Sen. Chuck Grassley tried to attack Google and cable companies but unleashed a typo-filled tweet that made zero sense.
Grassley tweeted:
These cable companies are getting to big like goggle so they can ignore their customers FNC has taken their ticker off. For those of us tired of hearing the same story ten times we can mute and read. So now just turn to another channel NOT HISTORY CH
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) May 2, 2021
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Grassley was apparently mad at Fox News because they took their ticker off the screen. The problem is that Fox News is not a cable company. They are a channel. Also, the search engine is called Google, not goggle, but we can attribute that typo to a possible auto-correct misadventure.
However, Sen. Grassley is getting close to 90 years of age, so it is fair to ask if he should still be in the Senate after reading his tweet that didn’t make any sense.
He was correct about the endless repetition of stories on cable news, but a Senator should not be getting his information from the Fox News ticker.
It might be time for Sen. Grassley to retire because his tweet raising some disturbing questions about his competency.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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