Throughout the course of CNN's New Year's Eve broadcast Monday night, the network had a host of celebrities share their New Year's resolutions. Some, like Sarah Jessica Parker, promised to try and follow the Golden Rule. Actress Debra Messing said she'd try to stay on Twitter less than 12 hours a day. Cher, the queen of caps lock on Twitter who recently referred to Republicans as "misogynists," offered an ironic hope for "more tolerance" in 2019.
There was one resolution that stood out above the rest. "Saturday Night Live" alum Jane Curtin, most famous for her cohosting duties on "Weekend Update" with Dan Aykroyd, wished for one of the major political parties to take its last breath in 2019. Guess which one.
Just now on #CNNNYE: Jane Curtin says her New Year's resolution is to "make sure that the Republican Party dies"
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) January 1, 2019
Stay classy, CNN pic.twitter.com/2Kg5tStEFp
While plenty of social media users applauded Ms. Curtin for her resolution and called her their "spirit animal," others were rightly outraged.
Now I know what Jane Curtin got for Christmas. Bitterness.
— ??Trish?? (@wtffiles) January 1, 2019
The people tweeting how much they love Jane Curtin for saying this will be on back on twitter by the end of the week crying about hateful rhetoric from the right. Pathetic cycle of hypocrisy every single day from these people #JaneCurtin https://t.co/aEGueJumNA
— BloodPundit (@BloodPundit) January 1, 2019
Some conservative groups used facts to challenge Curtin.
In 2018 under @GOP policies:
— IWV (@IWV) January 1, 2019
? Women’s unemployment hit 65yr low
? Black unemployment record low
? Hispanic unemployment record low
? Consumer confidence 18yr high
? Unemployment 49yr low
? Fastest wage growth since '09
Yet Jane Curtin wants the Republican party to die. ?? pic.twitter.com/XDb8i6XWp9
That wasn't the only part of CNN's New Year's coverage that blew up Twitter. Viewers had a ball witnessing Anderson Cooper's progression of tequila shots.
The Anderson Cooper shot montage you didn't know you needed #CNNNYE pic.twitter.com/QC2YBhUxd6
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) January 1, 2019