Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, in an attempt to tie Hillary Clinton to President Obama, tweeted this earlier today:
If you like the past 8 years, vote @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/cQEtIgPsEz
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 1, 2016
Unsurprisingly, it didn’t go quite as he expected:
.@ScottWalker @HillaryClinton Um…. Scott, sweetie, I don't think this means what you think it means
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) November 1, 2016
Thanks, Governor @ScottWalker! I took care of that yesterday! \#ImWithHer https://t.co/SMuXbl20s4
— Nicholas Blake (@NCBlake) November 1, 2016
Excellent advice, @ScottWalker! Done! ??? \#imwithher pic.twitter.com/rNfdbcFVp2
— Elizabeth Tulloch (@BitsieTulloch) November 1, 2016
A lot of his replies are along these lines. It’s hilarious. Unintentionally.
Walker tried to “fix” it, doubling down on the image with a new tweet:
Nationally, the past 8 years gave us failed Obamacare & a labor force participation rate that was lowest since 1977. @TheDemocrats pic.twitter.com/x4QW0ufsHv
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 1, 2016
Again, not quite the response he may have been expecting:
@ScottWalker @TheDemocrats Lovely photo of @POTUS & Hillary, so glad \#IVoted for @HillaryClinton
— bean (@mwskb) November 1, 2016
.@ScottWalker, you misspelled "highly successful Obamacare" and "unemployment under 5%"! @TheDemocrats .https://t.co/j3KFN9NQrF
— Kat 4 Obama (@Kat4Obama) November 2, 2016
@ScottWalker @TheDemocrats You could also say it's the first step towards modern healthcare, and an incredible increase in jobs… pic.twitter.com/14jX9fXoXR
— Aaron Mason (@aaron\_mason) November 2, 2016
Not sensing when it’s time to stop, Walker then tripled down (wait, is that a thing? Let’s say it’s a thing) and tweeted with yet another attempt:
If you liked past 8 years, you might be a liberal elite living off of the federal government in & around Washington. @TheDemocrats pic.twitter.com/lR9RQ7nkUP
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 2, 2016
With predictable results:
@ScottWalker I loved the past 8 years if it wasn’t for Republicans blocking every meaningful improvement across this country.
— Erik Klemetti (@eruptionsblog) November 2, 2016
@ScottWalker @TheDemocrats nah I'm just a suburban mom who pays taxes and thinks Obama & Clinton are pretty good!
— Allison F. (@ablington) November 2, 2016
You’d think by now Walker would just step away from Twitter. Instead he quadrupled down (That’s gotta be a thing! Just go with me here!) and came up with this one:
In past 8 yrs, Obama called ISIS the "JV squad," Yemen a success story, Iran a place we can do business (then paid them $400 million ransom) pic.twitter.com/4QGFsSaVqM
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) November 2, 2016
By now, you know how this story goes:
.@ScottWalker I love how ur still trying to make this "the last 8 years sucked" thing happen. Shoulda quit while u were a lil less behind
— (((John M. Becker))) (@freedom2marry) November 2, 2016
You're just mad because we laughed when you were tweeting "Vote for Hillary!" aren't you @ScottWalker. :D https://t.co/n8KeEtPz5n
— Kat 4 Obama (@Kat4Obama) November 2, 2016
@ScottWalker WOW, you seem to really love this pic – all over your TL. We love it too, and we love what it represents. Eight more yrs!
— aspirational12 (@aspirational12) November 2, 2016
Sometimes you just need to know when to quit while you’re behind.