Members of US Congress use Game of Thrones to take a jab at Trump

The hype surrounding the premiere of season 7 of Game of Thrones seems to have reached the US Congress.

For fans of the fantasy drama, winter is finally here and everybody, including US lawmakers, is talking about the Emmy-award winning show which circles around the themes of war, betrayal, alliances and power politics. Some democratic lawmakers used the show to take a jab at US President Trump and mock his administration.



Representative Jamie Raskin created a parallel between the themes of the show and Trump's administration, asking "Game of Thrones or Game of Trumps?"

Cruelty, corruption, betrayal, hypocrisy, snobbery, violence. #GameofThrones or #GameofTrumps?

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) July 17, 2017

"Some will do anything for the throne"

Lying, cheating, colluding with corrupt powers, savaging other people's reputations--some will do anything for the throne. #GameofThrones

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) July 17, 2017

Representative Ted Lieu, who is an outspoken critic of Trump also tweeted saying, "Get ready for more collusion, lying, cover-ups and corruption". He clarified he was "referring to Game of Thrones" -- his mention of collusion a reference to the ongoing investigations of Russia interfering in the 2016 US presidential election.

Get ready for more collusion, lying, cover-ups & corruption. I'm referring to Game of Thrones. #winterishere #GameofThrones7

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 17, 2017

Current president of the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden, tweeted a certain GoT character could represent the Resistance, a name given to a loose collection of grassroots movements that oppose the Trump administration.

Arya Stark as the flag for the Resistance? Who's with me?

— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) July 17, 2017

However, it wasn't just Democrats using GoT references. Michael Ahrens, a spokesperson for the Republic National Committee, emailed reporters a story published by The Associated Press about the Democratic Party lacking a clear and core message. The subject line of his email read "Dems make the Seven Kingdoms look united,” a reference to the fictional world of GoT.



"Just like we saw last night," Ahrens wrote in the email, "Expect things to get a whole lot worse for Democrats before they get any better."

This story originally appeared on The Huffington Post.