Jeanine Pirro is currently serving as the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., which, unlike states, means she's also the local D.C. district attorney. Yet, when it was time to organize a tour of the Supreme Court, Pirro appeared confused.
Posting on X, her office bragged that she organized a tour for all of the interns to show them the high court, but the photos she posted of the interns were from the U.S. Capitol building instead.
The post was up for about 2 1/2 hours before it was ultimately deleted after a montain of ridicule.
Rep. Laura Friedman (D-CA) posted a series of laughing emojis, saying, "This is the Capitol Building. What exactly are @USAttyPirro's qualifications again?"
MSNBC columnist Michael A. Cohen cited an imaginary narrator, "This is the US Capitol."
The group Capitol Hunters, which helped organize and crowdsource information about the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, noted, "Trump's Justice Department has a separation-of-powers problem, if they think the US Capitol is actually the Supreme Court. Maybe ..all those 'other branches' look the same? This is a real Tweet from the Jeannie Pirro's office, misidentifying the US Capitol."
Podcaster Scott Koon, who hosted the "Capitol Insurrection Report," posted on X, "Multiple January 6th defendants mistook the Capitol for the White House, and now the MAGA US Attorney for DC mistakes the Capitol for the SCOTUS. The MAGA administration is nothing but billionaires and homeschooled fundamentalist kids."
Emily Keller, who navigates civics content for YouTube, questioned, "So, do we feel good about the fact that the DC US Attorney doesn't know the difference between the Capitol and the Supreme Court?"
One of the photos of the infamous Capitol Rotunda was described in the "alt text" as the Supreme Court ceiling, pointed out Business Insider's Bryan Metzger. Another description read "interns in front of the Supreme Court." Both are below.
Sophie Ulin, who does communications for Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), remarked, "Feeling really good about the fact that @USAO_DC doesn’t know the difference between SCOTUS and the U.S. Capitol."
Even the Bulwark's Joe Perticone pointed out, "This is, uh, the wrong building."
Semafor politics reporter David Weigel quipped, "Close enough."
Staff reporter at DailyKos, Emily Singer, recalled, "Once when I was working at Roll Call I gave an intern a tour of the Capitol and she asked me if the Supreme Court across the street was the White House. Same vibes."
DailyMail reporter Jon Michael Raasch called it the "Worst Supreme Court tour ever."
Some pointed to the infamous "No Child Left Behind" program that former President George W. Bush passed, noting that it appears someone was, indeed, left behind. Another called it "soooo awkward."
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