On Monday evening, Pat Sajak, conservative-minded host of Wheel of Fortune, shocked the Twittersphere with the following:
I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends. Good night.
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 20, 2014
Within 24 hours, news of this tweet and the subsequent outrage it received from global warming believers made headlines in major newspapers. And, by Tuesday afternoon the #WheelofFortune hashtag was ablaze in full climate-change battle mode. Will calls for his firing and boycotts of the show damage Pat's career? Probably not - but the hysteria is fun to watch.The Truthers:
Boycott #wheeloffortune !! :P http://t.co/hzDzksFBDX
— Kwirk (@YwgKwirk) May 20, 2014
Oh, Pat. I feel a retirement comin' on ... http://t.co/4BsRC0J2FZ #wheeloffortune #ClimateChange
— Michelle Freed (@MichelleFreed) May 20, 2014
If climate change concerns you, #WheelofFortune's Pat Sajak says you're an "unpatriotic racist." Huh? Boycott his show.
— Bruce Westbrook (@BruceWestbrook) May 20, 2014
Boycott #WheelOfFortune just lost a lot of viewers & advertisers, congrats @patsajak
— Buzz & Sparky (@StubbornOldBuzz) May 21, 2014
The Deniers:
A liberal boycott of #WheelOfFortune won't dent the ratings. Liberals are too dumb to get voter IDs, they can't solve word puzzles.
— AdolfJoeBiden™ (@Bidenshairplugs) May 21, 2014
OMG he mocked them with their own race card... THE HORROR. What a bunch of racists. ;) #WheelOfFortune @Bidenshairplugs
— KillerBunnyFooFoo (@PolitiBunny) May 21, 2014
Next on the libs to-do list: Demand Pat Sajak be fired and take a 'rehabilitation' class for not supporting a hoax #WheelOfFortune
— Mitch Behna (@MitchBehna) May 21, 2014
Who knew just watching #WheelOfFortune could be a new way to anger liberals. Easy Work. :) @Bidenshairplugs
— AngieQueenofQuirk (@Artist_Angie) May 21, 2014
So, what did Pat have to say in response to the backlash from his Twitter trolling?
Sometimes it's fun to poke a stick in a hornets' nest just to hear the buzzing.
— Pat Sajak (@patsajak) May 20, 2014
