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Here’s a new Twitter feud for you:Adam Scottvs.Mitch McConnell.
After the Kentucky senator’s communications team used a GIF of Scott, 46, as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcomParks & Recreationon Twitter, the actor asked in his own tweet that his image not be used “in support of anything but your own stunning & humiliating defeat.”
The interaction began when theTeam Mitch Twitter accountretweeted anarticle fromThe Hillreporting Trump’s recent remarks that he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court ahead of the 2020 presidential election if a vacancy were to open up.
McConnell’s account added a GIF of Scott’sParks & Reccharacter smiling and winking at the camera to the retweet.
Scott, who is currently starring in season 2 ofBig Littles Lieson HBO, eventually spotted the tweet, and quoted it in a tweet of his own, saying, “Dear Mitch McConnell & all those representing him, Please refrain from using my image in support of anything but your own stunning & humiliating defeat. Thanks! Adam cc:@senatemajldr@McConnellPress“
But McConnell’s camp didn’t take the request quietly. Shortly after Scott’s response, the Team Mitch account replied with another photo of Scott fromParks & Rec. This time, it was a screenshot of a newspaper clipping making fun of Scott’s character for bankrupting a town where he was once the mayor.
Scott clapped back a second time, posting a photo of McConnell, 77, smiling in front of a Confederate Flag.
The social media exchange comes not long after another celebrity took shots at the politician.
Earlier this month, formerDaily ShowhostJon Stewartcalled out McConnellfor what he called a lack of compassion surrounding health care support for first responders and victims of 9/11.
“In terms of getting the 9/11 bills passed, Mitch McConnell has been the white whale of this since 2010,” Stewart, 56, said onFox News Sunday.
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McConnell responded to Stewart’s words onFox and Friendsthe next day, saying “many things in Congress have [come] at the last minute. We have never failed to address this issue, and we will address it again.”
“I don’t know why he [Stewart] is all bent out of shape, but we will take care of the 9/11 victims’ compensation fund,” the Senate Majority Leader said. “There is no way we won’t address this problem appropriately.”
source: people.com
