Thousands of people on Twitter are celebrating President Donald Trump’s birthday today by using the hashtag #JohnMcCainDay.
The hashtag was trending on Friday morning, the president’s 73rd birthday. He started it off by doing an early morning interview on Fox & Friends.
The hashtag appears to have been started by Andy Lassner, the executive producer of the Ellen DeGeneres Show in a tweet where he called on his followers to celebrate the president’s birthday by using the hashtag, according to HuffPost.
In the tweet, Lassner says he was “sure this would mean a lot to patriot like Donald Trump.”
https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1139471906543767553
A few hours later Lassner posted a screenshot of #JohnMcCainDay trending on Twitter.
Trump and McCain publicly sparred before the Arizona senator died in August last year. As Newsweek notes, a Change.org petition to change June 14 to John McCain Day was started five days ago.
The hashtag caught on, with a lot of people using it to mock Trump.
https://twitter.com/i_demian/status/1139505337818632192
Today is President Trump’s 73rd birthday, but right now #JohnMcCainDay is trending. Twitter loves to troll. pic.twitter.com/aNZCx5HIAk
— Derick Waller (@wallernyc) June 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/JulieBrethauer/status/1139509492092166144
On #JohnMcCainDay, thought I’d share my favorite moment ever with the hero, patriot, and survivor. @realDonaldTrump hates this moment, I know. Hope he doesn’t see it. pic.twitter.com/llxmhxNmK8
— Dr. Asymmetric, PhD (she/her) (@AsymmetricPhD) June 14, 2019
I like men who make @realDonaldTrump tantrum. Happy #JohnMcCainDay! pic.twitter.com/kFFBXBzmB1
— Lulu 🐙 (@octopus_hug) June 14, 2019
Happy #JohnMcCainDay!! @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/qrTwQstAbn
— Mike Carter-Conneen (@MikeCConTV) June 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/MsVanessainDC/status/1139488221883224064
@realDonaldTrump Wishing the best #JohnMcCainDay pic.twitter.com/T7eGAnW4tO
— Michele Sadler (@chelsadler) June 14, 2019
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