When Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra read about the struggle of Iranians desperate to let the outside world know what was going on, it resonated with him in particular. He was involved in a desperate fight the previous year when Republicans posted things on blogs after the House was adjourned before an important vote. He tweeted this:

Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House.

In honour of his remarkable ability to compare important, world-changing events with his mundane daily activities in the most clueless way possible, a meme was born: