Sen. Chris Murphy had to turn a post critical of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran war into a teachable moment after many MAGA members didn’t seem to get the sarcasm.

On Monday, the Connecticut Democrat responded to a post noting that more than two dozen Iranian shadow fleet vessels had managed to bypass a U.S. blockade with just one word: “awesome.”

awesome https://t.co/nRj1trI3rF

Although Murphy might have assumed that people would understand the post was sarcastic by its use of lower-case letters and no punctuation, many MAGA types either didn’t understand his point or purposely chose to pretend they didn’t.

Senate Democrats are expected to disagree with Republicans. But cheering for our enemy, especially for a regime that has killed so many American citizens, is beyond the pale.Democrats in Congress ought to condemn this disgusting remark. https://t.co/pKnQt5Onxs

A Democrat Senator is now publicly rooting for Iran. Did ActBlue start accepting donations from the regime’s oil revenue? https://t.co/e7UNoKqBG2

This douche bag should be censored and never allowed on a US military installation ever again. Our troops deserve better than seditious rhetoric from a sitting “representative.”This is reprehensible! What are your thoughts? https://t.co/4Li65axkZ4

A Democrat senator is actively rooting for Iran. https://t.co/GhAFKAkoGQ

Here is a United States senator openly cheering for a military our men and women are fighting. WTF Connecticut… Is treason your new look? https://t.co/psy1kbIaO9

Traitor. https://t.co/QSEouS4HN8

I root for the US over Iran. Disturbing to see that Democrats don’t. https://t.co/vFoTQ5e41d

Whose side is @ChrisMurphyCT on? https://t.co/MFpzE6f0DO

The clapback against Murphy was loud enough that the senator attempted to school his critics on the intended tone of the post:

Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”.

Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”. https://t.co/aL9vSEzZC1

However, his attempt at providing context didn’t stop the mega MAGA bashing, as this link to the quote tweets amply demonstrates.

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