At some point in school in the U.S., most kids are taught about the Constitution, but whether or not they actually remember it probably depends on whether or not they hear it referred to again and again in case after case. How many people remember the Third Amendment? Maybe constitutional scholars and that’s it. But after these 3rd amendment memes, it’s going to be all of us.
Senator Mike Lee certainly doesn’t remember it, because if he did, he probably wouldn’t have tweeted this, opening the floodgates to 3rd Amendment memes:
Just heard that Mayor Bowser is kicking the Utah National Guard out of all DC hotels tomorrow. More than 1200 troops from 10 states are being evicted. This is unacceptable. 1/2
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) June 5, 2020
Lee is referring to the Washington D.C. Mayor’s refusal to foot the bill for the National Guard’s stay at hotels, so they’d have somewhere comfortable to sleep at night after gassing citizens during the day. After Lee’s tweet, people started reminding the Senator of the Third Amendment which states that the government can’t house soldiers in your home in wartime or peacetime.
This had been a big issue before the American Revolution because the British army was always making people put up soldiers, which was bad for morale and their wallets.
You Republican Senators should really try reading the Constitution once, instead of just using it for toilet paper. The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops over objections, you fascist cheese biscuit.
— Dean Gloster (@deangloster) June 5, 2020
It doesn’t necessarily apply in this case, because D.C. hotels are not Bowser’s literal house. She just doesn’t want to pay the bill for them, or have them in the streets like an occupying army. But we still gotta give the Third Amendment its due, because this might be the last time we hear about it for another two hundred years.
People were soon making the 3rd Amendment memes we need to educate the masses on “quartering” soldiers.
The more you know:
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I guess we cross another one off the list. https://t.co/AT5fXDeCea pic.twitter.com/K4b1ZMRce2
— Aaron Moriak🔰🗽🧦 (@MaronAoriak) June 5, 2020
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1st Amendment: Hey, Third, wake up. You’re on.
3rd Amendment: [Rubs eyes] Seriously? What year is it?— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) June 5, 2020
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“OK, 3rd Amendment…get in there and just try your best” https://t.co/OT3zJxpRD6 pic.twitter.com/6f9vrqqaia
— Zach Wurtz (@Zach_Wurtz) June 5, 2020
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The Founders writing the Third Amendment: https://t.co/qakkLzxTfX pic.twitter.com/DsoKBC5gei
— James ☂️ Haeck (@jamesjhaeck) June 5, 2020
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LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://t.co/Pgf1MmthPw pic.twitter.com/9n3IRO0RDB
— harrison fjord (@harrison_fjord) June 6, 2020
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Third Amendment showing up like pic.twitter.com/xfvKaWMxie
— The Cheese is Old and Moldy (@pal_read) June 5, 2020
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Third Amendment comin’ in after nearly 300 years “Surprise, bitch!” pic.twitter.com/IprI4nmW89
— Mark Martinez @ BLM + ACAB (@MarkElDude) June 5, 2020
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absolute fucking scholar James Madison dabbing on everyone who ever made fun of the Third Amendment pic.twitter.com/vtC8vmrNQy
— GLADIO Nation (@SchrafftVortex) June 5, 2020
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The Third Amendment is trending on Twitter.
James Madison: pic.twitter.com/MB6GQm6Eib
— Arizona (@arizonagarbage) June 5, 2020
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2020 woke up the third amendment pic.twitter.com/Nhl8mHmR36
— . ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 . (@darthcab) June 5, 2020
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— Jim Amendments III (@jimamendments) May 13, 2020
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The guy who had Third Amendment on his apocalypse bingo pic.twitter.com/oouMZuHECE
— Dani K 🤍 (@dani_kerley) June 5, 2020
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— Jim Amendments III (@jimamendments) March 27, 2020
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— Jim Amendments III (@jimamendments) March 27, 2020
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Third Amendment walking into 2020 https://t.co/hZeXori4PP pic.twitter.com/9K3xstIgcM
— Thomas Bassinger (@tometrics) June 5, 2020
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Me: Which amendment?@icecube: https://t.co/IjYqOKvXtq pic.twitter.com/8XuiAssXCa
— Brenaldo (Alisson Becker Hair Club Member) (@SaintBrendan) June 5, 2020
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3A supporters right now…. https://t.co/rObxbE1zwk pic.twitter.com/AxF8iaLlgr
— Joey Doughnuts (@JoeyDoughnuts_) June 5, 2020
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The Third Amendment waking up this morning after 240 years of existing without stuff to do: pic.twitter.com/r8bFZxF6D4
— Krakenzuela the Book Witch #BlackLivesMatter (@VictoriaNoir89) June 5, 2020
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The third amendment just coming in with a surprise tackle in the fourth quarter… https://t.co/mr28GLvYhg
— Ethan Somers (@ethanjsomers) June 5, 2020
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