‘Dumbest Plot Twist Ever’: Twitter Can’t Believe DOJ Just Charged Federal Contractor Named ‘Reality Winner’
The Twitterverse can’t get over the name of the federal contractor who was arrested on Monday for leaking NSA intelligence about Russian interference during the 2016 election.
Reality Leigh Winner has been charged by the Department of Justice for releasing “classified national defense information from an intelligence community agency.” The intel, according to The Intercept, describes how Russian military intelligence allegedly hacked an American voting software supplier and launched cyberattacks against local officials just days before the end of the election.
While this is bound to be a major development for the investigations into Russia’s activities, there’s a lot of people on Twitter who cannot get past this federal contractor’s name:
Name of whistleblower/leaker arrested for leaking docs to media: Reality Winner.
2017, what did we do to deserve you. https://t.co/WhkLnYNnYs
— Amanda Katz (@katzish) June 5, 2017
Her name is "Reality Winner." I repeat: her name is REALITY WINNER. https://t.co/YVN06nEnrq
— Caitlin Gibson (@CaitJGibson) June 5, 2017
Nah c'mon name's not really Reality Winner is it https://t.co/vMwiIGylb1
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) June 5, 2017
Book pitch:
"Then the leaker is revealed to be a woman named Reality Winner."
"That's the dumbest plot twist ever. Get out of my office."— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 5, 2017
We live in god's shitty first novel. https://t.co/uoXetXworC
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) May 22, 2017
("Reality Winner"? I get what you're going for here, but still think you need to tone it down a bit—ed.) https://t.co/gzvVRP1yz1
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) June 5, 2017
"Reality Winner" is my new favorite no-way-that-cannot-be-a-real-name real name.
— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) June 5, 2017
Winner winner chicken dinner https://t.co/9AQ3TRBOUZ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 5, 2017
"Okay, for the next plot twist, the leaker is named…Reality Winner."
"Are you fkin serious right now?" https://t.co/UdDXzYq05Q— Katherine Cross (@Quinnae_Moon) June 5, 2017
Whoever is writing 2017, let's cool it with the heavy-handed details; no audience is going to buy this https://t.co/1lQgPEFBGu
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 5, 2017
The alleged leaker's name is Reality Leigh Winner.
Reality
Winner https://t.co/XHhEEQj1Bi— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 5, 2017
her name is Reality Leigh Winner & she contacted the Intercept from her work computer because the world is now a bad dystopian sci-fi novel https://t.co/DjCXXhoZcU
— eve peyser (@evepeyser) June 5, 2017
Reality Winner? Folks, I think these days we're all Reality LOSERS *vaudeville piano plays while I dodge rotting vegetables hurled at stage*
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) June 5, 2017
Trump is the real reality winner
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 5, 2017
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