On Saturday United State Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead of apparent natural causes at a luxury resort in West Texas.
After learning of Scalia’s death, Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron “Our Dumb Senator” Johnson tweeted out “Justice #Scalia’s death: a profound loss for America” along with a photo of a man they believed was Antonin Scalia. However, Our Dumb Senator apparently didn’t realize the photo was actually of Edward Gero, an actor who portrayed Scalia in “The Originalist,” a play centered around the Supreme Court Justice.
Asked to respond to the faux pas, Johnson’s campaign spokesperson blamed the error on a staff member, leaving me to wonder just how dumb Our Dumb Senator’s campaign staff are that they can’t correctly identify a United States Supreme Court Justice.
Wow.
Zach, thank you. Nice catch.
I really can’t take any of the credit for finding this…..I just posted it because it caught my eye.
Excellent, fair obituary, “El Nino Scalia.”
https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/02/13/el-nino-scalia/#comment-700416
“Stupid is as stupid does.”