There was quite a social media furor somehow over whether when you looked at this picture of a dress whether you saw it as white and gold, or black and blue.

What Colors Are This Dress? http://t.co/jvesuCBfYe pic.twitter.com/LNPkGjkmSt

— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 27, 2015

Even politicians with difficulty in counting, like Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, weighed in:

I know three things: 1) the ACA works; 2) climate change is real; 2) that dress is gold and white.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 27, 2015

And just like the rest of the things he listed, 1, 2 and 2, he’s wrong, since the dress was actually black and blue, despite appearances.

Democrats frequently have perceptual and math difficulties.

You can see that here in a slightly more important picture:

Amazing how two groups of people can look at the same picture, but one swears it clearly shows a recovery. #TheDress pic.twitter.com/hpZ2Cg5IH5

— Razor (@hale_razor) February 27, 2015