Oops! Many outraged by fake gay marriage tweets from fake congressman’s account

Posted at 1:09 pm on March 26, 2013 by Jenn Taylor

Wow! Rep. Jack Kimble of California’s 54th district is gonna catch some well-deserved heat for that tweet.

Or not. If his Twitter account reads like a parody, that’s because … wait for it … it is! Obvious parody is obvious:

God didn't create Adam and Steve.He made Adam and even and that other couple whose daughters Cain and Abel married in a totally straight way
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) March 26, 2013

If God wanted gays to get married, he wouldn't have made wedding cake toppers with one man and one woman.
— Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) March 26, 2013

People actually elect you to represent them? RT @RepJackKimble: If the government requires us to (cont) http://t.co/By9CxEZ48J
— My Name Is My Name (@FanuteBol) March 26, 2013

No, no they don’t.

There’s no Rep. Jack Kimble and no 54th congressional district in California. The super-professional Blogspot blog is also a hint.

.@RepJackKimble is making things just too easy for @TwitchyTeam.
— Jesse Byrnes (@jessebyrnes) March 26, 2013

Truth! And so are the Twitter users who fell for his tweets, like Obama’s 2012 campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt.

Time for a new press sec MT @RepJackKimble: If the govt makes us allow same sex marriage, what's to stop them from requiring us to be gay?
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) March 26, 2013

Huffington Post reporter Elise Foley:

Guardian columnist Michael Cohen:

So couple of things RT @RepJackKimble: If the gov't requires us to allow same sex marriage, what's to stop them from requiring us to be gay?
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 26, 2013

And many, many others:

https://twitter.com/GeeEmmaGee/status/316585434266349569

@RepJackKimble Um, common sense. I would expect you to know that, but you clearly don't have any.
— John (@johnnie_cakes) March 26, 2013

Evidently a fake account is the reason the GOP is dying.

@RepJackKimble maybe the dumbest statement ever stated, u sir are a disgrace to the American people and r why the Republican party is dying
— Kenneth Weber (@KeeWee317) March 26, 2013

Oh @RepJackKimble better start claiming he got hacked now. Otherwise, LOOK OUT.
— Ben Fountain (@BJFountain) March 26, 2013

@RepJackKimble I can't believe you are an elected official. How is a gay couple's happiness affecting your life in any way?
— Brett Basinski (@BrettFSU91) March 26, 2013

@dwingKYW Because there are enough dumb people who vote dumb people into office, like the aforementioned @RepJackKimble
— Brendan Joseph (@VoiceofBrendan) March 26, 2013

Oh, FFS. Srsly? RT @RepJackKimble If the government requires us to allow same sex marriage, what's to stop them from requiring us to be gay?
— Anna Dorfman (@doorsixteen) March 26, 2013

Seriously, how do the People elect an idiot who is full of hate, like @RepJackKimble into a public office? I. Can't.
— Maggie Klaus (@Maggie_Klaus) March 26, 2013

Eventually word got around that the account doesn’t belong to an actual congressman.

Ignore my earlier Jack Kimble tweet – it's a parody account.
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 26, 2013

I did not, thanks! RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: @elisefoley @repjackkimble You know that's a fake congressman
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) March 26, 2013

@samsteinhp @RepJackKimble the dog pic looked so legit
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) March 26, 2013

The fact that I didn't immediately realize the @RepJackKimble (who?) account is a parody really says a lot…
— Anna Dorfman (@doorsixteen) March 26, 2013

Er … says a lot about you, right?

Can the last person who realizes @RepJackKimble is a parody account please turn the lights off before they close down the Internet?
— Mark Berman (@markberman) March 26, 2013