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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:04 PM Apr 2020

National Archives Report Someone Tried to Scrawl "Total Authority" with Sharpie on U.S. Constitution

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—An unknown person attempted to scrawl the words “total authority” on the United States Constitution with a Sharpie, the National Archives reported on Tuesday.

A security guard spotted the attempted vandalism on Tuesday morning, when he noticed “something weird” on the glass case protecting the priceless historical document.

“Someone had written the words in big block letters,” the security guard said. “Plus, both ‘total’ and ‘authority’ were misspelled.”

“It looked like the work of a small child, but there are no school groups here because of the coronavirus and whatnot,” he added. “So it’s a real mystery.”

Harland Dorrinson, a spokesperson for the National Archives, said that, even though the Constitution was unharmed, the Archives are launching a “full investigation” to determine what “sick person” attempted to deface the document.

“Somewhere in Washington, there’s a person on the loose who hates the way the Constitution is actually written,” he said.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/national-archives-report-someone-tried-to-scrawl-total-authority-with-sharpie-on-us-constitution

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National Archives Report Someone Tried to Scrawl "Total Authority" with Sharpie on U.S. Constitution (Original Post) Zorro Apr 2020 OP
K and R dewsgirl Apr 2020 #1
It was a Sharpie like no one has ever seen before. Rorey Apr 2020 #2
that bdamomma Apr 2020 #3
I blew past the Borrowitz Report... stillcool Apr 2020 #4
Smiling KNR niyad Apr 2020 #5
Borowitz is on point. nt crickets Apr 2020 #6

stillcool

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4. I blew past the Borrowitz Report...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:13 PM
Apr 2020

and got to the small child before I thought to check the author.

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