DNC staffers celebrate ruling: 'It's constitutional. Bitches'

They aren’t the three words the Democratic National Committee intended to define their response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on healthcare, but they instantly whipped around the Internet thanks to the power of Twitter: “It's constitutional. Bitches.”

it's constitutional. Bitches.

— Patrick Gaspard ‏@patrickgaspard June 28, 2012

Patrick Gaspard, the Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted the news at 10:19 a.m. Thursday, responding to a fight that has raged along partisan lines since 2009.

Three hours after he sent it, Gaspard’s tweet had been retweeted 1,525 times and saved 333.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), far less thrilled about the outcome of the case, fired back: “Do you hear that America? This is what Democrats think about your liberty. ‪”

Gaspard later added he let his “excitement get the better of me.”

I let my scotus excitement get the better of me. In all seriousness, this is an important moment in improving the lives of all Americans.

— Patrick Gaspard ‏@patrickgaspard June 28, 2012

A few other Democratic National Committee staff members could not contain their excitement that the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act constitutional.

Greg Greene, the DNC new media outreach director, offered “sad trombone” sounds to the Republicans: “Anyone have a trombone? The folks at @GOP need someone to lend them one.”

According to conservative Michelle Malkin’s site Twitchy, which took a screenshot, Greene deleted another tweet that suggested a high level of boisterousness in the office: “Overheard in the office: "TAKE THAT MOTHER******S!!"

 The NRCC also responded to Greene’s tweet, which no longer exists.

America: this DNC Senior Staffer celebrates while you get taxed: Overheard in the office: "TAKE THAT MOTHER******S!!" - @ggreeneva

— NRCC (@NRCC) June 28, 2012

Steve Walker, the deputy national political director, also suggested a high level of celebration in the office, tweeting that he high-fived DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.).

Just got a high five from @DWStweets.

— Steve Walker ‏@stevelwalker June 28, 2012

The DNC confirmed that the unverified accounts do belong to employees. The official DNC accounts belonging to Communications Director Brad Woodhouse and National Press Secretary Melanie Roussell stayed silent until the president delivered a statement shortly after noon.

Later in the afternoon, Republicans popularized the hashtag #ObamaCareInThreeWords, very likely a response to Gaspard's tweet.

#ObamaCareInThreeWords --> We Will Repeal. #FullRepeal #ObamaTax

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPWhip) June 28, 2012

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus then called on Wasserman Schultz to condemn Gaspard's comment.

.@Dwstweets do you condone frm White House political director and DNC Exec Director @patrickgaspard comments today?

— Reince Priebus (@Reince) June 28, 2012

--Last updated at 4:13 p.m.

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