--- title: Mueller's 'I Take Your Question' Response Turned Into Meme description: The internet has latched on canonical: https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-24T20:32:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:40.373Z og:title: The Mueller testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything og:description: The internet has latched on og:url: https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521e47303d2fc8ff/698a005a656a3f6a94bd8a02/robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Mueller testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything twitter:description: The internet has latched on twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521e47303d2fc8ff/698a005a656a3f6a94bd8a02/robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything > Sponsored content. 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Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 24, 2019 8:32 PM UTC As [former Special Counsel Robert Mueller](https://time.com/person-of-the-year-2018-robert-mueller-runner-up/) testified [before Congress](https://time.com/5633238/mueller-testimony-moments/) on Wednesday about his office’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, he dropped a line that the internet quickly latched on to. After listening to Rep. Louie Gohmert’s accusation that Mueller “perpetuated injustice” against [President Donald Trump](https://time.com/5633614/trump-mueller-testimony-fact-check/) throughout his investigation, the former special counsel simply replied, “I take your question,” as the Republican congressman’s allotted questioning time ran out. This dismissive response was turned into a meme in short order, with people joking that “I take your question” is the new universal acknowledgment of any question you don’t want to answer. > [](https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1154026154287910912) “‘I take your question’ is a great burn that I don’t quite understand but will now adopt whenever anyone yells at me on Twitter,” wrote one Twitter user. “Is ‘I take your question’ the new ‘bless your heart’?” added another. > [](https://twitter.com/jonronson/status/1154025192974405632) > [](https://twitter.com/lucius4justice/status/1154024663686746118) See some of the best memes that came out of Mueller’s “I take your question” response below. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/1154024946152218624) > [](https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1154024616274399233) > [](https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1154041250573500416) > [](https://twitter.com/Peacheslolo2/status/1154025476358332416) > [](https://twitter.com/JonahNRO/status/1154024547026423809) > [](https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1154084641013415937) > [](https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/1154024822273454085) > [](https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1154024682829598721) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/"},"headline":"The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything","datePublished":"2019-07-24T20:32:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:59:40.373Z","description":"The internet has latched on","url":"https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","memes","Robert Mueller"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521e47303d2fc8ff/698a005a656a3f6a94bd8a02/robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt521e47303d2fc8ff/698a005a656a3f6a94bd8a02/robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"robert-mueller-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-5","caption":"Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019.","creditText":"Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5634136/mueller-testimony-i-take-your-question/","name":"The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything"}}]}] ```