Twitter refuses to forgive or warm up to Lousiana Governor and White House candidate Bobby Jindal.
A week after Twitter trended #BobbyJindalIsSoWhite making fun of the governor’s declaration that he is an ‘American’, and not an ‘Indian-American’, Jindal is back in the limelight after his hashtag #AskBobby went horribly wrong.
On Tuesday, ahead of a town hall event in Ioha, a pro-Bobby Jindal PAC asked Twitter for questions that would be answered by Jindal with the hashtag #AskBobby.
Though, the hashtag did start a discussion on Twitter, it wasn’t the kind Jindal hoped for.
Have questions for Bobby Jindal? Tweet us with #AskBobby and he might answer it at our town hall event tonight.
— Believe Again (@BelieveAgainGOP) June 30, 2015
Twitter users flooded the hashtag mocking his unpopular tenure as Louisiana governor and making fun of his comments on homosexuality and religion. It’s time Jindal and his team realises that giving social media an opportunity to comment on a widely unpopular candidate is absolutely not a good idea.
Twitter as usual, asked just the right set of hilarious and important questions
#AskBobby Will you appoint a Secretary of Exorcisms, or perform them yourself?
— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) June 30, 2015
How does it feel to sell your soul for political gain and yet not gain anything politically? #AskBobby
— St Vitus' Dance Dance Revolution (@BrandonBordelo2) June 30, 2015
.@BobbyJindal Who on your team thought a Twitter Q&A wouldn’t open your awful ideas to mockery, and when will you fire them? #AskBobby
— Phil (Newsletter link in bio) Plait (@BadAstronomer) June 30, 2015
#AskBobby Can we just settle the Republican nomination with a Hunger Games? #TellingItLikeItIs
— Chris White (@OrganizerCmw) July 1, 2015
In no time, Indians joined in the fun too
Hey @BobbyJindal, before deciding to call yourself "Bobby," were Greg, Peter or even Marcia options? #AskBobby
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) June 30, 2015
Hi @bobbyjindal, besides the hyphen, what other un-American punctuation marks should I stop using? #askbobby #jindian @aasif @harikondabolu
— Shaifali Puri (@ShaifaliP) June 30, 2015
But, the question that won the internet was this. We certainly hope Jindal answers this query.