It must be hard to call himself Brett Kavanaugh now – and this tweet wire proves it



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The last two weeks have been tough, so Brett Kavanagh turned to Twitter to let off steam.

No this Brett Kavanaugh. We mean Brett Kavanagh, without the "u".

A man who simply shares a very similar name with the controversial judge who was confirmed at the Supreme Court this weekend lamented how his name became unhappy in a tweet that has since taken off.

"It's a terrible time to be named Brett Kavanagh," he said in a statement. tweet who had collected more than a million "I like" Sunday night.

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He is not alone. A number of people – from the most famous Mike Pences to Siris, to Susan Collinses and Michael Cohens – who bear the same name as important personalities also expressed their woes in response to his tweet.

"Get used to twitter notifications", a user with the nickname @SteveBannon told Kavanagh.

"My parents would never have guessed what would happen to my name," proposed user Siri Ellis.

In the end, Kavanagh's message prompted a thread on Twitter with 10,000 comments, some from people @goodmikepence called "the club."

Alejandro Serrano can be reached at [email protected].

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