At age 88, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has absolutely no idea who Kim Kardashian is or, moreover, what she has to do with clean water.
A fellow managing the EPA Office of Water Twitter account went rogue Monday evening, tweeting that she reached C-list celebrity status in a Kim Kardashian smartphone game. “An EPA fellow inadvertently triggered an auto-generated tweet. She regrets the error and has been advised on the sensitivities of using social media” an EPA spokeswoman said in an e-mail.
Dingell saw the tweet and, having no idea what a Kardashian is, decided it best to publicly check in to make sure everything was all right over at the EPA. (Unclear if he knows what a Kanye is.)
I’m the last original author of the Clean Water Act, but I have no idea who/what a Kardashian is and I rarely play games. You OK, @EPAwater?
— John Dingell (@john_dingell) July 22, 2014
On Tuesday morning, the water enviros – after deleting the accidental tweet – offered an apology.
Whoops…our bad. Sorry about tweet. Upside – more attention for the Office of Water (http://t.co/GhuYcpwqwx), thanks @KimKardashian — U.S. EPA Water (@EPAwater) July 22, 2014
Meanwhile, Dingell, who is the dean of the House, was getting briefed by his staff on the question that has puzzled Americans for nearly a decade: What is Kim Kardashian famous for? Apparently even Hill folks can’t fully answer that one.
Staff has now informed me of what a Kardashian is. I’m only left with more questions.
— John Dingell (@john_dingell) July 22, 2014
Today, the octogenarian Dingell, who was born decades before Al Gore invented the Internet, won the Internet.