Hollywood’s Gary Whitta (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “The Book of Eli”) poked some fun at President Trump’s Kansas/Missouri gaffe from Super Bowl Sunday, tweeting “This is why VEEP had to end” in reference to HBO’s hit comedy, “VEEP” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus:

This is why VEEP had to end. https://t.co/3VzFAYTL9d — Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) February 3, 2020

And then Louis-Dreyfus herself responded, tweeting “Very difficult to compete with THAT”:

Very difficult to compete with THAT https://t.co/hCLUOc2sdV — Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) February 3, 2020

Now, we get that Trump’s gaffe is funny to libs, but the fact is it’s the Iowa caucuses that people were comparing to “Veep”:

Today is yet another day when we all know in our hearts that the most honest, authentic, and true to life representation of politics ever presented by Hollywood was Veep. — Erin Biba (@erinbiba) February 4, 2020

The #IowaCaucuses is the best episode of Veep I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/4RpmByCQOC — Chris Gore @ AwardThis (@ThatChrisGore) February 4, 2020

Wow VEEP really is getting hardcore — Nick Dahlink [twitch.tv/NickIGN] ?? (@theregos) February 4, 2020

Veep was non-fiction. — Ady Barkan?? (@AdyBarkan) February 4, 2020

This is like watching an episode of Veep with audio track from an episode of Silicon Valley #IACaucus — Caitlin Welsh (@Caitlin_Welsh) February 4, 2020

I didn’t realize Veep was back on. Last night’s episode in Iowa, a bit hard to believe – but sure, why not? — Brian Hughes (@BrianHughesATL) February 4, 2020

And this is a perfect “Veep” moment with Pete Buttigieg claiming victory even though not a single result had been posted:

Cue “Veep” closing credits scroll. https://t.co/XwkCtQUPv0 — Zach Weissmueller (@TheAbridgedZach) February 4, 2020

Classic.

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