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Check out a few of the reaction Tweets, below. If you want more, some hilarious responses are curated on Poynter.org.

Scroll down for reactions from President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

Even the president of the United States weighed in: “respect the nyt, but not buying peas in guac. onions, garlic, hot peppers. classic.”

On the GOP side, Jeb Bush agreed with the president.

And Texas Republicans equated the idea to a declaration of war on their state!

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)