As fate would have it, Friday is National Beer Day — one day after Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh made his love for brew very well known to the world.
Kavanaugh mentioned beer more than a dozen times during his testimony on Thursday, providing a bit of comical relief during an otherwise emotionally draining day. Kavanaugh vehemently denied accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford, who earlier on Thursday told senators the nominee had attempted to rape her at a party while they were both high school students in the early 1980s.
“I drank beer with my friends,” Kavanaugh told the Senate Judiciary Committee about his time in high school. “Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer.”
That turned into a bit of a running joke on Twitter, and it reached a sprint by Friday morning for #NationalDrinkBeerDay. Searching the hashtag without finding a mention of Kavanaugh was nearly impossible.
“Seriously. We’re all thinking of Kavanaugh as we read this hashtag,” one user tweeted.
Seriously. We’re all thinking of Kavanaugh as we read this hashtag. 🍺 🍻 🍺 🍻 #NationalDrinkBeerDay
— Greg Allen 🌴🥥🇺🇸 (@GregoryGAllen) September 28, 2018
There was much more where that came from. Twitter, where originality isn’t necessarily essential, was littered with several variations of the same joke.
https://twitter.com/AmyBTV/status/1045664402479992832
It's #NationalDrinkBeerDay. Or as Brett Kavanaugh calls it, Day.
— Daniel Radosh (@danielradosh) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/DavidBellNovels/status/1045689252967841793
https://twitter.com/CaptivatedTaay/status/1045685508444164102
https://twitter.com/christophurious/status/1045711562839920640
https://twitter.com/Gage_Rhys/status/1045710816568377349
Hilarious stuff. Others pointed out it’s “ironic” Congress will vote on whether Kavanaugh is appointed on the “holiday.”
Ironic the Kavanaugh vote is on the same day as national drink a beer date #NationalDrinkBeerDay #kavanaughvote
— Robby D (@davisrc13) September 28, 2018
Is it a coincidence that the vote on 'Cryin' Judge #Kavanaugh is taking place on #NationalDrinkBeerDay? #NoOnKavanaugh
— 💙Rapunzel™woke AF🇺🇸🦅 (@co_rapunzel4) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/bbwylde/status/1045638508659056642
While Twitter is yucking it up, the Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on Kavanaugh’s nomination.