Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) clarified his post on the social platform X, referring to the passage of Iranian vessels bypassing the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz as "awesome." The post received backlash, with commenters from both sides accusing Murphy of being a traitor. Murphy responded by saying that he should have stopped using sarcasm on Twitter and instead focus on ending the war. He also commented on the platform's "carcasm" culture and suggested that it had become a "cesspool" and that sarcasm was no longer acceptable.