This latest internet feud may be one of the strangest in recent memory.
Adam Scott from Parks and Recreation and Big Little Lies got into a Twitter beef with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and things have gotten downright personal.
This week a correspondent for the Hill reported that President Donald Trump would fill the Supreme Court vacancy in 2020. In response to the tweet, McConnell and his social media team used a GIF of Scott’s character from Parks and Rec to show his approval of Trump filing the vacancy.
https://t.co/XJ5HKKkDep pic.twitter.com/nMpAMAluzm
— Team Mitch (Text MITCH to 47137) (@Team_Mitch) June 25, 2019
Two days later, Scott responded to McConnell, telling him and his staff to “refrain from using my image in support of anything but your own stunning & humiliating defeat.”
Dear Mitch McConnell & all those representing him,
— Adam Scott (@mradamscott) June 26, 2019
Please refrain from using my image in support of anything but your own stunning & humiliating defeat.
Thanks!
Adam
cc: @senatemajldr @McConnellPress https://t.co/0lfxuKlUiK
In response, McConnell’s team responded with another image of Scott from Parks and Rec. It was a clipping of the actor from a fictional newspaper in the show, with the headline stating “Ice Town Costs Ice Clown His Town Crown.”
— Team Mitch (Text MITCH to 47137) (@Team_Mitch) June 26, 2019
Scott responded to that with a picture of McConnell standing in front of the Confederate flag.
— Adam Scott (@mradamscott) June 26, 2019
McConnell and his team went quiet after that.
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