Trump Supporters Spent The Debate Tweeting At Jon Lester Because They Thought He Was Lester Holt

[friendly_iconoclast]

https://deadspin.com/trump-supporters-spent-the-debate-tweeting-at-jon-leste-1787351028

Jon Lester is expected to be the Cubs’ Game 1 starter when the NLDS kicks off at Wrigley on Friday against either the Mets or Giants. That’s Jon Lester. Not NBC anchor Lester Holt, who is old and who scouts say has 55 command at best, barely fourth-starter potential. Just so we’re clear.

We’re late on this (we never would have known about it if Randall J. Sanders hadn’t noticed) but I think it’s worth the wait. Last week, presidential debate moderator Holt drew the ire of some Trump supporters by asking questions of Donald Trump about his insane statements and policies, and by attempting to keep him on track. The next morning those Trumplings ran to Twitter and tweeted at the first “Lester” they could find...

...For next Sunday night’s debate, forget the fact-checking. Make sure your second screen is a search for Jon Lester’s mentions.

Best comment from Deadspin:

"Check out the feeds for those twitter users, holy shit. A couple straight up white power, and a bunch of just raging ignorance."

[underpants]

1. This is hilarious.

You don’t even want to know what they were tweeting at Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Hmm

Woulda thought Kyle Hendricks would be Game 1.

[Yavin4]

3. Dude, they can go a number of ways

Game 1 is not that important in a 7 game series. Games 2, 5, and, of course, 7 are.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. NLDS is a five game series

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. May not want to wait til game 7.

Too late.

[erpowers]

6. Stupid People

There are a number of stupid people in this country. A few months ago Beyoncé fans attacked Rachel Ray on social media because they mistook her for Rachel Roy. How do people confuse names like Rachel Ray and Rachel Roy and Jon Lester and Lester Holt? Those are different names.

[gratuitous]

7. If there were no consequences

It would almost be fun to see if a person could mislead this whole Nitwit Brigade by substituting one familiar name with another. Of course, this bunch of nuts would go haring off in the wrong direction, and the mistaken target of their ginned-up wrath would have to put up with the stupidity until someone got the mob's attention long enough to tell them they were being played for the fools they are. That would be very bad, of course, and I can't think of anyone who would volunteer to be substitute target for these yahoos.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

9. It doesn't have to be a real peron to be the substitute target, right?

Some Twitterpeeps ought to create a few.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I thought Trump thought his name was Coltrane?

At least that's what he called him on the SNL skit.

[tandem5]

10. Remember the whole Rachael Ray, Rachel Roy thing? Poor Rachael Ray was tweeting

about EVOO Chicken Caesar Salad when the Beyonce Bees rained all hell down upon her! Twitter is a silly place.