Between his phone call-less tweets about the New York City terror attack and his comments about sending the suspect to Guantanamo Bay, President Trump’s Wednesday is off to a great start. With the news of his reported attempts to brand the forthcoming House Republicans’ tax reform bill as the “Cut Cut Cut Act,” however, it seems the president’s greatest week ever is about to become even greater. For House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady aren’t the only two people who think Cut Cut Cut Act is an awful name.
In a nutshell, ABC News reports Ryan thought the president would be good at gifting the long-promised bill with a catchy name “because of his penchant towards branding.” Judging by Ryan, Brady and the House Ways and Means Committee’s apparent efforts to fight Trump’s creation tooth and nail, however, it seems that was a bad idea. And seeing how it is a bad idea, leave it to Twitter’s legions of journalists, politicos and trolls to let the House Republicans know just how bad it really is. After all, considering the obvious “cut-spelled-with-k” jokes, the news offered everyone plenty of new material to roast all relevant parties.
“Cut Cut Cut” is how 19th century Americans often transcribed the noise made by a chicken: pic.twitter.com/85MGYxaQ5U
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/925769735999963136
Trump: what about Cut Cut Cut Act
Ryan: no. Reform Reform Reform Act
McConnell: [blinks]
Hatch: how about Bring Back the Snapchat Hotdog Act— Haley Byrd Wilt 🌻 (@byrdinator) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/925766145784852481
“Trump wants to name tax bill “The Cut Cut Cut Act”…wasting no time putting his best words to work. pic.twitter.com/cJ6SWBVYTc
— Flynn Rider (@FlynnRider1812) November 1, 2017
CCCA just rolls off the tongue https://t.co/oOhbmMs12f
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) November 1, 2017
Trump second guessing naming plan "Cut Cut Cut" after a staffer explained it's spelled with a "C".
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) November 1, 2017
Pretty sure he wants it spelled Kut Kut Kut https://t.co/FgBwtblPO0
— David Weiner (@daweiner) November 1, 2017
No joke, Trump wants to name his tax reform plan "The Cut Cut Cut Act." Because "Millionaire Relief Act" doesn't have the same ring to it?
— Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) November 1, 2017
To be fair, the "Fuck The Poors Act" wouldn't have the same alliteration. https://t.co/qiJKSOqT59
— Rob O'Panda (@tinhatkat) November 1, 2017
Trump wants to call the GOP tax bill "Cut, Cut, Cut." [https://t.co/BXraTAqqIj] I suspect he had the slogan left over from a failed project. pic.twitter.com/yje2DIhhZM
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 1, 2017
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 1, 2017
Even the Republican and Democratic parties at large weren’t immune to Twitter’s humorous scorn, especially considering the latter’s recent attempt to connect to Stranger Things viewers.
Let's be real: The Cut Cut Cut Act is better branding than anything the GOP has come up with in 20 years.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 1, 2017
Democrats should release the Cut Cut Cut CUT Act. One-up them. https://t.co/zq5OiUQ1hQ
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 1, 2017
That’s not to say they everyone was simply poking fun at the Cut Cut Cut Act’s name. Some were even willing to offer up their own, equally amusing-yet-appalling suggestions.
Only 3 cuts? I was promised more cuts! The Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Act! https://t.co/2eECYm7Ozu
— this place is a Nazi site now (@spooknine) November 1, 2017
The Biggest Tax Cuts In History That Will Not Cut Taxes for Corporations, That's Fake News, But Will Make You Rich, Believe Me, Act https://t.co/YcnElkMcxz
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/925772054875574277
Oh oh I got a name, how about “The Stab Stab Stabby Stab Working Families Act”? https://t.co/7yQ1jecOWP
— Joe Hill (@joe_hill) November 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/925765732067151873
It’s almost as if Trump was a fan of How I Met Your Mother.