(Photo of Wale by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Sprite)
We knew D.C. rapper Wale hit the big-time when he made it onto the new Ben’s Chili Bowl mural, but here’s another notch in his belt of success.
For pretty much all of 2017, Wale has been in an ongoing Twitter feud with conservative pundit Tomi Lahren.
It began when he dissed Lahren in his single “Smile,” and added lemon juice to the wound by mispronouncing her name “Tammy” on purpose.
The interceding months have generally been good to Wale, whose new album made it onto the US Billboard 200. For Lahren, though, they’ve been a little rockier.
The firebrand gained attention with social media-friendly “Final Thoughts” videos, where she calls climate change “bad weather” and insists that Beyonce is the “real racist.” In March, she was fired from her post at TheBlaze for coming out as pro-choice during an interview on The View.
Wale, for one, hasn’t let Lahren forget that she got canned.
How u get fired on your day off? https://t.co/oSbUdthX9t
— Wale (@Wale) May 25, 2017
And now, it looks like Alaska Airlines has added some fuel to the fire.
Lahren used Twitter to complain about her experiences with the airline on Sunday. This is how they responded:
Hi Tami, sorry for any troubles. Can you DM some details on where you experience went south? -Ryan https://t.co/t4ooDR29zz
— Alaska Airlines (@AlaskaAir) June 5, 2017
Immediately, people viewed the response as a dig at Lahren, including Wale.
I’m crying lmaoooooo https://t.co/C7GqV99o1F
— Wale (@Wale) June 5, 2017
It seemed to earn Alaska Airlines (and specifically Ryan, who signed the tweet) some love and a ton of gifs from potential customers. (If you’re curious at the political make-up of these fans, observe how many of them have incorporated the word “Covfefe” into their Twitter names.)
omg i am flying you forever, alaska air.
— Robyn Kanner (@robynkanner) June 5, 2017
— don / دون (@jesuisdxn) June 5, 2017
??? every time I think this thread will stop being funny I still find myself laughing out loud. ???
— Covfefe (@CovfefeInDaNorf) June 5, 2017
Alaska Airlines responded in another tweet that calling her “Tami” was an inadvertent typo rather than a shot across the bow.
We really didn’t mean to it really was a typo.
– Andre— Alaska Airlines (@AlaskaAir) June 5, 2017
But the throngs of Ryan adorers weren’t as happy to hear from Andre, a different employee of Alaska Airlines.
Shut up Andre…GIVE US RYAN!
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 5, 2017
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