'That's how reality works': Does this Wal-Mart news really come as a surprise to progressives?

After protests took place calling for the retailer to raise its minimum wage, Wal-Mart recently announced that they would be doing just that.

#RaiseTheWage progressives actually seem surprised about what happened next:

Walmart cuts workers’ hours after raising its minimum wage earlier this year http://t.co/6qRLXYD6mo pic.twitter.com/z52CSP2Tlp

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 31, 2015

Shocker!

Unexpectedly! https://t.co/sTLBOvRrqc

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 31, 2015

Unexpectedly! https://t.co/K7k7B47Mwk

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) August 31, 2015

Who could have seen this coming? https://t.co/PvUcVqJoGn

— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) August 31, 2015

Go figure.

"But we meant well!"

-Idiot progressives, every single time https://t.co/2XptUdLpIn

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) August 31, 2015

It's the GOP congress's fault for refusing to repeal the law of supply & demand. https://t.co/2XptUdLpIn

— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) August 31, 2015

https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/638369524681732096

In which @thinkprogress discovers math exists. Hysteria ensues https://t.co/PkX4QBjTeD

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) August 31, 2015

https://twitter.com/BotchedLobotomy/status/638377558594203648

@thinkprogress Wow, who could have seen this coming? Anyone that doesn't read ThinkProgress…

— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) August 31, 2015

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@thinkprogress HAHAHAHAHA liberals are so stupid

— Pete Mitchell (@Nopoints4second) August 31, 2015

@thinkprogress Something those FF15# fools don't understand.

— Ex-GOP Greg (@Flying59Vette) August 31, 2015

@thinkprogress Well duh. That's how reality works. In spite of all the stupid you throw at it.

— GluedThumbs (@GluedThumbs) August 31, 2015

The dynamic will be totally different when the cause of the wage hike is a government mandate, however: https://t.co/mve1wRiPBT

— Colin Grabow (@cpgrabow) August 31, 2015

We could force Walmart to give people more hours. #RaiseTheHours https://t.co/gfubeNrEDw

— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) August 31, 2015

Econ 101. https://t.co/LJBwlCCitN

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) August 31, 2015

What a concept!