First of all: Wait. WHAT!?!? Second of all: Yes. This really happened. Rob Schneider, star of such high-brow fare as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, decided to dump this on Twitter early Monday afternoon:
Rep. John Lewis, a widely recognized civil rights icon, was previously attacked on Twitter by the man currently slated to step into the Oval Office later this week. Donald Trump, Lewis said in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press last week, is not a "legitimate president." Shortly after the interview was picked up by multiple outlets, Trump—who is arguably as qualified as Schneider for the position of POTUS—said something about a "burning" city? Fuck if I know:
And now, the ceremony with which we have all grown increasingly acquainted: The united Twitter dragging of a public figure hellbent on tweeting stupid shit. The reaction to Schneider's attempt at telling JOHN LEWIS how to fight the good fight has, unsurprisingly, inspired a flood of "Delete your account!" requests and related criticism:
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What in the absolute hell is going on?
