Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday called out the Washington Post over the release of Devin Nunes’ anti-FBI memo, arguing the press doesn’t want the controversial 4-page letter released because “it will be tough for them to sell their ‘democracy dies in dankness’ byline.”

“Apparently the press only likes their information ‘leaked’ from unverified sources rather than released openly from congress…” Trump Jr. wrote on Twitter. “I think it will be tough for them to sell their ‘democracy dies in dankness’ byline with this kind of logic.”

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Trump Jr.’s tweet attempted to single out the Post, which last year changed its tagline—not its byline—to “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The eldest Trump son’s apparent lack of knowledge about what constitutes a byline, coupled with the “best typo of our time” tickled the internet on Tuesday.

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— "dankness"

— That isn't what "byline" means https://t.co/5lE10ffrGY — John Beck (@JM_Beck) February 1, 2018

I’m pretty sure I just died in dankness. Can someone reincarnate me in a decade less moronic. I’ll wait. pic.twitter.com/bkh7c7pekJ — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 1, 2018

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History books, movies, newspapers will memorialize these traitors FOREVER. Oh, and Don Jr. has a problem with democracy in DANKNESS. They are bumbling idiots. Go get them. https://t.co/bOo60GH0ov — overit (@Stephaniefishm4) February 1, 2018

Donald Jr. ,,,, thank you for this recognition 😭 pic.twitter.com/76yoSPsj3F — Democracy Dies in Dankness is my byline (@GenePark) February 1, 2018

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democracy dies in DANKNESS, hell ya

👌🌲🔥☁️ https://t.co/Bl4E66HcxZ — Bob Al-Greene (@BobAlGreene) February 1, 2018

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"Democracy dies in dankness" is one of the best typos of our time. — Ben White (@morningmoneyben) February 1, 2018

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Terrifying implications of the coordinated attack to discredit this investigation aside, ‘dankness’ might be my favorite spelling error ever. https://t.co/Q6S9wC7gkr — Jimmy Dahman (@JDahmanIII) February 1, 2018

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"Democracy Dies in Dankness" — The politically charged comeback album from Afroman. — Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) February 1, 2018

Ah, you think dankness is your ally? You merely adopted the dank. I was born in it, molded by it. https://t.co/ypbOpeBuM0 — Brian Park (@TheBrianPark) February 1, 2018

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"Democracy dies in dankness" is my next stoner rock album https://t.co/x6HtKbkTcV — David Kroman (@KromanDavid) February 1, 2018





"Dankness" is an interesting autocorrect DTJ has on his phone https://t.co/n8a7B9xqtm — Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) February 1, 2018

The thing is democracy is probably no match for dankness https://t.co/rztcMZZYr1 — ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@sara_bee) February 1, 2018

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"Democracy Dies In Dankness" is the name of my new mixtape — Rob Sheridan (@rob_sheridan) February 1, 2018

Have never heard "Democracy dies in dankness" before. https://t.co/zngm0Lp7A7 — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 1, 2018

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DANKNESS brb petitioning to have the slogan changed https://t.co/Ku0EPRSX4V — Mark Berman (@markberman) February 1, 2018

extremely carl-from-lenny-and-carl voice: but moe! the dank! the dank! pic.twitter.com/mZhiTLvc75 — Rafi Schwartz (@TheJewishDream) February 1, 2018

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I just don’t understand why Trump is so mad at the FBI? Must have something to do with dankness. pic.twitter.com/sISYZbrUvv — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 1, 2018

"Democracy dies in dankness," that's gotta be a Swamp reference, lol https://t.co/P3rLEj2kbv — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 1, 2018