Cell phone video posted on Twitter by one of the kidnapped school children in today’s Congressional hostage situation.
Video From Inside Congressional Hostage Situation
WASHINGTON—Brandishing semi automatic WMDs, members of the 112th U.S. Congress took a class of visiting schoolchildren hostage today, barricading themselves inside the Capitol rotunda and demanding $12 trillion dollars in cash.
If the money is not delivered by this evening, members of Congress say they will sacrifice a new child every hour on the hour.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who has emerged as spokesman for the bipartisan group, informed FBI negotiators this morning that the ransom was to be placed in stainless-steel suitcases and left on the Capitol steps by 4 p.m. sharp. If their demands are not met in full, the 11-term representative announced, "all the kids will are toast. Bring us the money and we let the children go, simple as that," said Boehner."
"Tick tock," he added, vanishing back into the building with the terrified child in tow. Read rest of the ONION story.
Did you believe the Onion piece you just saw? The Twittersphere erupted in outrage after the Onion tweeted "Breaking news" about screams and mayhem heard inside the Capitol building. Next came a tweet saying the building had been evacuated, and 12 children held hostage by a group of armed congressmen. "Congress Takes Group of Schoolchildren Hostage was an attempt to satirize the budget fight. The humor also escaped Capitol Police who issued that all was well at the Capitol and that the fake reports were under investigation. Capitol police actually believed that Boehner and crew went berserk and grabbed 12 kids! Hey, they know ’em better than we do.