A Huffington Post reporter taught himself an embarrassing yet funny lesson about not texting and driving
Matt Fuller thought he was sending his cousin a birthday message on Friday while he was driving. Once he pressed send it was too late to retrieve the “Happy Birthday sh**head” that was on its way to former Republican Congressman Tim Huelskamp.
You haven’t lived until you’ve tried texting your cousin a crude bday message while driving and accidentally texted a former Congressman. pic.twitter.com/jKHQc25EOi
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 19, 2017
Mortified, the journalist posted the message on Twitter, along with a word of advice.
@MEPFuller this’ll make a great PSA for not texting and driving.
— Madi Alexander (@MadiLAlexander) May 19, 2017
@MadiLAlexander Don’t text and drive — or you might end up texting something crude to a former Congressman who definitely doesn’t appreciate crude language.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 19, 2017
Even worse, Fuller got a response from the former Kansas politician.
Thankfully, Huelskamp appeared to have a sense of humor about it but asked the congressional correspondent to keep his reply “off-the-record.”
Update: I won’t text and drive anymore, and Huelskamp’s response was perfect (and off-the-record).
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 19, 2017
Huelskamp, who lost a re-lection bid in the 2016 Republican primary, relented and told Fuller he could share the response, which he did with a screenshot of the message.
Alright. Huelskamp has given me permission to post his response.
(I don’t actually have a cousin named Tim. Not sure how this happened.) pic.twitter.com/IBMvuyBvnq
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) May 19, 2017
“Thought maybe it was Boehner drunk again,” was Huelskamp’s reply, referring to former Speaker of the House John Boehner who served as the GOP leader during Huelskamp’s first four-year term in Congress.
@MEPFuller As a former huelskamp staffer of 6 years… classic response from him. Made my day.
— Juliana (@julesheerschap) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller You and the former Congressman win Twitter today
— ‘K Capri (@KatAltitude) May 19, 2017
Responses to Fuller’s hilarious gaffe and Huelskamp’s response flooded Twitter. Even White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway noticed.
a little Friday humor from @TimHuelskamp https://t.co/kcsMFBYtF4
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller Glorious.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller This wasn’t actually a mistake, was it, Matt
— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller I’ve moved on from c a c k l i n g now I’m h o w l i n g
— Anthony Bejarano (@AntBejarano) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller Dying. This is awesome.
— Kristina Wong (@kristina_wong) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller pic.twitter.com/sPZABeKeZX
— MoonAngelWings (@MoonAngelWings) May 20, 2017
@MEPFuller Happy birthday to your cousin from all of us ?
— Southmouthinchi (@Southmouthinchi) May 19, 2017
Fuller offered up an added thought a few minutes later.
The comment set off a series of negative responses which may have prompted Fuller to delete the tweet.
@MEPFuller You tweeted without context, in a serious tone, and shifted blame to readers because we cannot read your mind?
— Torbjorn Borg (@fiddlecub) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller But why did you tweet that? Do you think we’re too mean to them? Do you think we don’t understand they are people? Why did you tweet that?
— joeyNorty (@NortyJoey) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller Your point was irrelevant. You’re not supposed to care if they’re “nice people.” Your job is to go through their garbage. Go back to work.
— Seth Edenbaum (@ComradeVeidt) May 19, 2017
@MEPFuller Matt, you were right to make the point. Bad and good folks on both sides of the aisle. You weren’t owned. You owned it!
— Jim Pfaff (@jimpfaff) May 20, 2017
But, it seems Huelskamp scored the Twitter win for the day with his response to Fuller and follow-up tweet to one reader’s comment.
@MEPFuller @kampeas I did better! I was sexting & accidentally sent a very obscene message to my Congressman. I was horrified & apologized quickly. He laughed!
— Wilson E. Allen (@Wilson46201) May 19, 2017
@Wilson46201 @MEPFuller @kampeas Was that Anthony Weiner?
— Tim Huelskamp (@CongHuelskamp) May 20, 2017
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