Kal Penn — yes, he can be called a former “Obama official” — tweeted some distasteful distaste for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s gift of a gun to fellow Republican Sen. Tom Coburn Thursday. The actor who once served as an associate director for the White House Office of Public Engagement somehow “made a point about the Second Amendment” by saying that the commemorative firearm presented to Coburn was really more about McConnell than his retiring colleague.
Mitch McConnell gifted Senator Coburn a big gun onstage at CPAC because he has a small penis I mean to make a point about the 2nd amendment
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) March 6, 2014
He then longed for childhood days of watching Yosemite Sam — and because McConnell and Coburn brought up guns already, why not have them join?
McConnell Coburn crazy gun stunt makes me want to go to skeet shooting but also watch cartoons. With them. pic.twitter.com/6UxMIdwDwU
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) March 6, 2014
Naturally, Yosemite Sam lends himself to a dated “Cowboys and Indians” reference. Enter: Bobby Jindal.
Wait, what?
After McConnell gave Coburn the gun, they tried 2 get Bobby Jindal 2 play “Cowboys & Indians” only 2 discover he’s “not that kind of Indian”
— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) March 6, 2014
Penn, himself, is not “that kind of Indian,” either — his parents emigrated from India, and he grew up in a traditional Indian family.
Although Penn departed his public engagement position with the White House in 2011, he rejoined the president’s team as a member of his arts committee in 2013.
(h/t Twitchy)
