Once upon a time on the bustling world of the internet, someone pressed “send” on what might just be the greatest whoopsies in political social media history. The Democratic Party’s official account shared a chart that was meant to poke at Trump’s era but ended up highlighting the stark uphill journey that grocery prices have taken since 2021, otherwise known as Biden territory.

Like a comedy of errors playing out on the main stage, this chart unintentionally painted a picture that would make any opposition party giddy. It traced the steady grocery prices during the Trump administration and contrasted them sharply with the escalated numbers under Biden’s watch. The tweet was swiftly deleted, but alas, the digital world is akin to an elephant; it never forgets.

Internet sleuths and critics flocked like seagulls to a beach picnic, taking screenshots faster than the tweet could vanish. The comment section blew up, not with gratitude as was perhaps hoped, but with skepticism and good-natured roasting. The chart, instead of being a statistic weapon, backfired spectacularly, and Twitter users didn’t hesitate to call it a massive self-own.

Commentary from Republicans naturally had a field day. They were quick to highlight the mishap as a sign of the Democratic Party’s supposed economic illiteracy. Some even suggested the graph had unwittingly become a free advertisement for school choice, hinting perhaps the power of arithmetic in understanding policy impacts.

So, as the internet chuckles and the Democrats’ social media interns look for refuge, one truth stands highlighted: when tweets meet data, the result can be unexpectedly comedic. Whether or not this will influence future Twitter strategies is yet to be seen, but for now, it’s a lesson in internet permanence wrapped in economic debate.