A fake Twitter account for RC Cola — @OfficialRCCola — was suspended on Wednesday after this tweet and response mocking President Trump and “covfefe” went viral:
Only drinking @OfficialRCCola from now on pic.twitter.com/oMosVOVbrW
— Video Game Attorney (@Morrison) June 1, 2017
Anti-Trumpers, including former Hillary Clinton staffer Adam Parkhomenko, loved the account for its past anti-Trump commentary:
The @OfficialRCCola twitter game level: woke pic.twitter.com/OWIrP1c9Tk
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 31, 2017
Parkhomenko was a fan ever before yesterday’s tweet:
Just took another look through the feed of @OfficialRCCola and they got twitter game. Long before today.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 13, 2017
Others were tricked as well:
Whoever is running the @OfficialRCCola Twitter account is the real MVP today ? https://t.co/6WJcOKI2Z5
— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) May 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/dbinkowski/status/870122656523321344
However, the real RC Cola’s parent company — Dr Pepper Snapple — wasn’t amused with the account crapping on its brand and worked with Twitter to get the account suspended:
At this time we are working to actively pursue the deactivation of the fake account known as @OfficialRCCola with help from @Twitter.
— Dr Pepper Snapple (@DrPepperSnapple) May 31, 2017
Hi there, RC Cola is a DPS brand, but the account known as @OfficialRCCola is not associated with the RC Cola brand. It is a parody account.
— Dr Pepper Snapple (@DrPepperSnapple) May 31, 2017
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