If you like the past 8 years, vote @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/cQEtIgPsEz
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 1, 2016
On Tuesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sent out a tweet, which was meant to insult President Obama (and by extension, Hillary Clinton) but may have done the opposite. The tweet in question was a picture of Obama and Hillary Clinton sharing a warm embrace with the tagline, “If you like the past 8 years, vote @HillaryClinton.” The tweet came from Walker’s personal account, and he may have thought this was a slam, but the Twitterverse seemed to disagree.
Naturally, a prevailing theme this election cycle has been Republicans’ assertion that Obama has been a reviled president, on par with George Bush’s second term. But the opposite is true, as Raw Story reported that Obama has a 52 percent approval rating, an unusually high number for a president’s final year. Walker, who has pledged his allegiance to Donald Trump, felt that linking Obama’s faux unfavorableness with Clinton would help Trump, but the opposite occurred with the replies calling out his gaffe:
https://twitter.com/jonahkeri/status/793486258605613056
Agreed! 20m new-insured. 15m jobs. Biggest one-year increase in middle-class wages in history (2015). I'm in!
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 1, 2016
Hi Scott: Big fan of the president’s leadership but not the obstructionist GOP Congress. Your recommendation?
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/jaydestro/status/793451964893921280
https://twitter.com/Audnumber/status/793457183790764032
Let's see…
15 million jobs added
Dow up abt 300%
Bin Laden dead
Climate change action
ACA
Sounds good to me.— BadgerStew (@BadgerStew) November 1, 2016
@vickscan @ScottWalker @HillaryClinton + I paid a $1.87 a gallon for gas yesterday in Milwaukee. Thanks Obama! 😂😂😂
— MilwaukeeKay💙🌊🌊🌊💙 (@MilwaukeeKay1) November 1, 2016
Alright, I will pic.twitter.com/lDUUQ4CAoK
— Rob Cohen (@Rob_Coh) November 1, 2016
.@ScottWalker @HillaryClinton This is going to be your most popular tweet, but not in the way you hoped.
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) November 1, 2016
This technical gaffe certainly didn’t work Walker’s intended effect, but who knows what he was expecting by using such a warm and fuzzy picture. As one Twitter user replied, this tweet is going to be popular for all the wrong reasons.
(Via Scott Walker Twitter & Raw Story)
