President Donald Trump’s statement on deregulation on Thursday is getting plenty of attention, but not just for his claim of killing off 22 regulations for every new one implemented.
It’s this quote from the president at the top of the White House news release:
“We will get rid of the redundancy and duplication that wastes your time and your money,” Trump vowed.
The redundancy and duplication in the statement didn’t go unseen or unnoticed on social media.
Even Dictionary.com chimed in with a few words:
Duplications are redundancies. Redundancies are duplications.#OneMoreTimeForthePeopleInTheBackhttps://t.co/qlTwf2oLkq https://t.co/pMqFh3uUXJ
— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 14, 2017
Here are more responses and reactions:
Department of redundancy department. My favorite government office. pic.twitter.com/Rl1tTdGjir
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) December 14, 2017
Redundancy must be ended and eliminated.
— Roberta Steve (@Bertie913) December 15, 2017
This is funny and also amusing (hat tip @AndrewBeatty) pic.twitter.com/myloBAfgnt
— Dave Clark (@DaveClark_AFP) December 14, 2017
There is also a redundant "your". Can't make this stuff up.
— Patricia Maroney (@PatriciaMaroney) December 14, 2017
"I don't repeat myself. I don't repeat myself." - Donald Trump
— Fiona Taylor (@fionaleslie) December 15, 2017
— Alain (@amirandarights) December 14, 2017
"We will get rid of the redundancy and duplication that waste your time and your money" - @realDonaldTrump being, unintentionally, really funny
— Euan Rellie (@euanrellie) December 15, 2017
Wait. Wait. Wait. Not only will he eliminate redundancy, but duplication? #savior #maga https://t.co/u8t9uVNIFy
— Eric Fischgrund (@EricFischgrund) December 15, 2017
Trump is getting rid of not just the redundancy but also the duplication that wastes your time and also your money. pic.twitter.com/ub2qaWnIyY
— Matunos, the Ever-Living! (@matunos) December 15, 2017
The Duplication and Redundancy Act So Americans Can Get More Cash Money From Their ATM Machine Act https://t.co/rSqkSH5Mnv
— dingus ah um (@flindir) December 15, 2017
"We will get rid of redundancy and duplication" deserves a seat alongside "only a Sith deals in absolutes." https://t.co/2AIuk4Ap9x
— Steve Fenn (@StatHunting) December 15, 2017
Copy editor to the WH, Stat!
— Ellin Stein (@ellinst) December 15, 2017
Let's have a double funeral for irony.
— joan o'reilly (@joan8904) December 15, 2017
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