Twitter Users Troll Trump's Lawyer Over Comical Font Choice
President Donald Trump’s attorney Ty Cobb is being mocked on Twitter for using one of the world’s most hated fonts.
On Friday, Cobb appeared to use Comic Sans for a statement on Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleading guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Cobb downplayed Flynn’s admission to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian government, and said that “nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn.” Sahil Kapur, a national political reporter for Bloomberg News, shared a screen shot of the statement to Twitter:
Trump’s lawyer Ty Cobb: "Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn." pic.twitter.com/vk7Hx9pOm0
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 1, 2017
But people couldn’t get over the font that he used, and immediately questioned whether it was real:
yes
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 1, 2017
After Kapur assured them that Trump’s lawyer had indeed used the much-maligned sans-serif casual script typeface for the announcement, the jokes began. Here’s a sampling of the responses so far:
— ʎllǝɥS (@ShellySometimes) December 1, 2017
Wanted to avoid using Failing Times New Roman...
— Rick Horowitz (@Rick_Horowitz) December 2, 2017
There aren't many hills I'll die on in the field of politics but don't you dare come into my mentions and try to defend Comic Sans
— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) December 1, 2017
I have a 7-year-old who thinks Ty Cobb's choice of font is 💯 💯 💯.
— Erin Altman (@AltmanErin) December 1, 2017
Ty Cobb writes letters in comic sans. Even more proof we're living a simulation. https://t.co/AnwsGywzPW
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) December 1, 2017
— Ingrinch (@Gurizuringrid) December 2, 2017
Comic Sans was designed to be the written voice of a cartoon dog, so this kind of makes a lot of sense. https://t.co/2qc0yR54DG
— Aaron Sankin (@ASankin) December 1, 2017
today was the day Comic Sans became president
— Unpopular GOP Tax Kleeform Bill (@MilesKlee) December 1, 2017
So to be clear the White House is crawling with cockroaches, vermin, and memos drafted in Comic Sans https://t.co/f8hCumHm0x
— Ira Madison III (@ira) December 1, 2017
The president's attorney opened Word, went to the font tab, scrolled past ARIAL and CALIBRI, and said "This is the font I want. Comic Sans." https://t.co/ieEd4hcKlX
— Bradford Pearson (@BradfordPearson) December 1, 2017
If Trump's lawyer using Comic Sans on purpose for an official statement isn't enough to make you question Trump's judgement then idk what is
— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) December 1, 2017
Is Trump’s lawyer’s use of Comic Sans a chargeable offense? https://t.co/UaH01kQIEt
— Chris Sacca (@sacca) December 2, 2017
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