Social media mocks Trump for misidentifying former DNC chairwoman

Social media mocked President Trump for misidentifying the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in a tweet attacking her on Friday.

Trump referred to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) as “Wendy” in a tweet criticizing the lawsuit filed by Democrats against the Trump campaign, Russian government and WikiLeaks.

“Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats. This can be good news in that we will now counter for the DNC Server that they refused to give to the FBI, the Wendy Wasserman Schultz Servers and Documents held by the Pakistani mystery man and Clinton Emails,” Trump tweeted.

{mosads} The multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleges the defendants conspired to disrupt the 2016 presidential election and undermine Hillary Clinton’s campaign by hacking the DNC’s servers and releasing the stolen information. 

Trump later deleted the tweet and corrected her name, but not before social media users poked fun at the mistake.

“It’s been almost half an hour?” Ashley Feinberg, a reporter with the Huffington Post tweeted. “There’s no way at least one person physically near him hasn’t seen this yet.”

It’s been almost half an hour? There’s no way at least one person physically near him hasn’t seen this yet https://t.co/6eqEJ8Y8q1

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) April 20, 2018

is there anything more 80s New York than confusing Wendy Wasserstein with Debbie Wasserman Schultz https://t.co/7MAZO0FEiU

— Matthew Zeitlin (@MattZeitlin) April 20, 2018

Remember when the President of The United States was the most powerful person on the planet? Now it’s your crazy aunt @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/4ozsfMRqMV

— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) April 20, 2018

I love that Wendy Wasserstein is trending right now. It’s about time! #wendywasserstein #feministplaywrights

— alix sobler (@alix_sobler) April 20, 2018

“Is Wendy Wasserman Schultz” some kind of nickname joke I’m not getting or…just a mistake? https://t.co/IjdVTXG0o4

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 20, 2018

HER NAME IS WENDY NOW https://t.co/Vb1tEBO4XW

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 20, 2018

the final insult to Debbie Wasserman Schultz is Trump getting her name wrong https://t.co/lOHvSH0w4f

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) April 20, 2018