--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Mueller Testimony 'I Take Your Question' Meme Is Giving People an Answer to Everything  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 24, 2019 8:32 PM UTC  Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019. Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019.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"}}]}] ```