Republicans themselves became the meme's preferred target. "Republicans will protect people with pre-existing conditions, with few exceptions," the Huffington Post 's Matt Fuller tweeted.

After all, it’s Friday and we’re all working really hard, with few exceptions. OJ Simpson did not kill people, with few exceptions. — Josh Barro (@jbarro) May 12, 2017 ...

But the sentiment was funny enough that “with few exceptions” immediately became a meme on Twitter. If you haven’t been on Twitter in the past 45 minutes you may have missed it.