As we collectively scratch our heads over gold medal winning Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte’s bizzare lies about being robbed in Rio, the tweets are piling up.
Here are some zingers.
The synchronized swimmers would’ve kept their stories straight.. #LochteGate
— Nelson Bighetti (@0ctaviusrex) August 18, 2016
12y old black kid gunned down by cops, labeled “man”. 32y white man embarrass us when the whole world watching, and he’s a “kid” #LochteGate
— BWD (@theonlyadult) August 18, 2016
If #LochteGate athletes were black, conservatives & Fox “News” would’ve been dropping words “thugs” & “animals” all over the place
— David Samples (@NatureGuy101) August 18, 2016
So y’all wanna defend @RyanLochte, but got mad at @gabrielledoug because she didn’t have her hand to her heart during the pledge #LochteGate
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#LochteGate is the logical outcome of “boys will be boys” mentality as it’s applied to wealthy white boys.
They grow up to be men.
— leah mcelrath (@leahmcelrath) August 18, 2016
white privilege is going to a foreign country, peeing on a business’s floor & kicking in a door, & then saying YOU were robbed #LochteGate
— Gabe Bergado (@gabebergado) August 18, 2016
Humble request to refer to the Ryan Lochte scandal not as #LochteGate but as #LochMess.
— Laya Maheshwari (@lazygarfield) August 18, 2016
Oh poor Brian Williams…. #LochteGate pic.twitter.com/5zUWJqhtJz
— Dylan (@DylansFreshTake) August 18, 2016
Gabby was verbally stoned on social media for not putting her hand over her heart but people are making excuses for #LochteGate.?
— Joshua Thicklin (@JoshThicklin53) August 18, 2016
When did being “just a kid” equate to being 8 years away from being forty? #LochteGate
— X (@XLNB) August 18, 2016
Disappointed we chose #LochteGate instead of #LochMess. We had a chance to do something really great there, & we blew it.
— K.Dot (@kjbas) August 18, 2016
Insulting how Gabby Douglas(20) was being told she needs to fix her attitude in Rio, but #LochteGate and crew are all “kids” who got rowdy.?
— Lea (@_MissLeandra) August 18, 2016
Imagine being a small business owner managing a gas station & some thug who can barely speak English trashes the bathroom #LochteGate
— Patrick Karlsson (@Patrickesque) August 18, 2016
Ryan’s publicist and lawyer trying to get him out of this mess #LochteGate pic.twitter.com/UHS9ObzSL7
— B. (@BrionnaR22) August 18, 2016
News outlets:
Stop calling white people over 18 “kids”,
and to stop referring to people of color under 18 as adults. #LochteGate— Karen Mulholland (@kemulholland) August 18, 2016
Ryan: Uh, mom…so remember how I said I was robbed..?
(silence on phone)
Mom: Goddamnit, Ryan… #LochteGate https://t.co/UUZ67EEQD3— BklynBoy (@bkylnboy11205) August 18, 2016
Can someone please autotune this portion of the interview? ??? #LochteGate pic.twitter.com/riiVQwO7fF
— AJON (@AJON_official) August 18, 2016
Itemized list of things @RyanLochte lost in robbery:
1 wallet
1 watch
$15,000,000 in future endorsements and appearance fees#LochteGate— Bruce Woehrle (@MrPesticide) August 18, 2016
When you’re sick of Phelps making headlines #LochteGate
— Kelly O’Sullivan (@K_B_OSullivan) August 18, 2016
You told the gunman “whatever.” #LochteGate #LochteRobbery pic.twitter.com/ETJJusCqwJ
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What’s the big deal with #LochteGate? 30ish year old boys will be 30ish year old boys.
— Alyson Michelle (@alyalyson25) August 18, 2016
#ThursdayThoughts Ryan Lochte & USA swim team don’t apologize, USOC dismisses as kids having fun, this is message to kids? #LochteGate
— Lorne Maier (@bigdaddyteacher) August 18, 2016
OH YEAH LIKE NONE OF YOU HAVE PRETENDED TO BE ROBBED AFTER PEEING ALL OVER A GAS STATION IN BRAZIL
— Fake Bo Pelini (@FauxPelini) August 18, 2016
And there you have it! Just a smattering of the wit and wisdom of Twitter on the only story that could have possibly taken Donald Trump down as king of the 24 hour news cycle.
Although, my money is on Mr. Trump to somehow figure out how to top the Boys from Brazil.