Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) used three emojis ― a fist, an American flag and a ball of fire ― to clown Republicans on Tuesday after news that senior Trump officials used the third-party messaging app Signal to exchange war plans.
“It’s always good when we have something bipartisan to point it out because it happens so little around here anymore, but rather than giving a really big, long speech I feel like I could just use this,” said Moskowitz before holding up a sign with the emojis combination at a House judiciary committee meeting.
He continued to gesture to the sign, “And this will tell you that I think it’s good.”
The emojis were sent by Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser, in the Signal text chain as Trump officials reacted to military strikes on Yemen.
Waltz, who is facing calls for his resignation after he invited The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the Signal chat, suggested that Goldberg somehow made his way into the group on his own accord.
Moskowitz continued to hold up the sign in a jab toward Republicans on the committee, “From now on, when we do things where like we agree, I’ll just hold this up rather than giving a really big long speech, so job well done, guys.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) played into the bit, as well, as he asked Moskowitz to explain where the emoji combination comes from.
“When we’re in like a chat with friends, right? Where we’re like having a casual chat about, like, where we’re dropping missiles —” Moskowitz said.
“Are you talking about a public chat room?” Raskin asked.
“Yeah, yeah and like with friends, and we’re just like, you know, hamming about who we’re going to bomb and all of that…” Moskowitz replied.
Moskowitz also took to social media to use the emoji combo on Tuesday where he used it to agree with everything from a report on a potential “My Cousin Vinny” sequel to a TikTok song aided by a cat’s meows.