He’s been spotted all over the world.
A man who joined hundreds of President Trump supporters and stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was mistakenly identified as “Via Getty” by numerous Twitter users who have never taken a close look at a news wire photo before.
Ryan Lizza, a reporter with Politico, shared the image of the man walking out with a lectern.
“And now we know his name is Via Getty (wtf kind of name is that, anyway?) can’t someone just go to his house, arrest him on his return and bring Nancy back her podium?” one much-mocked man replied, referring to Nancy Pelosi.
Getty Images is a media images company, and Lizza, in his tweet, gave Getty credit for providing the image.
Others wrote, “Arrest Via Getty” and “I want Via Getty and everyone else who participated in this domestic terrorism at the Capitol today arrested.”
The man was later identified by the Bradenton Herald as Adam Johnson, a 36-year-old Florida man.
But even that didn’t stop some smartest-guys-in-the-room from insisting that no, actually, his name is Via Getty.
“His name is Via Getty, says it right there in the original tweet dummy,” one person replied.
“It literally says his name is Via Getty,” another wrote.
Multiple parody accounts named “Via Getty” soon popped up, acting as if they swiped the lectern.
Lizza eventually cleared things up: “To be clear, ‘via Getty’ is not a person. It just means that this photo comes via Getty Images.”
Look out, he could be anywhere.
