--- description: The State of the Union brought out the worst (read: best) of twitter title: The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf07950e7ee2e7b2/69877af03c1639001145147d/obama-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [state of the union](/tag/state-of-the-union/) ## state of the union Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 3:51 AM CUT  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. 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.Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 21, 2015 3:51 AM CUT 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"}}]}] ```