An old promoted tweet from Verizon featuring an all-red America is making the rounds again tonight, and boy, people are losing their shit!
Several Twitter users are raging about this map, which was originally sent out on October 13 as a promoted tweet, but reportedly started popping up again tonight:
https://twitter.com/embed/status/786715178251358208
Given that the we’re all currently furiously chugging whiskey while we wait for the election results to come in, the hair-trigger responses are perhaps understandable.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/796180576537546752
not gonna lie saw the red map of the US in a Verizon ad and got real scared.
— Jazz Personality (@toophattoofly) November 9, 2016
Verizon's promoted tweet probably scaring some people right now with that map. pic.twitter.com/H43Rp2tAdJ
— Andrew Martonik (@andrewmartonik) November 9, 2016
I thought that was an election map at first and HOW FUCKING DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME TODAY VERIZON pic.twitter.com/4mnUuGj5D6
— . (@Marzarelo) November 9, 2016
Wrong night to post an all-red US map. >.<
— Vianki (@ViankiStudios) November 9, 2016
HEY, @verizon I PROMISE YOU THAT NO ONE SAW A MAP COVERED IN RED AND THOUGHT "PHONE COVERAGE" TONIGHT. https://t.co/LKawAcUNcy
— Bencompetence (@Bencompetence) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/796174713429037056
Holy shit I thought this was a Republican winner map @verizon https://t.co/FX57v0HWii
— ⚠ gone off this site come on guys (@RoxyFoxRab) November 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/796173383897645056
Don’t worry, everyone. At least the sun will rise tomorrow, unless it spontaneously combusts and puts us all out of our misery.
Update 10:30 pm: Verizon told us in an email that it hasn’t promoted the map since November 1. However, that still hasn’t stopped people from seeing it tonight and thinking the worst!
