We’ve seen a ton of takes Tuesday night from sporting leagues to individual teams reacting to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict, but the Las Vegas Raiders seem to have won the prize for most cringe-worthy take. It appears they were playing off of George Floyd’s brother saying that today his family could breathe again, but the Raiders decided to … speak on Floyd’s behalf from the afterlife?
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) April 20, 2021
To all of you running corporate social media accounts: You do not need to try and out-do each other with really cringeworthy George Floyd tweets. https://t.co/6joVVkM3Eq
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) April 20, 2021
OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO https://t.co/7mHUTIazlq
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) April 20, 2021
Did Nancy Pelosi write this? https://t.co/uASomgFolH
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 20, 2021
Knew I was right to hate sports https://t.co/Vi9msNabya
— Chris Stedman (@ChrisDStedman) April 20, 2021
Dear brands: This is not a copywriting opportunity. https://t.co/jOCza6TnYN
— Noam Blum ? (@neontaster) April 20, 2021
I cannot believe people probably sat in a meeting room and had several meetings giving a thumbs up to this shit and thought it was clever or being a "good ally" Where can I GO? please someone tell me where to go. https://t.co/uFK2beSzqd
— Kiki La Double Mask will be at the hospital bar (@kdc) April 20, 2021
Fire everyone in the creative/social department for this bullshit, dude. C'mon. https://t.co/Xo5lhWTMTb
— Kaelen Jones (@kaelenjones) April 20, 2021
I've seen a lot of bad tweets on this app but this might be first-ballot Hall of Fame worthy https://t.co/ejyfrxZynf
— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) April 20, 2021
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there is absolutely a social media team that sat and deliberated about what to post, then settled on this, rather than, say, anything else or nothing at all. https://t.co/Vk7R1DqSsr
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron) April 20, 2021
If you’re a brand…please..I’m begging you…log off https://t.co/IYY34rsruK
— Bradford Pearson (@BradfordPearson) April 20, 2021
Sometimes silence is better https://t.co/r4Cys8CSLH
— Chilala Unique (@CBHUnique) April 20, 2021
So many opportunities to say nothing are being missed today. https://t.co/BTEEhHC7Ke
— Desiree Stennett (@Desi_Stennett) April 20, 2021
We see Nancy Pelosi and raise you the Las Vegas Raiders https://t.co/ZrYHMZKO8S
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 21, 2021
it's wild to me that *no one* on the lengthy corporate email approval chain stepped in and said "um, guys…no." https://t.co/865f6ouQza
— Matt Gorman (@mattsgorman) April 20, 2021
A strong reminder to the brands that you can choose to not post today. https://t.co/RUEO6dKzhG
— Moneybagg Yo(hannes) ?? (@AronYohannes) April 20, 2021
Someone actually made this, looked at it, pasted it into a draft tweet, and submitted it while logged into a verified corporate account, without ever pausing to consider how terrible it is. https://t.co/0Ekztx4lZ9
— Staunch Curmudgeon (@StaunchCon) April 20, 2021
This may be the worst statement I've ever seen from a professional sports organization. https://t.co/773M8em9xQ
— Lukas Weese (@Weesesports) April 20, 2021
You hear that sound? That's every PR/social media team member in the US saying "at least we didn't do that" https://t.co/CbN4nOK2FH
— DOOD X (@NickoGallo) April 20, 2021
Today truly setting a record for terrible responses to breaking news. https://t.co/B1YRZFlL6C
— Jen Chaney (@chaneyj) April 21, 2021
We're seeing a whole bunch of "swing and a miss" today. #Fail https://t.co/vObTCsbjFK
— Damon Sayles (@DamonSayles) April 20, 2021
Good lord https://t.co/vU6ycWPhS9
— I got your #Unity right here (@jtLOL) April 20, 2021
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) April 20, 2021
excuse me, what the fuck?! pic.twitter.com/GBY9Ogh61u
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) April 20, 2021
— Paladin Amber (@PaladinAmber) April 20, 2021
— Bradley Gelber (@BradleyGelber) April 20, 2021
just cringe baby
— my pal andy™ (@andylevy) April 20, 2021
Impressive to find a way to lose when they aren't even on the field.
— Will Goss (@williambgoss) April 21, 2021
— Jed (@TigersJUK) April 20, 2021
This is so incredibly offensive.
— Shireen Ahmed (@_shireenahmed_) April 20, 2021
Communications department approved this. PR department approved this. Digital team approved this. Legal, too, probably. Unreal.
— Z (@djboothEIC) April 20, 2021
They pinned it too
— New Scholar (@NEWSCHOLARSOUND) April 20, 2021
They might want to rethink that. It’s fun to picture the social media manager reading these replies, though.
Related:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi thanks George Floyd for ‘sacrificing his life for justice’ https://t.co/WeoONxr3xH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 20, 2021
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