“I’m Going to Jail”: Donald Trump’s One Silly Mistake Put a Teenager on Public Radar in Place of Megan Rapinoe Back in 2019

Former president Donald Trump and USWNT star Megan Rapinoe dislike each other, and everyone knows it. Therefore, it is not surprising to see strong exchanges between them. For years, she criticized Trump’s administration and declined the opportunity to visit the White House. As usual, on a typical day, they were having one of their contest. But this time, Trump made a strange blunder. 

He aimed a dig at Rapinoe; but instead, tagged a 21-year-old student who worked at Starbucks. Imagine the President of the United States of America mentioning you on Twitter, randomly, to a point where your followers increase suddenly. The Megan Rapinoe he tagged was walking in Pennsylvania as she received notifications from Trump. Unlocking her phone, she saw Trump and thought, “Oh, no, what did I do?”

Trump tags the wrong Megan Rapinoe

When the student received a notification on Twitter, she thought she was heading to prison and mentioned, “And I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to jail.'” When the US Prez tags someone, one can understand the traffic their account generated. For a person to keep a track of likes, retweets and comments is not a straightforward task. @meganrapino realized that she probably had her life turned upside down.

Thinking how the comment would have been private, she thought no one would see the comments. She was wrong!

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At first, the account had no name. To get more clarity, she changed her name to “not megan rapinoe.” But suddenly, she wanted to play around a little and changed the name to “maybe megan rapinoe.” All hell broke loose. The number of notifications she received was preposterous, even by Twitter standards. Everyone mentioned her, tagged her, and even bots had their fun!

Notifications galore

There was a lot of trolling and meme-ing, and people had fun with some time on Twitter. But handling the notifications became a strenuous task. She recalled, “Going through my notifications was, like, the hardest thing because I wasn’t really able to read anything. … It would just keep scrolling by itself.”

The trend did not stop there as celebrity TV show hosts, Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen DeGeneres were urged by people to get the new Megan Rapinoe on their shows. Just like every viral incident, it died down gradually. However, @megan rapinoe had a story to remember for ages and she will probably cherish it for the rest of her life. 

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