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Adam Scott on Wednesday told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reps to not use his image, even in what the social media team considered a pithy tweet.
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00:00actually hang on stop I'm sorry this whole thing just makes me queasy I love
00:07how independent my wife is and because of that I will not let her speak senator
00:13Mitch McConnell and his reps may be fans of Adam Scott but the former Parks and
00:17Rec actor made it very clear on social media that he is not a fan of them so
00:21let's backtrack a little it all started when whoever runs the Senate majority
00:24leaders Twitter account shared a pic of Scott's character from Parks and Rec
00:28winking in response to news that President Donald Trump said he would fill a
00:32Supreme Court vacancy before the 2020 elections despite Republicans blocking Merrick
00:37Garland in the same scenario just a few years ago Scott was not thrilled that his
00:41image was being used without his consent and responded saying dear Mitch McConnell and
00:45all those representing him please refrain from using my image in support of anything
00:49about your own stunning and humiliating defeat thanks the team Mitch account then
00:54retaliated with this fake news clipping
00:58which I don't really know what the dig was there but sure Scott then fired back in
01:03another tweet with this very real picture of McConnell receiving an award while
01:07posing in front of a large Confederate flag and that's how you win a Twitter war my
01:11friends all right for more updates to the story head to THR.com and until next time
01:15for The Hollywood Reporter News I'm Neha Joy
01:20you
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