GOP Rep. Hoekstra Compares Iran’s Election to Congressional Politics, Feels Fury of Twitter-verse

ABC News’ Nitya Venkataraman Reports: For Congressman Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., facing critics on health care and the auto industry might not seem so bad after a recent post to his Twitter account lit him on Internet fire. “Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House,” Hoekstra tweeted on June 17. And with those 20 short words comparing the use of Twitter in the e-rally following Iran’s elections to the GOP protest last summer calling on Speaker Pelosi to call the House out of recess for an energy vote, Hoekstra almost-instantly ignited a firestorm which has escalated from Tweet to meme to blog – Pete Hoekstra is a Meme – over the last 48 hours and spread the Internet wide in a string of succinctly worded jabs.From HarrisW: “I just lot at a game of Jenga. Now I know what it was like to be there on 9/11. @petehoekstra”From acoliver: “@petehoekstra I haven’t gotten a first class upgrade lately, now I know what apartheid was like!”From tgkillfile: “@petehoekstra Stuck inside working from home today. Now I know how Anne Frank felt.”From xIndieQueenx: “@petehoekstra Someone stole a bag of potting soil from my carport today. This must be how Native Americans felt when they lost their lands.”All but lost in the noise, Hoekstra’s office has since tried to clarify the essence of his Wednesday post but, it’s worth noting, the congressman hasn’t tweeted since.