Merciless mockery as Trump lawyer blindsided by Gorsuch howitzer: 'Ah, I think ... so'

The internet was stunned on Wednesday as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the landmark birthright citizenship case — with one question from conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch leaving President Donald Trump's top attorney stumped.

"Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test?" Gorsuch asked.

"Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through," U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer said.

People reacted in shock on social media, calling out the absurdity of the response.

"Choosing to believe this is an April Fools joke for my own sanity," Tahra Hoops, Director of Economic Analysis at Chamber of Progress, wrote on X.

"*arguing in front of James Cameron about shipwrecks* 'Is the Titanic a shipwreck?' 'Ah…..a trick question. I was not aware you would ever bring this up,'" Reb Masel, attorney and podcast host, wrote on X.

"Showing up to oral arguments unprepared for a Gorsuch question on Native Americans is like going to Costco for paper towels and being ~shocked~ you leave $300 poorer with a vat of mayonnaise the size of a small child. We all saw this coming," Reason reporter Billy Binion wrote on X.

"Incredible lack of preparation by Sauer," elections analyst Philip Germain wrote on X.

"How the hell you going to not come prepared for a question about Natives when Justice Gorsuch is on the court?" Eric Michael Garcia, DC Bureau Chief at The Independent and MS NOW columnist, wrote on X.

"He answered this like a server answering the question 'do you have soy milk,'" Francesca Fiorentini, comedian and podcast host, wrote on X.