The hashtag #EmptyShelvesJoe trended on Twitter Thursday as Republicans swiped at the Biden administration over the supply chain crisis.
Many Republicans and members of conservative media have blamed the supply chain crisis on the Biden administration, as U.S. ports are backed up with shipping vessels unable to deliver their goods, causing inflated prices at stores and mass shortages nationwide.
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“#EmptyShelvesJoe just hit the number 1 trend nationwide amid Biden’s supply chain crisis,” Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec tweeted.
#EmptyShelvesJoe just hit the number 1 trend nationwide amid Biden’s supply chain crisis
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) October 14, 2021
Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley criticized press secretary Jen Psaki and touted the hashtag.
On being asked if Christmas presents would be guaranteed,
Jen Psaki: “We’re not the Post Office”Ummm … yes, you are, literally.#EmptyShelvesJoe #Update
— Sen. Frank Niceley (@SenFrankNiceley) October 14, 2021
“Yikes!!!” Donald Trump Jr. said as he included the hashtag.
Yikes!!! #EmptyShelvesJoe https://t.co/kojrqHi67Y
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 14, 2021
The president’s supporters also tweeted the hashtag, defending the Biden administration by pointing to shortages during the Trump administration.
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“People are tweeting about #EmptyShelvesJoe as if the country didn’t run out of toilet paper under #FullOfShitDonald,” tweeted writer Frank Lesser.
People are tweeting about #EmptyShelvesJoe as if the country didn’t run out of toilet paper under #FullOfShitDonald
— Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters) October 14, 2021
“The troll farms wrote a new hashtag today #EmptyShelvesJoe, so maga moron Twitter learned the term ‘supply chain.’ Of course they still don’t understand who controls it and what impacts it,” wrote screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer.
The troll farms wrote a new hashtag today #EmptyShelvesJoe, so maga moron Twitter learned the term “supply chain.” Of course they still don’t understand who controls it and what impacts it.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) October 14, 2021