The Boston Globe set heads scratching Tuesday after the newspaper published a story on former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's whereabouts during the Senate health care vote.
The former Massachusetts governor is now a private citizen removed from the debate to repeal and replace Obamacare. But the Globe wrote a story highlighting Romney's daughter-in-law's Instagram post showing he was jetskiing at the time.
"While the Senate debated health care, Mitt Romney was waterskiing," read the original headline, which was later updated to read, "Romney, long out of the political fray, takes to the water."
"It's been a contentious week in Washington," the Globe wrote. "One Republican who appears to be unbothered by all the political tumult? That would be Mitt Romney."
The piece, which appeared to criticized Romney for ignoring a debate that had nothing to do with him, earned Internet scorn.
Guys.
I found it.
The dumbest story of all time. https://t.co/Y21anJWocP
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) July 26, 2017
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh what was he supposed to be doing?
— tv show enjoyer (@bennnnnnewsome) July 26, 2017
like, he doesn't work there, right?
— tv show enjoyer (@bennnnnnewsome) July 26, 2017
It gets worse. Literally millions and millions of other private citizens were also living their lives.
— (((Dan Middleton))) (@DMiddletonCbus) July 26, 2017
BUSTED, motherf***er https://t.co/ODBMF7WHD1
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 26, 2017
Was Mitt Romney elected to some office I don't know of while I ate dinner? https://t.co/RnVWmV5j9Z
— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) July 26, 2017
I'm not sure why this article exists tbh. What exactly should he have been doing? https://t.co/A0gSJZPUva
— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) July 26, 2017
President Romney letting us all down again https://t.co/MdLF3k1veb
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 26, 2017