It seems like we were just hearing from George Takei, the Original Sulu, whom LU’s Ben Bowles referred to (we are sorry to say) as a “washed-up actor.”
At the time, Mr. Takei was taking an evidence-free allegation about the Trump administration very seriously, tweeting about it in, well, a most presidential manner:
If you've been told to preserve evidence in advance of investigations and you start erase your texts and emails, you will go to jail. https://t.co/kYwhztwSJ4
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 26, 2017
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What we didn’t realize on Tuesday is that Takei planned to dip more than a toe in Trump-era politics. How much foot, exactly, is he looking to immerse in the whirlpool?
A 1 April story at Daily Buzz suggests an answer:
It appears that famous duo have purchased a ranch-style home in Visalia [CA] for the express purpose: George Takei is running for Congress.
Takei told us over the phone:
Well, I guess the jig is up.
With what is going on now in the country, I couldn’t stand by any longer merely as a citizen. I knew I had to take a bigger stand. So that’s why I’m running for Congress. My hope is to challenge Davin [sic] Nunes for his seat in 2018.
We’re told [score]Devin Nunes[/score] (R-CA) offered no comment.
A short time after the Daily Buzz story was posted, Takei tweeted again:
No, I'm not running for Congress. Happy 4/1!
But Jon Ossoff is on 4/18. Help him win at https://t.co/ctCcRiYcdL. Let's flip Congress in '18 pic.twitter.com/41uj6l3yt7
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 1, 2017
USA Today congratulated him on perpetrating one of their favorite April Fool’s pranks, whereupon Takei tweeted yet again.
Top honors for "Most Believable." Apologies to fans, but it was to draw attention to Flipping Congress in 2018. https://t.co/TIslNm7jrk
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 1, 2017
So our crack breaking-news squad has tentatively concluded that Takei’s foot is in the drink up to maybe the cuneiform bones. It looks like we’ll be hearing more from him on the political front, as he boosts Democrats determined to Flip Congress in 2018.
He’s certainly got the tweeting thing down. What we love: how many different photos there are of him to decorate the tweets with. Even past-master Barack Obama could take notes.
