US Election Result day: Senator Marco Rubio has been trolled for sharing a blue wave GIF (AFP)
Senator Marco Rubio, a member of USA’s Republican Party, is going through vicious trolling on social media for seemingly predicting a Democratic win in Florida. The senator shared an Election Day tweet a couple of hours in the past, saying that his dwelling state ended with a 0.6% turnout benefit in 2016.
“Just wait until you see what it is this time,” he wrote.
Alongside the tweet, Mr Rubio shared a GIF of a giant blue wave, seemingly unaware that blue is the color of the Democratic Party. In reality, the time period “blue wave” is extensively used to indicate sturdy Democratic efficiency on the polls, in accordance with Huffington Post.
Essentially, and unintentionally, Senator Marco Rubio teased a victory for Joe Biden in Florida together with his tweet.
In 2016 Republicans ended with a 0.6% turnout benefit in #Florida
Just wait till you see what it’s this time pic.twitter.com/UvQ4ZgyfRT
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 3, 2020
The tweet has confronted huge backlash on the microblogging platform, with many dashing to remind the senator of his occasion colors.
Actor Patricia Arquette picked up on his mistake and wrote: “Do you know you posted a blue wave?”
Model and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen mentioned: “There are SO many photos of a flood and you chose a blue wave.”
Who goes to inform him?
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) November 3, 2020
Ummm…did you deliberately present a blue wave? Because I dont assume it means what you assume it means. pic.twitter.com/Rt0RuAAqY0
— Kurt “Mask Up, Vote Early” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) November 3, 2020
US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House. The US media is projecting wins for the Republican incumbent to this point in 23 states together with large prizes Florida and Texas, in addition to Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio — all states he gained in 2016.
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