Republican Tries A Star Wars/Gun Control Analogy, Calls Obama Darth Vader

There is no doubt that you tentatively opened this article, thinking to yourself, ‘My God – has PEDESTRIAN.TV taken the plunge in 2016, and decided to become a The Onion-esque parody website?!’

Noooo, you berk. This is the state of politics in this here 2016, in which politicians try to engage with ~the youth~ by making misguided and cringe-inducing analogies between policy and any random pop-culture topic. 
So, right now that would of course be Star Wars, due to ‘The Force Awakens‘ recently hitting theatres. (Look away now, Star Wars purists – you have been warned). 
Some Republican bloke in the U.S. has decided to go H.A.M. on some kind of Star Wars / gun control rant on Twitter, by not-so-eloquently explaining that it would be super unfair if only Stormtroopers had guns. This, out of every stupid method in the world, was the one he chose to explain the Second Amendment
Meet Grover Norquist! He’s the founder of hyper-conservative pressure group ‘Americans for Tax Reform‘. If you hadn’t already guessed, he is very smart and logical, especially when it comes to pop culture references. 

But that’s not all! He tried to engage with people’s hatred of ~the dark side~ by telling his followers that President of the United States Barack Obama is exactly the same as Darth Vader, because they both support gun control. HE CALLED THE PRESIDENT DARTH VADER, YOU GUYS. 

The staunch conservative did try to the pull the ‘omg you guys, I’m just making a joke’ line at one point, but everyone could totally tell he’s not having a laugh:

It’s hilarious that he actually thinks that he is part of some kind of Rebel Alliance that is fighting for “freedom”. You really cannot call it an ‘Empire Strikes Back‘ kind of rebellion, can you? Nope. Nahhhhh. Pretty different really, isn’t it. Yep. 
If anyone decides to rewrite the plot of Star Wars replacing every person and thing with current members of the USA’s mental political landscape, we will buy you a beer. 
Source/Image: Twitter.

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