Last night’s January 6 hearing presented an unflinching account of Donald Trump‘s sketchy behavior in the hours after he riled up his mob, but the primetime broadcast provided one moment of levity as viewers discussed the Clark Kent doppelgänger seated behind witnesses Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews.
The mysterious look-a-like soon started trending across social media.
It's 4:06 a.m. Pacific time and I can find no evidence that anyone has discovered the identity of the tall drink of water still only known as "guy behind Pottinger." Maybe it's better this way. #BehindPottinger pic.twitter.com/62rURJqvaX
— Teri (@WomenInTheBurbs) July 22, 2022
Next came a tidal wave of jokes that he was obviously there to cover the hearings for The Daily Planet. It’s low-hanging fruit and countless hands reached out to pick it.
One gay viewer put things into perspective, tweeting: “Being gay and on Twitter means that you have zero idea if American democracy will survive but you do know that there was a very attractive guy with Clark Kent glasses at the latest January 6th hearing.”
THIS is the man y’all calling Clark Kent and going crazy over???? He is just a white man with an astigmatism!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Fqv3yx9aTp
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) July 22, 2022
TMZ says they’ve identified him as 23-year-old Alex Wollet, a med school student from Ohio who’s currently doing a fellowship at The National Institutes of Health.
Case closed?
Via Queerty
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