Former WI Governor Scott Walker Busted For Using Old Pizza Photos To Suggest Restaurants Are So Safe Even He’s Dining In

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December 28, 2020, 7:22 am*

The former governor of Wisconsin, Republican Scott Walker, is getting roasted after a bizarre photo faux pas that has some calling him hypocritical.

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Throughout the pandemic, Walker has been a proponent for ending lockdowns across the country and allowing businesses and individuals to return to life as normal, with no regard to the number of COVID-19 cases constantly climbing as we fail to control the spread.

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So when he tweeted out that his family had gone to their local pizza place on Saturday, alongside urging people to “support our local restaurants and small businesses,” it shouldn’t have raised any eyebrows.

However, Walker included a photo of the pizza his family supposedly had while supporting their local business in the tweet, and it wasn’t long before someone recognized it as being a severely cropped version of a photo the ex-governor shared in 2019.

In a normal year, this wouldn’t mean anything at all. But in 2020, critics immediately became suspicious that Walker being a good little Republican politician and encouraging others to go out into the world, while actually keeping his own family safe at home.

Holy heck. @ScottWalker wanted to appear to be supporting in-person dining without actually risking his health by going to a restaurant so he tweeted out a picture of a pizza he ate in 2019 and pretended he went out to a restaurant and ate it tonight. #WhatATool https://t.co/uy9MVRBJrJ

— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) December 27, 2020

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It’s actually worse than sad: he’s intentionally faking “eating out at local businesses” to encourage other people to do so while he actually stays safe at home.

— carson (@CJenkin4) December 27, 2020

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Lying about going out to eat and encouraging others to go out while actually staying safe and sound in the comfort of his own home. Vile. There is no low too low for Republicans.

— Elections Have Consequences (@jaykayokay2020) December 27, 2020

Others pointed out it’s entirely possible he could have gotten pizza for delivery, but he made the conscious choice to use an old photo that suggested he was dining in.

Nah. He wants to show that dine-in eating is safe when it is not. To “support businesses” while also recognizing the pandemic he could have just ordered a delivery pizza.

— Heather (@Heather_Love_01) December 27, 2020

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Because the real message is go out to eat, everything is normal again. If he just said we had pizza, you could imagine takeout. The pic is the entire point.

— Keith Ford (@keithwford) December 27, 2020

Most people just wanted to dunk on him for the ridiculousness of the whole situation.

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If you thought Scott Walker and his pizza looked good, wait until you see where he’s going for lunch! pic.twitter.com/7CqJ9xVfDr

— Pineapple (@PineapplellI) December 27, 2020

If Walker ever invites you over for a bite to eat, you should say no.
For many reasons.
But chiefly because you will probably catch food poisoning from his positioning various (unseasoned) meats and veggies with different cooking times on the same skewer. https://t.co/yQ2y5YK81Q

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) December 27, 2020

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OMG, Scott Walker straight up tweeted a picture of a pizza from 2019 talking about, “Great Dinner tonight.”

This is sooooooooooooo pathetic. pic.twitter.com/oH9z9dHFzE

— $600 Can’t Pay My Rent, Can I Be A Corporation? (@RealKHiveQueenB) December 27, 2020

Is pizza from October 2019 still safe to eat? Asking for a friend. This time it’s a real friend. His name is Scott Walker.

— Donald J. Drumpf (@RealDonalDrumpf) December 27, 2020

Forget the pizza, what about the supper Scott Walker got with some friends at a local restaurant last week: pic.twitter.com/b4J7zTEbQ6

— I am Seth’s grotesque, wayward pinky (@SethFromThe716) December 27, 2020

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Walker later tried to cover by saying he “used an old photo since we didn’t take one last night,” and insisted his family really did go to the pizza place in question, but considering he’s one of those people who seems to tweet photos of every single meal he eats, his story is less than bulletproof here. 

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Either way, it’s just as easy to encourage people to support local restaurants by ordering takeout — they get their money, you get your pizza, and there’s less chance of spreading COVID-19 around for everyone. 

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*First Published: December 28, 2020, 7:21 am