Hillary Clinton supporter Kevin McCarthy of Iowa wasn’t the only person Twitter misidentified and attacked as Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Wednesday. The Internet rage machine also set its sights on Kevin McCarthy, who serves as the film critic for FOX 5 in Washington, D.C.
Yesterday’s McCarthy-who’s-a-Clinton fan got some help from the Democratic presidential candidate he supports, but McCarthy-who’s-a-television-reporter did not. So the latter used his professional medium to respond to a selection of the mean tweets he received a la the popular Jimmy Kimmel Live segment:
In addition, McCarthy-who’s-a-television-reporter made use of his popular, authenticated-with-a-blue-check-mark Twitter account to reply to a few of his angry tweeters:
Ahhhh Claire…you deleted your tweet but I had to save it. It’s soooo good! Hilarious people are mixing us up! pic.twitter.com/4bNjixwiEF
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) October 6, 2015
Dear Sweet Sugarmama, Thanks so much for your tweet! How’s your night going? Go see THE MARTIAN or SICARIO! https://t.co/p6khl3Xx18 — Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) October 7, 2015
Good morning Brooke! Have you seen BILLY MADISON? I love that flick! Hope you have a great day. https://t.co/V1yEyqxPDh
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) October 8, 2015
Hey Dee Man! How’s your morning going? One of my favorite films is LOST IN TRANSLATION! Bill Murray is incredible. https://t.co/P0hRtkrT6F — Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) October 8, 2015
Good morning! One of my favorite movies ever is THE ROCK. Classic Michael Bay. Great action and comedy. See it! https://t.co/1XhTiq48oG
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) October 8, 2015
Check out the clip above, via FOX 5.
[Image via screengrab]
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