'You're a moron': White House dunks on Dem senator for melting down over Lara Trump fan account

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy (D) tried scoring political points against Vice President JD Vance on Valentine's Day. It did not go well.

Murphy centered his attack on an embarrassing error — an error that multitudes of critics and even the White House seized upon as possible evidence of an intellectual deficit on the part of the Democratic senator.

Murphy was among the Democrats, liberal pundits, and foreign dignitaries who took issue with Vance's Friday speech where the vice president criticized various European nations over their brazen suppression of free speech, political movements, and religious liberties.

The 51-year-old Democrat tweeted, "It takes some f***ing gall to have Vance lecturing Europe on 'free speech' when at the exact same time the Trump regime is threatening Democrats back home with arrest if they even explain people's rights to them."

Murphy provided a screenshot of the supposed threat — a tweet that read, "If you support Border Czar Tom Homan arresting AOC for giving illegal aliens instructions on how to avoid deportation, post a [thumbs up] in the comments. Make your voice heard."

The tweet was posted by a Lara Trump fan account, not by the president's daughter-in-law, who formerly co-chaired the Republican National Committee.

'We do, however, support your right to make such a statement.'

Murphy was widely criticized over his error, which was quickly highlighted by community notes on X.

The White House's rapid response account, which tasks itself with holding "the Fake News accountable," responded to Murphy, writing, "You are a moron, Chris. It is obvious this page is not affiliated with President Trump, his family, or to the administration."

Had Murphy checked Lara Trump's official website, he would find that it links to her proper X account.

"We do, however, support your right to make such a statement, no matter how imbecilic it makes you look," the White House account added.

Rather than admit his error or apologize, Murphy doubled down in a series of responses to the White House.

"Oh you're free speechers now?" wrote Murphy, suggesting the White House's denial of Oval Office access to the factually challenged Associated Press was evidence to the contrary. "Also don't pretend you didn't threaten AOC. you did."

'Maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now.'

In a subsequent tweet further evidencing Murphy's loose relationship with the facts, the Democratic senator claimed that the White House was "gaslighting" and that Homan "announced on live TV that he was working with the Department of Justice to explore arresting Ocasio-Cortez for telling immigrants their rights."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) hosted a Facebook webinar on Feb. 12 advising migrants not to open their doors when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents come looking for them.

Contrary to Murphy's suggestion that Homan was working with the DOJ to explore arresting Ocasio-Cortez, Trump's border czar told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday that he wrote to the Department of Justice asking whether Ocasio-Cortez's webinar qualified as "impeding our law enforcement efforts."

"Maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now, but I need the AOG to opine on that, because there's an impediment — it's impediment in my opinion, I'm not a prosecutor, but we need some further guidance on that," said Homan, making no mention of possibly arresting the New York congresswoman.

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