You wouldn’t know it from the Twitter traffic during the State of the Union. The folks at the microblogging site said more than 2.6 million tweets were sent around the world with the hashtag #SOTU.
It was a case of ‘come for the speech, stay for the spectacle.’
Sure, the President made a fiesty pitch for economic populism and issued a historic call for transgender protection. But SOTU was a feast for the eyes as well.
Here are our 11 favorite social media moments from Tuesday night.
1. Who wore it best?
First Lady Michelle Obama pulled a major fashion no-no by rockin’ the same dress as Julianna Margulies’ character, Alicia Florrick, on “The Good Wife.” Good thing they didn’t show up at the same party.
Michelle Florrick Obama pic.twitter.com/dmx1leByEx
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11. The star of the show
But the person who won the Internet Tuesday night, delighting audiences with his Founding Father-inspired hairstyle, was Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. “No one except my wife has cut my hair in decades,” he once told the Boston Globe. “And she’s not a professional.” Nope, never would have guessed that.
New #SOTU game: @ErnestMoniz or Beethoven? You decide. pic.twitter.com/alXnarCzkY
It appears that before becoming Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz played Prince Valium in Spaceballs. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/c7Dc3A2DAD
This guy deserves more camera time. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/aS97dcLAKW
My favorite time traveler at the #SOTU is definitely THIS GUY: pic.twitter.com/ecqAWoth5P
