‘Abolish lasagna’ trends on Twitter after GOP senator’s photoshopped prop poster mocked

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst went viral on social media after users mocked a poster board she presented while addressing the Senate on Wednesday.

Ernst used the graphic to criticize the policies of the left ahead of President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.

Ernst’s poster presentation, titled “Liberal Fantasy Island,” was emblazoned with slogans such as “abolish ICE,” “end the filibuster now,” “expand the court” and “defund the police.”

It’s been nearly 100 days since President Biden delivered his Inaugural Address, promising our nation “unity, not division.”

But instead, @POTUS only seems to be listening to the far left progressives within the Democratic Party who live on their own liberal fantasy island. pic.twitter.com/jPObsCrZUl

— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) April 28, 2021

Shortly after Ernst’s remarks were televised, a social media user photoshopped the poster to poke fun at her presentation. The edited version featured altered slogans such as “abolish lasagna,” “only gay people get to go to restaurants” and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” an ode to the hit Amazon Prime show.

Joni Ernst is batshit nuts if she thinks anyone wants to abolish lasagna.

But expand the court?
YES PLEASE. https://t.co/YW642cum59

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) April 28, 2021

“Abolish lasagna” began trending on Twitter, causing the social platform to provide an explainer.

Hey @Garfield, you seeing this??? pic.twitter.com/Cx8knGrmlA

— Keaton Patti (@KeatonPatti) April 29, 2021

Biden signs Executive Order to abolish lasagna pic.twitter.com/akhn5wKGKB

— Jack “Knows Too Much About Politics” Merritt (@SnackMerritt) April 28, 2021

I mean, first season of Marvelous was fantastic. I watched it while on a sex blimp. In DC. While refusing to eat lasagna. https://t.co/7ZAFVo4pZL

— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) April 28, 2021

Pick your band name, mine is Abolish Lasagna https://t.co/8e7a5mei8s

— Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) April 28, 2021

I clicked on the “Abolish Lasagna” trending topic and it did not disappoint me. https://t.co/XSTzqf0Xgv

— Eyes on the Right (@EyesOnTheRight) April 28, 2021

What is a sex blimp?

— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) April 28, 2021

However, the trend still sparked confusion among some users, leading fact-checking website Snopes to create a page dispelling the notion that Ernst’s poster actually called for abolishing lasagna.

Wait is this a real thing or a joke I cannot even tell anymore these days

— Devin (@NalgeneGuy) April 28, 2021

What’s the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel all about?? That one is making me, a jew, a little nervous.

— Max Weiss (@maxthegirl) April 28, 2021

I need to know what’s she’s talking about with “Abolish Lasagna.”

It affects me personally.

— Mikey (@MikeyTheChosen1) April 28, 2021

What is a sex blimp?

— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) April 28, 2021

Ernst was one of many Republicans to speak to the Senate ahead of Biden’s address.