Congress’s “angriest” poster on social media has been unmasked, thanks to a new study that has tracked representatives’ “Twitter fingers.”
Among the candidates were the infamously volatile Marjorie Taylor Greene and the equally outspoken Lauren Boebert.
Both were ousted by a somewhat unusual suspect: Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., an 87-year-old man from New Jersey.
According to metrics implemented in more than 2 million tweets from 584 US senators, representatives and governors over five years, the Democrat is the most annoying.
It recorded a ‘discomfort score’ of 10/10 on tweets shared before and after. The Preply analysis ended – just as Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies at his criminal trial in New York.
The “angriest” Congress poster on social media has been unmasked, and it’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert
The owner of the dubious distinction was actually Bill Pascrell of New Jersey (seen here leaving the House in 2019), who is 87 years old and no fan of Donald Trump.
“This is your usual reminder that convicted felon Donald Trump was found liable for raping and then defaming a woman and ordered to pay her $88,000,000,” Pascrell tweeted the following Tuesday along with a photo of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein .
A few days earlier, he focused on what he described as “the reason Republicans are obsessed with destroying the IRS”: wanting to “help billionaires cheat on their taxes and steal from them.”
“That’s why,” the Paterson-raised progressive proclaimed.
“Republicans are openly admitting that they want to steal Social Security and Medicare from you and then force you to work until you die,” he wrote in another post that month about how some conservatives have considered raising the retirement age and eliminating the federal age. background too.
“When Republicans say they’re coming for your social security, believe them,” he wrote on Twitter, where he has a Ukrainian flag emoji next to his name.
A few days earlier, the representative of New Jersey’s Ninth District shared a file published by a Seattle doctor showing the thousands of pills prescribed to White House staff during just a few months of Donald Trump.
Addictive sedatives like Ambien and Provigil dominated the list with hundreds of prescription pills, as did ketamine, fentanyl and morphine.
Only more than 2,000 Ambien and just under 1,000 Provigil were prescribed.
According to metrics deployed on more than 2 million tweets from 584 U.S. senators, representatives and governors over five years, the Democrat is the most annoying, Preply found.
“Trump’s White House pharmacy activities raise a flotilla of red flags,” Pascrell wrote on Jan. 27 about drug abuse.
“There is not a single aspect of this Trump administration and his criminal crony that he has not desecrated (.) not a single one.”
Shortly before, he shared a tweet about Trump’s comments about abuse of presidential power in the event of a victory in November; sentiments she has shared more than 20 times in the last year.
“Both the Washington Post and the New York Times have revealed that Donald Trump plans to impose a dictatorship and use the military against his enemies if he takes power again,” Pascrell tweeted in January once again in protest.
“I’m going to post this repeatedly so no one can say they haven’t been told.”
The attitude of Pascrell, who has represented The Garden State in the House since 1997, is nothing new.
In 2020, NJ Advance Media profiled him for his steely tweets, which often go unnoticed due to the more boisterous and colorful personalities of some of his contemporaries.
At the time, the New Jersey native said that as a teenager he was drawn to politics because it involved fighting and being outspoken, recalling how his uncle, a Paterson neighborhood leader, took him to his first political event about 70 years ago. .
It recorded a 10/10 ‘discomfort score’ on tweets shared before and after Preply’s analysis ended, just as Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies at his criminal trial in New York.
“Ten minutes into the event, a chair flies past my head,” Pascrell recalled at the time. ‘There were fights here, there were fights there. And I said to myself, “Maybe I’ll like this.”
Seven decades later, Pascrell, a 13-term Democrat, is still out for blood, and the platform the former president once frequented has emerged as his preferred outlet, helping him to the top spot.
“Led by their new president, Republicans lie through their teeth about allowing the rich to cheat on their taxes because they think Americans are stupid,” Pascrell wrote last November following the election of Mike Johnson as president.
“It’s amazing how Republican leaders lie mostly because they think voters are stupid and absolutely despise you,” he wrote the previous year.
Republican Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas is one of many who have spoken out against Pascrell’s antics on social media.
He told NJ.com in 2020: ‘I don’t think some of this hate speech and very aggressive accusations against other members of Congress play any role.
Pascrell previously told publications that he developed the behavior seen not only on social media but also in the House on the mean “streets of Paterson, New Jersey.” He is seen arguing with the 77th Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, in 2020 over Trump’s tax returns.
‘But I do think Bill Pascrell is a very passionate legislator. He stands up for New Jersey and his community every step of the way.’
Pascrell previously told publications that he developed this behavior in the middle ‘streets of Paterson, New Jersey’
“Every day when you’re on the streets of Paterson, you have to prove yourself,” the student said at the time. ‘That never left me. I have to say what I believe. I tell you what I think. I don’t want to water down the wine.
Despite his age, he has not expressed any retirement plans. More than 20 years ago, she was among 81 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who voted to authorize the invasion of Iraq.
