Michelle Malkin responds with usual hyper-pettiness:

New post-Not funny: The Onion spreads fake report on Capitol hostage-taking, children at gunpoint is.gd

More to the point, neither the Onion article nor the tweets were funny, insightful, or pointed. is.gd
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It’s Harry Reid who held up the latest short-term government funding band-aid, not Boehner. @TheOnion #congresshostage

It’s President Obama who refused to act on his own bipartisan debt panel’s recommendations. @TheOnion #congresshostage

It’s massive entitlement expansions/ bailouts passed by both parties that have robbed our kids’ futures. @TheOnion #congresshostage

Plus: Dumb stunt comes just as continuing resolution wins “smooth sailing” from bipartisan big spenders is.gd