseat of my Bentley with their swimsuits on and got the seats wet. #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood
— Lonnie Scott (@LonnieScott) August 14, 2014
Sometimes my driver hits a pothole and I spill my scotch #JustLikeTheDetroitFlood
— Chris Savage (@Eclectablog) August 14, 2014
#JustLikeTheDetroitFlood Gov. Snyder, guests couldn’t figure out bidet in downstairs bathroom. Soaked.
— Ken Jackson (@OrwellAcademy) August 14, 2014
Then, just as the sarcastic tweets started to die down, on Sunday, Governor Synder took the the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. WKZO reported that Snyder was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by Art Van Elslander, Art Van Furniture’s founder and chairman.
MLIVE reported:
“The ALS Association, crediting the Ice Bucket Challenge, announced Sunday that it had received $13.3 million in donations between July 29 and August 17, up from $1.7 million during the same time period last year.”
Unfortunately for Governor Snyder, who was simply trying to do a good deed to support ALS sufferers, Detroit’s sarcasm doesn’t subside as fast as water from a lake house’s leaky ceiling. Governor Snyder’s Ice Bucket Challenge was, according to relentlessly sarcastic social media users , “#JustLikeTheDetroitFlood.”
[Featured photo adapted from Dsw4 on Wiki Commons ]
