White House's Only ‘Favorited’ Tweet Is by an Anti-GOP Parody Page

ashley.rae | September 28, 2015

The only tweet “favorited” by the official White House Twitter is from a parody account dedicated to mocking teenage Republicans.

The tweet, posted by “GOP Teens,” shows a Vine of Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) crying while listening to Pope Francis address a crowd after his speech to a joint meeting of Congress.

The tweet reads, “How #GOPTeens feel about @SpeakerBoehner resigning.”

The GOP Teens Twitter account is a parody run by Daniel Kibblesmith. Kibblesmith is currently a writer for the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and has previously worked for the Onion and BuzzFeed Humor.

Other clearly satirical tweets from GOP Teens include:

In an interview with Flavorwire about the GOP Teens account, Kibblesmith said, “[T]he fun for most people seems to come from being in on the joke and holding it up as a parody of their worst fears about the people they disagree with.”

Kibblesmith told Flavorwire, “Right now the account has around 45k followers, mostly left-leaning teens, still developing their own political identities, but ready to believe that Republican adults are capable of any atrocity.”