Democrat Trots Out Placard in House Hearing With a Glaring Math Error

Trogdor the Burninator said:

Obviously someone can't add up, but given the creative accounting used by DOGE itself, an error in this sign seems somehow appropriate.

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ThatRobGuy said:

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Smug Dem lawmaker brings out prop with embarrassingly bad math and gets brutally checked

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) proudly displayed a placard with a rather obvious math error that was quickly called out. During a House Oversight meeting regarding the Department […]

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“The poll behind you, behind our ranking member, it adds up to 110 percent,” Jack said. “Just wanted to clarify, is it meant to add up to 110 percent or is that an error?”

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wing2000 said:

...must be hard to find interns with math skills.

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Mike from NJ said:

You could say this points to a serious lack of math skills in general. I went to a place to order burger, fries, etc. The total came to $18.09. I figured perfect, I'd give $20.10 and throw $2.01 into the tip jar right there. Except the kid at the register had already entered in that I gave $20.00. He gave me back my dime and started handing me back $1.91. I kindly explained that if he took back my dime then he wouldn't have to sort out a bunch of coins. He was so flummoxed at doing very basic math without the register he just said, "It's easier this way."

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