'Greatmess': Twitter can't handle this awkward typo on Trump's State of the Union tickets
Naturally, the pictures have since gone viral with the internet mercilessly roasting Trump and his administration over the gaffe
Donald Trump's first State of the Union address to Congress already seems to have triggered peals of giggles and merciless taunts even before the president's widely anticipated speech. On Monday (29 January), the day before the 2018 State of the Union address, pictures of the official invitations began to pop up on social media due to an embarrassing typo.
Tickets to the event, which are issued by the House Sergeant at Arms' office, prominently featured the typo that welcomed invitees to the "State of the Uniom." The printed tickets are sent out to members of the House of Representatives, the Senate and their guests.
The misprint has since been corrected and the erroneous tickets are in the process of being recalled and reprinted, a spokesman for the House Sergeant of Arms office told multiple media outlets. Trump is scheduled to deliver the address on Tuesday (30 January) at 9 pm EST.
Meanwhile, some lawmakers, including Republican Senator Marco Rubio who ran against Trump in the GOP primary in 2016, posted pictures of the awkward invitation on social media.
"Looking forward to tomorrow's State of the Uniom," Rubio tweeted.
Representative Raul M Grijalva also posted a picture of the ticket and decided to take a swipe at Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
"Just received my ticket for the State of the Union. Looks like @BetsyDeVosEd was in charge of spell checking... #SOTUniom," he tweeted.
Naturally, the pictures have since gone viral with the internet mercilessly roasting Trump and his administration over the gaffe with a torrent of jokes, memes and, in some cases, their own creative misspellings.
"Will covfefe be served at the State of the Uniom?" one person tweeted.
"Looks like they use the same spellcheck as Trump," another piped in.
"'State of the Uniom' pretty sums up this presidency," someone wrote.
Republicans may have to recall all State of the Union tickets because they say "Uniom" not "Union," per two Dem aides. pic.twitter.com/FosSnznIHp
— Laura Barrón-López (@lbarronlopez) January 29, 2018
Well, this certainly shows the state of our shitty education system.
— Germ (@germ_jeremy) January 29, 2018
Just received my ticket for the State of the Union. Looks like @BetsyDeVosEd was in charge of spell checking... #SOTUniom pic.twitter.com/ZgFTGtTkzv
— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) January 29, 2018
I love unioms on my hot dog!
— Jan Ostrom (@janogram) January 29, 2018
The stat of the uniom is string https://t.co/I57iJJjiyw
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) January 29, 2018
"Greatmess" 😂
— Freedom Fries (@FriesFreedom) January 29, 2018
Well-oiled machine.
— Leila (@imsosorryrumham) January 29, 2018
this cam't be real
— Nick Brennan (@nfbrennan) January 29, 2018
Also: “Visitor’s Gallery� Just one visitor?
— Jon Danziger (@jondanziger) January 29, 2018
This is Unpresidented.
— Claudia Lamb (@ClaudiaLamb) January 29, 2018
Wimming
— Tony Severt (@TSevert) January 29, 2018
Is it possible that "President Donald Trump" is also a typo?https://t.co/EF0i817pZ1
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 30, 2018
— Chris Santiago (@Chris_Santiago_) January 29, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump-Good luck at your State Of The Uniom, whatever the hell that is. #StateOfTheDream
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 29, 2018
Have to miss the State of Uniom. Going to covfefe in Nambia and Normay
— Luisa Haynes (@wokeluisa) January 29, 2018
People are missing the story about the typo'd "state of the uniom" ticket.
— Chase (@chasews) January 29, 2018
The real scoop is that it looks like a construction paper ticket to a middle school bake sale. pic.twitter.com/nkoYUY6QTC
Betsy DeVos: I don’t understand why people are confused by uniom. It’s a perfectly cromulent word. https://t.co/3DEWvOSMsb
— (((ð•ºð–ð•¹ð–”ð•¾ð–ð–Šð•¿ð–œð–Žð–™ð–“ð–™))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 29, 2018
Doesn’t State of The “Uniom†perfectly encapsulate the Trump Presidency?
— Nathan H. Rubin (@NathanHRubin) January 30, 2018
A simple mistake leading to national embarrassment followed by a motley clean-up crew, who if they had just paid a tiny bit closer attention, could have avoided all the headache in the first place.
"Uniom" is the Polish dative plural for "unia", or "union" in English. So, state of more than one country.
— Charlotte ClymerðŸ³ï¸â€ðŸŒˆ (@cmclymer) January 29, 2018
Kinda makes sense when you consider Trump is a mouthpiece for Russia, right now. https://t.co/wcmiPMERYN
Its hard typing State of the Union with someone screaming "URANIUM" constantly in the background.
— Frederick Douglass (@gettinnoticedmo) January 29, 2018
Go ahead, try it.
I bet you type State of the Uniom. pic.twitter.com/ts0jrd9KXj
Is this a joke???? This isn’t a fundraiser or reality tv show. This is the STATE OF THE UNIOM [sic]. No, but seriously. What is happening here??! https://t.co/DkMy7er2nO
— Eliza Orlins (@eorlins) January 30, 2018
I’m not watching the State of the Uniom address. I don’t drink covfefe, either.
— Jim Beaver (@jumblejim) January 30, 2018
soon enough @SarahHuckabee will impatiently explain to the press that the correct spelling is indeed "uniom"#Stateoftheuniom
— Fishbulb (@thedailyduff) January 29, 2018
Symbolically profound. Can we get #StateOfTheUniom trending right now? https://t.co/vYe8ci7tel
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) January 29, 2018
How can they be this terrible at *everything*? #StateOfTheUniom https://t.co/1tM7tMFnwH
— The Deep State (@deepstaterogue) January 29, 2018
The proofreader gets an 'F' just like the rest of this administration. #StateOfTheUniom #BetsyDevos #TrumpsAmerica https://t.co/Um7uBxOPvY
— Educators Resist (@educatorsresist) January 29, 2018
“Liberty and Uniom, now and forever, one and inseparable!†https://t.co/7VsLKVGUEq
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 29, 2018
DC's hottest club is A More Perfect Uniom. It has everything. Mindless applause. A president's strange fascination with MS-13. A typo that says a lot about the actual state of our union. pic.twitter.com/u1guvGnB9O
— Stefon on 2018 (@StefonOn2018) January 30, 2018
the state of the uniom is stromg
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) January 29, 2018
This will be the last year I go to a scalper for tickets to the "State of the Uniom." #SOTU pic.twitter.com/SVcYLqYoXz
— Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) January 29, 2018
And somewhere in the Capitol, an worker in the print shop cackles with delight over his State of the Uniom handy work.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 29, 2018
“Welcome to The Resistance,†he whispers.
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