Last night, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar effectively blamed Israel for Hamas’ campaign to destroy Israel:

How many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired, and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends? The status quo of occupation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unsustainable. Only real justice can bring about security and lasting peace. — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) May 5, 2019

And you can probably guess what happened next:

Conservatives slam Omar over Gaza tweet https://t.co/h5Dq9jn5U1 pic.twitter.com/1iePO36GrS — The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2019

“Conservatives slam.”

Slam is new. Usually we pounce or seize. — Gil Reich (@GilR) May 6, 2019

Slam..the new "pouncing" lol — Steven (@brother_steve) May 6, 2019

Is slam better than pounce? — IleanaE. (@FilleGitane) May 6, 2019

Hold on, hold on! I don't see "slam" anywhere on the style chart. Is it between seize and rail? You're wrecking the whole system! pic.twitter.com/2fAtROmdvw — John Lamm (@JohnLammTX) May 6, 2019

Aww, look at you using your thesaurus to find a creative word for pounce. — Blake Brown (@CFieldofDreams) May 6, 2019

Oh we’ve moved on from pouncing now — Zachary G. Gunn (@ZacharyGGunn) May 6, 2019

Have we, though?

What happened to pounce? — Nickarama (@Nickarama1) May 6, 2019

Can we go back to using "pounce"? Much more interesting word. It's not like "slam" is really fooling anyone. pic.twitter.com/fDW5A7lczo — Taylor Svehlak (@TaylorSvehlak) May 6, 2019

Don’t worry: While “slam” may be part of the rotation now, in our hearts, we’ll never stop pouncing it.

Anntisemite tweets bald faced lie about Israel while it’s under attack and Republicans POUNCED https://t.co/c0VRelPG2k — Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 6, 2019

Next week on When Jews Pounce https://t.co/flETvUpKWb — Crotchety Old Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 6, 2019

Stay tuned!

Why is the story framed in the “conservatives pounce” language instead of Omar once again siding with terrorists? — The Hamberderuglar (@Mickpundit) May 6, 2019

This is where we’re at now.

Slam, pounce, seize. Why must you always phrase this as if she’s completely innocent and Republicans are just attacking her to be mean? — Tyler ???? (@Tyler_The_Wise) May 6, 2019

Because holding Ilhan Omar accountable for the heinous things she says would require a modicum of journalistic integrity. And our media have no interest in journalistic integrity. Not anymore, anyway.

Are you her personal firefighters? ? pic.twitter.com/uwS4ZJqzgd — Eva Stejskalová (@evastej) May 6, 2019

Basically, yes.