Josh Mandel, a Republican candidate running for an Ohio Senate seat, was widely mocked after his attempt to troll Democrats online backfired.
Mandel, who has used his Twitter account to promote conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and to discourage vaccinations, childishly blasted Democrats, saying that you can't spell the word "panDEMic" without "DEM."
You can\u2019t spell \u201cpanDEMic\u201d without \u201cDEM.\u201d Is this a coincidence?— Josh Mandel (@Josh Mandel) 1632104834
Actually, the first use of the word "pandemic" can be traced back to the mid-17th.century, long before the modern Democratic Party existed.
It is derived from the Greek words pán, which means "all, every, whole," and dêmos, meaning "the people," a reference to the people residing in ancient Greek states.
And could Mandel have foreseen how his words could be turned against him into a spectacular self-own?
People trolled him right back.
You also can't spell "REPrehensible" without "REP." Is that a coincidence?https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Kansas For Pete Buttigieg \ud83d\udc1d (Jodi C) (@Kansas For Pete Buttigieg \ud83d\udc1d (Jodi C)) 1632158558
You can't spell "Mandel" without thinking "ASSHOLE."https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Kop*wow (@Kop*wow) 1632155072
YOU CAN\u2019T SPELL PUBE JUICE WITHOUT PB&J REALLY MAKES U THINK\n\nsame energy my guyhttps://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Jon \ud83d\udd2c (@Jon \ud83d\udd2c) 1632155975
The DEM comes from the Greek root meaning \u201cPEOPLE\u201d like in \u201cDEMocracy.\u201d Something else this traitor hates.https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Planet K (@Planet K) 1632156141
JOSH: Jerk-Off Shithead--REPUGNANT, REPREHENSIBLE, REPROBATE, REPULSIVE. Is this a coincidence? I think not.https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Biden my time. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf7 (@Biden my time. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf7) 1632158268
using this brilliant logic, you can't spell "enDOGenous" without "DOG" so I apologize to this community for all the challenges we've brought to your empirical efforts.https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Doggonomics (@Doggonomics) 1632164462
You can\u2019t spell gopher without GOP oh my god what does it mean are they all rodents?https://twitter.com/joshmandelohio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— gbdawkins (@gbdawkins) 1632154803
And I can\u2019t spell \u201cstupid\u201d without \u201cu\u201d! Coincidence?https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Mary K. PFischer is Pfizered Up\ud83d\ude37 (@Mary K. PFischer is Pfizered Up\ud83d\ude37) 1632150846
If you rearrange the letters in Josh Mandel, you get "DJ Manholes", which I understand is his rap name.https://twitter.com/JoshMandelOhio/status/1439778144815304706\u00a0\u2026— Dave Keon's Cousin (@Dave Keon's Cousin) 1632153237
Mandel's tweet is only his latest attempt to downplay the severity of the pandemic.
In a recent interview, he downplayed the severity of the pandemic, referring to vaccines as "immoral" and "unethical."
Earlier this month, he was accused of trivializing the Holocaust after he compared Covid-19 vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany and urged his followers to "NOT comply with the tyranny."
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