Lassner’s tweet comes a couple of days after the NBC employee wrote “What a tool” on a retweeted image of Gaetz sitting next to President Trump at Game 5 of the World Series. Gaetz then suggested that the network shouldn’t stand behind employees who make such a “dumb/triggered/profane comment."PLEASE don’t try and make this hashtag trend.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) October 29, 2019
Thank you.
#MattGaetzIsATool
Well, it would now appear that Lassner is doubling down.
Gaetz, who is actually a seasoned veteran of getting roasted online and was just recently referred to as a “fool” by former Tampa Bay GOP lawmaker David Jolly, responded to Lassner’s dig this afternoon by saying “I kinda like it,” along with a video of a shirtless man swinging a sledgehammer and the caption “I came in like a wrecking ball.”
While the accompanying video doesn’t make much sense, it raises the possibility that perhaps Gaetz doesn’t know what a wrecking ball looks like, or even worse, that the 37-year-old District 1 congressman has never seen a literal tool in his lifetime.#MattGaetzIsATool
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) October 29, 2019
I kinda like it... pic.twitter.com/Zydz5sDmFb
So far, the hashtag is still going strong, and various celebrities have joined in, including Scrubs star Zack Braff and Kristen Johnston of the CBS sitcom Mom.
Gaetz is up for re-election in 2020, and his Democratic opponent is U.S. Navy Veteran Phil Ehr.
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