This Washington Post headline captures the moment well: “Marjorie Taylor Greene says Nancy Pelosi leads ‘gazpacho police,’ causing collective spit take.” It also caused a hilarious Twitter firestorm. Such as:
I’ve met some members of the gazpacho police. They are consommé professionals.
— Danielle Decker Jones (@djtweets) February 9, 2022
With the Gazpacho Police, every crime is a cold case
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) February 9, 2022
“Democrats are trying to implement Sangria Law!”
– Probably Marjorie Taylor Greene.
— Jack Cocchiarella (@JDCocchiarella) February 9, 2022
Wait until she learns about the horrors of vichyssoise France.
— Greg Chernack, CEO, Four Seasons Total Landscaping (@GChernack) February 9, 2022
Next thing you know, the gazpacho police will come for your mazel tov cocktails pic.twitter.com/3MvCvGt86U
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) February 9, 2022
It won’t be funny when the Gazpacho police give you the burp walk.
— JoeReynoldsChief (@JoeReynolds2020) February 10, 2022
BREAKING: "The Hamburgler has been arrested by the Gazpacho Police and thrown into a Goulash."
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 9, 2022
The Gazpacho Police arrest you when you fail a puree-ty test.
— Eric Panzer (@ericpanzer) February 9, 2022
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Very much like Gazpacho
— Ian Naylor (@IanNaylor1) February 9, 2022
It’s kosher https://t.co/vEDM2TfRjW
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) February 10, 2022
Does that mean there’s Gestapo soup? https://t.co/qmeiINstqQ
— ??? Three Shots Safe ???? (@Duffybugger) February 9, 2022
BREAKING: The Gazpacho Police have caught the leader of the Po Boys breadhanded.
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) February 10, 2022
When it comes to Nancy Pelosi’s Gazpacho police, those who fail to learn history are doomed to reheat it.
— Dave Aronberg (@aronberg) February 10, 2022
Do not cast asparagus on the gazpacho police! https://t.co/3GTdxpVRHC
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 9, 2022
Gazpacho Police Captain reporting for duty ?? pic.twitter.com/mkY7jD9aIx
— Colonel Sandors (@SandorsColonel) February 9, 2022
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.