As nations around the globe faced Facebook outages, Nancy Pelosi found the perfect opportunity to be relevant.
And failed.
Reports of Facebook being down Wednesday came from not only the U.S. but in Europe, Canada, India, and even Russia, according to The Daily Caller which reported that a representative for the social media company, which also owns Instagram, could not yet highlight the source of the problem.
#Facebook is having major outage issues throughout the US and EU. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/mlTB32oMzs
— Karen A. Brown (@StardustBluCEO) October 11, 2017
Over in Washington, D.C., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi thought she would take advantage of the situation to tout access to high-speed internet for all Americans.
Is #FacebookDown for you? For far too many Americans, not having access to high-speed internet means it might as well always be. pic.twitter.com/XWDxIwMbUb
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) October 11, 2017
This was not “fake news.”
wut
— Kevin Craig (@KC11A18A) October 11, 2017
Don’t tell me, Nancy. High-speed internet a basic human right?
— Veterans4Pepe (@DeplorableJWS) October 11, 2017
Yes cause how will they ever survive without high-speed internet and access to Facebook?? ?
— Kelli ?? (@Kelli1776) October 11, 2017
OMG stahhhhhp https://t.co/JNEZxvCEyL
— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) October 11, 2017
I wish Twitter would go down, you’d retire or at least shut up
— mrs. robbie daly (@robbiedaly) October 11, 2017
Of all the issues facing America at the moment, I hardly think being able to access #Facebook quickly merits discussion. #WakeUp
— Marsha Coupé (@MarshaCoupe) October 11, 2017
The right to Facebook access is in the 43rd Amendment, right after the one guaranteeing free birth control for women.
— ReeFungorioJr (@No_Free_Speech) October 11, 2017
Meanwhile, over at Twitter, news of the Facebook outages was met with Twitter users’ own special sense of humor.
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Facebook and Instagram are both down thank you twitter for the update #facebookdown #instagramdown
— Sheryl Morales-Sarte (@forevercharlshe) October 11, 2017
Twitter now:#facebookdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Y2i47FmTQO
— Lukeisapenguin|-/ (@saleeeexx) October 11, 2017
Twitter right now after the Facebook outage.#Batman #humor #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/T4tpFPbZ7x
— Batman Notes (@BATMANNOTES) October 11, 2017
With #facebookdown please note that posting photos of your dinner, the cake you just made or your shiny nails are against #twitter rules
— Daniel Leadbitter (@friday_the_12th) October 11, 2017
Facebook and Instagram are down… and have been for the last hour. Nobody panic! #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/SZP3vxCiJs
— All Tee All Shade (@AllTee_AllShade) October 11, 2017
When #facebookdown and so is Instagram, but Twitter is still up and running pic.twitter.com/8ACq8LIPX3
— VIBES (@VibesOfficiaI) October 11, 2017
#facebookdown that awkward moment when you find out that Facebook is down, on Twitter ………………..
— Leigh (@freckle_red) October 11, 2017
Everyone rushing to Twitter because Facebook and Instagram are down… #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/9QWeZ9TIvs
— Skylar Taylor (@skylarptaylor) October 11, 2017
The Facebook people wondering into Twitter like#facebookdown pic.twitter.com/e80oAvKA8C
— KelevRa (@spyke181) October 11, 2017
Both Facebook and Instagram are down… so we all end up on Twitter not knowing what else to do ?? #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/D3yFIWXG1D
— CF-Direct (@CF_Direct) October 11, 2017
Alright we have guests. Everyone stop being dicks for like five minutes.
— Jeffrey Allan (@JeffreyGAllan) October 11, 2017
When you run to check twitter to make sure you aren’t the only one having issues with Facebook #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/mtJ7ntblZi
— Jennifer (@jend231) September 27, 2017
I think Facebook being down is a good thing. If it could be offline for a week, people might reset to baseline human status. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/kSJIz6IXTz
— Patrick Garcia (@zxephin) October 11, 2017
You have some serious high hopes for our humanity.
— Chris “CW” Dubs (@CW_Dubs) October 11, 2017
everyone is running back to twitter as if twitter was their ex and fb just cheated on them lmao #facebookdown
— Sayed (@Ph4ntomPhoton) October 11, 2017
Live footage of every social media manager during Facebook and Instagram outage: pic.twitter.com/qG4AYANqrM
— BOO!zie Samin ? (@suzannesamin) October 11, 2017
Everyone? Tone down the rhetoric
— Jesus Christopher ? (@J_Moist) October 11, 2017
“U.S. Productivity hit an all-time high Tuesday when Facebook and Instagram suffered a global outage.” – Tomorrow’s WSJ.
— PJ Doland (@pjdoland) October 11, 2017
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