What does it take to go viral? For Mitt Romney, all you need is a button-down shirt, a Utah Jazz jersey over it, and a little trash-talking.
The former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate, now running in Utah for the U.S. Senate seat held by Orrin Hatch, had courtside seats at Monday night’s Jazz playoff game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the TV cameras caught him taunting Thunder star Russell Westbrook.
That moment has gone viral online and inspired a lot of snarky comments on Twitter. Here is a sample of the funniest tweets:
This game has everything, including Mitt Romney taunting Westbrook lol pic.twitter.com/dGmu2v9RFy
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney courtside at an NBA playoff game in Utah is literally the whitest thing I have ever seen pic.twitter.com/N0W2PdtuZM
— jordan (@JordanUhl) April 24, 2018
ROMNEY: I love to watch basket-ball [pronounced with a hyphen somehow]. The Jazz are a fine troupe.
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) April 24, 2018
ME: Wanna be my date to the opera?
— Kindness Appreciator (@SortaBad) April 24, 2018
HER: I only like guys who are into sports
ME: pic.twitter.com/8uh20jnpc1
imagine being taunted by Mitt Romney wearing a basketball jersey over a tucked in dress shirt
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) April 24, 2018
no amount of triple doubles can make a soul come to terms with that pic.twitter.com/dllLGHBpM6
This is Mitt Romney casual wear: the Jazz jersey over the button-down, top button unbuttoned. https://t.co/qw7G4rOjBt
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney at the Jazz v Thunder game is the next level dad look I'm striving for. pic.twitter.com/izpNp0ZgXZ
— Payaso (@JDLehman3) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney taunting Westbrook while wearing a jersey over a button-up kinda makes sense if you’ve ever played Church Ball on a Wednesday night with a bunch of Mormon guys.
— Janan (@jananamirah) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney’s trash talk: “While you are a unique and valued being designed by our Creator and capable of great achievements in life, your performance in today’s game is well below standard.” https://t.co/k3xxY01nPQ
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) April 24, 2018
mitt romney slips on one nba jersey over his dress shirt and thinks he’s Salt Lake City Drake
— alex (@steven_lebron) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney rocking the jersey over a dress shirt like a sentient kale salad.
— Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) April 24, 2018
Also, why does UTAH have a basketball team named JAZZ? I'd imagine Jazz was illegal there until, like, 1998. pic.twitter.com/vJHXL8xirZ
They've been warned for years to change the name. This horror was foretold. https://t.co/5hGBtqPGEm
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 24, 2018
.@MittRomney how many times have you run for President & failed?
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney: pic.twitter.com/JB1OYPRamA
BREAKING: Mitt Romney is having dinner with Russell Westbrook and will now endorse him for MVP https://t.co/rE1UWzs3eD
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) April 24, 2018
Just going to leave these here.... pic.twitter.com/3IZWDxNOcz
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) April 24, 2018
All politics is local. pic.twitter.com/9wV8woQYqL
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) April 24, 2018
Salt Lake City's hottest club is called 'Browning?'. It's got everything: no alcohol or caffeine, a two-wife minimum, Mitt Romney talking trash, and everybody gets their own planet... pic.twitter.com/Ls8eTlhuRD
— Greg Robinson (@AngryBingo) April 24, 2018
Mitt Romney in a Utah Jazz jersey over a button-up taunting Russell Westbrook is the darkest timeline pic.twitter.com/jwuPtHZGqk
— Jake Grovum (@jgrovum) April 24, 2018
Okay, that’s enough. pic.twitter.com/yCh7nwB7AF
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) April 24, 2018
I gave Romney the jersey. The 5 is to represent #5ForTheFight, which is the patch on the front of the jersey and has been all season. This is the cause to eradicate cancer. You can learn more and donate at https://t.co/aNAtdg40rE.
— Mike Maughan (@MikeMaughan) April 24, 2018
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