Congress' angriest poster shockingly isn't Marjorie Taylor Greene - it's an 87-year-old representative from Jersey
Congress's 'angriest' social media poster has been unmasked - thanks to a new study that's kept tabs on representatives' 'Twitter fingers.'
Candidates included the infamously volatile Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the equally outspoken Lauren Boebert.
Both were unseated by a somewhat unusual suspect in Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. - an 87-year-old from New Jersey.
According to metrics implemented on more than two million tweets from 584 U.S. senators, reps, and governors over five years, the Democrat is the most upset.
He recorded a 10/10 'upset score' in tweets shared both before and after Preply's analysis ended - right around the Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in his New York criminal trial.
Congress 's 'angriest' social media poster has been unmasked - and it's not Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert
The owner of the dubious distinction was actually New Jersey's Bill Pascrell (seen here leaving the House in 2019), who is 87 years old and not a fan of Donald Trump
'This is your regular reminder that convicted felon Donald Trump was found liable for raping and then defaming a woman and has been ordered to pay her $88,000,000,' Pascrell tweeted the next Tuesday alongside a photo of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
A few days before, he honed in on what he billed as 'the reason [R]epublicans are obsessed with destroying the IRS' - wanting 'to help billionaires cheat on their taxes and steal from you.
'That's the reason,' the Paterson-raised progressive proclaimed.
'The republicans are openly admitting they want to steal your social security and medicare and then force you to work till you drop dead,' he wrote in another post that month of how some conservatives have considered raising the retirement age and doing away with the federal fund as well.
'When Republicans say they're coming for your social security - believe them,' he wrote on Twitter, where he has a Ukrainian flag emoji next to his name.
A few days before, the representative for the Ninth District of New Jersey reshared a docket posted by a Seattle-based doctor showing the thousands of pills prescribed to White House staff during just a few months of Donald Trump.
Addictive sedatives like Ambien and Provigil dominated the list with hundreds of pills prescribed, as did ketamine, fentanyl, and morphine.
More than 2000 Ambien alone were prescribed, and just under 1000 Provigil.
According to metrics implemented on more than 2 million tweets from 584 U.S. senators, reps, and governors over five years, the Democrat is the most upset, Preply found
'The activities of the trump White House pharmacy raise a flotilla of red flags,' Pascrell wrote on January 27 of the drug abuse.
'There is not one aspect of this government trump and his crony crime crew didn't defile[.] not one.'
Shortly prior, he shared a tweet about Trump's remarks on abusing presidential power in the event of a victory come November - sentiments he's shared more than 20 times in the past year.
'Both the Washington Post and New York Times have revealed Donald Trump is planning to impose a dictatorship and use the military against his enemies if he seizes power again,' Pascrell tweeted in January once again in protest.
'I am going to post this repeatedly so no one can say they haven't been told.'
The attitude from Pascrell, who has represented The Garden State in the House since 1997, is nothing new.
In 2020, he was profiled by NJ Advance Media for his steely tweets, which often slip under the radar due to the more boisterous, colorful personalities of some of his contemporaries.
At the time, the New Jersey native said he was drawn to politics as a teenager because it involves fighting and being outspoken, remembering how his uncle, a Paterson ward leader, brought him to his first political event some 70 years ago.
He recorded a 10/10 'upset score' in tweets shared both before and after Preply's analysis ended - right around the Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in his New York criminal trial
'Ten minutes into the event, a chair goes flying by my head,' Pascrell recalled at the time. 'There were fights here, there were fights there. And I said to myself, "I might like this."
Seven decades later, Pascrell, a 13-term Democrat, is still out for blood - and the platform once frequented by the former president has surfaced as his outlet of choice, helping him achieve the top spot.
'Led by their new speaker republicans are shamelessly lying about letting rich people cheat on their taxes because they think Americans are stupid,' Pascrell wrote this past November following the election of Mike Johnson as Speaker.
'It’s remarkable how republican leaders lie about everything because they think voters are stupid and hold you in absolute contempt,' he wrote the year before.
Republican Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas is one of many to have spoken out against Pascrell's social media antics.
He told NJ.com in 2020: 'I don’t think there’s a role for some of this hateful speech and very aggressive accusations against other members of Congress.
Pascrell previously told publications that he developed the demeanor seen not only on social media but in the House on the mean 'streets of Paterson, New Jersey.' He is seen sparring with 77th Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin in 2020 over Trump's tax returns
'[But I do believe Bill Pascrell is a very passionate lawmaker. He defends New Jersey and his community at every step.'
Pascrell previously told the publications that he developed this demeanor on the mean 'streets of Paterson, New Jersey.'
'Every day when you're on the streets of Paterson, you have to prove yourself,' the senior said at the time. 'That's never left me. I have to say what I believe. I tell you what I think. I don't want to water the wine.'
Despite his age, he has not aired any plans to retire. More than 20 years ago, he was among the 81 Democratic House members who voted to authorize the invasion of Iraq.
