It's In Missouri

Donald's congratulatory tweet to the Kansas City Chiefs was well written and typo free. (So much so that I figure it was written and sent out by a staffer, probably Dan Scavino, the White House Director of Social Media.) Unfortunately, there was one tiny problem, pointed out by former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (and many, many others,) on Twitter:

It’s Missouri you stone cold idiot. pic.twitter.com/O1cAAOFsJ6

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 3, 2020

This is all going to end with another Sharpie map, isn’t it https://t.co/GVMQCtEOxT

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 3, 2020

pic.twitter.com/qcgsIRSQQR

— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) February 3, 2020

Yes, there is a Kansas City, Kansas, but Kansas City, Missouri is bigger. 
More specifically, Arrowhead Stadium, where the Chiefs play, is in 
Missouri. (The two separate cities, plus surrounding cities and suburbs,
are collectively referred to as the Kansas City Metropolitan area.) 
Wouldn't it be nice if someone on Donald's staff was smart enough to 
know that?  

Twitter's having a lot of fun with this; Tom Nichols weighs in with a
more serious thought:

 

We're all having a laugh about how unbelievably stupid the President is, but I wish just for a moment the Trump voters in those states would take a moment to think about the reality that he has no idea where they live and couldn't care less if they fell off the edge of the earth.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 3, 2020

Anyway, Donald deleted the original and has now issued a new tweet, 
but as we always say around here, screenshots live forever. 

And one more thing. Confession: Prior to today, I couldn't have told you 
whether the Chiefs play in Kansas or Missouri. I promise, however, if I'm 
ever elected president, I'll make sure I have a staff smart enough to keep
me from making stupid (and preventable) mistakes like this. 

Update on Monday morning. I could probably spend most of the day
cutting and pasting snarky tweets about how stupid Donald is. (And 
his staff too, obviously.) For now, Bethany Albertson gets the prize:

When the @Chiefs get invited to the White House, they should travel to Washington State just to troll him.

— Bethany Albertson (@AlbertsonB2) February 3, 2020

Am I being too hard on the White House staff? Nope. The White House 
Twitter account proudly retweeted Donald: 

lmao these incredible fucking idiots pic.twitter.com/cinKoIEGzY

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 3, 2020