--- title: State of the Union 2015: These Are the Trolliest Tweets of the Night description: The State of the Union brought out the worst (read: best) of twitter canonical: https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-21T03:51:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:43:59.594Z article:section: Politics og:title: The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone og:description: Here are the funniest tweets. og:url: https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf07950e7ee2e7b2/69877af03c1639001145147d/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3100 og:image:height: 1744 og:image:alt: U.S. President Barack Obama receives a standing ovation as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone twitter:description: Here are the funniest tweets. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf07950e7ee2e7b2/69877af03c1639001145147d/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 21, 2015 3:51 AM UTC The State of the Union is becoming a huge night for social media. In 2014, 2.1 million tweets were sent out during the live telecast and in the hour before the 2015 address Twitter was already abuzz. And the trolls (and non-trolls masquerading as such) were out to play. Check out some of the most trolly tweets of the night. Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana takes a swipe at the President, but spoils it with a grammar mistake. > [](https://twitter.com/BobbyJindal/status/557693841537777666) Former Congressman John Dingell shared his plans for his night away from the Capitol. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnDingell/status/557701416782155776) Rep. Steve King of Iowa took a dig at one of the First Lady’s guests > [](https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/557673638066135045) White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer brings back memories of Obama-suits-past. The Internet let out a collective shudder. > [](https://twitter.com/pfeiffer44/status/557701935793700866) Sen. Rand Paul on Obama’s free community college proposal > [](https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/557730801304207362) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/"},"headline":"The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone","datePublished":"2015-01-21T03:51:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:43:59.594Z","description":"Troll on, Twitter.","url":"https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/","keywords":["state of the union","Social Media","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf07950e7ee2e7b2/69877af03c1639001145147d/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf07950e7ee2e7b2/69877af03c1639001145147d/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Barack Obama receives a standing ovation as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2015.","caption":"U.S. President Barack Obama receives a standing ovation as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2015.","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/state-of-the-union/","name":"state of the union"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/","name":"The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone"}}]}] ```