Social media continued its eruption in soup jokes on Thursday after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of having a “gazpacho police” spy on GOP lawmakers.
Greene’s pitfall came in an apparent reference to the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, but the far-right rep instead named the chilled vegetable soup popular in Spain and Portugal.
“Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress,” Greene said during an interview on One America News Network, Greene said Pelosi was using U.S. Capitol Police officers as “pawns” and sending them into lawmakers’ offices to “investigate.”
Naturally, the internet quickly jumped on the congresswoman’s bungled metaphor.
George Conway, the conservative lawyer and columnist, quickly changed his Twitter profile name to “Oficial de Policía de Gazpacho Conway.”
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) followed up by tweeting that Greene “clearly banned all books from her house years ago” in reference to the ongoing conservative push to ban from schools books deemed sexually explicit or racially charged.
Others threw in soup jokes to mock the Georgia Republican.
“Overheard: Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps talking about Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Gazpacho’ and now I want the recipe,” tweeted “Star Trek” actor George Takei.
Then everyone piled on.
Just to clear things up, @RepMTG
Gazpacho: a vegetable-based Spanish cold soup
Gestapo: Nazi Germany's secret police pic.twitter.com/T9q76r706G— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) February 9, 2022
At least she leads by example. She clearly banned all books from her house years ago https://t.co/SGMheBuFzn
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 9, 2022
Overheard: Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps talking about Nancy Pelosi’s “Gazpacho” and now I want the recipe.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) February 9, 2022
I hope all you Progressos out there are having a fun time
— Oficial de Policía de Gazpacho Conway (@gtconway3d) February 9, 2022
— Out Of Context Sarcasm (@SpelacchioScot) February 10, 2022
Imagine, if you will, that the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is spying on you with police… but that these are no ordinary police. They are also a traditional Andalusian soup dish made of raw, blended vegetables, including the tomato… and best served cold https://t.co/NhgyAsZUE3 pic.twitter.com/UTcDEZnDQ9
— KonstantinBoristovich ⛰🎙⛰🐮🛠🧝🏼♀️🐗👜 (@HardSciFiMovies) February 10, 2022
Today’s winner https://t.co/qbDOklWxac
— Get vaccinated, wear a mask (@MaggieJordanACN) February 10, 2022
— HW & Nika the GSD (@HW_Europa) February 10, 2022
— (((Beer Rabbi))) (@BeerRabbi) February 10, 2022
Did someone already use “No Coup For You!” because I call it if it’s still available. https://t.co/zqUgPgbzgs pic.twitter.com/SOdmRuBrTN
— PoliticOhMyGawd (@PoliticOhMyGawd) February 10, 2022
First they came for the gazpacho and I did not speak out because I do not like gazpacho. Then they came for the rice and I did not speak out because it’s only rice. Then they came for the beans and I did not speak out because..beans. Then they came for the tapas. I said GTFOH
— Alex Skolnick (@AlexSkolnick) February 10, 2022
Thank you, wanted to do just that 🙂
Gazpacho Police arrests everyone who eats Gazpacho soup hot. Rimmer got off lightly.— Lala Sara (@Lala_Sara) February 10, 2022
THE BORSCHT!
IS YET!
TO COME!https://t.co/5QdEnyArf6 pic.twitter.com/M2A3n6LcfT— Auld Lang Cyn 🗽💉💉💉 (@cindymclennan) February 9, 2022
