Vice President Mike Pence has a message for celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Will Ferrell who are supporting Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams.

The vice president is throwing his support behind Republican nominee Brian Kemp in the tight race, and at a Thursday rally, he charged that Abrams is “bankrolled by Hollywood liberals.”

Oprah Winfrey and Mike Pence. (Photo: Getty Images) More

“I’d like to remind Stacey and Oprah and Will Ferrell, I’m kind of a big deal too,” said Pence. “And I’ve got a message for all of Stacey Abrams’s liberal Hollywood friends: This ain’t Hollywood. This is Georgia. And Georgia wants a governor that’s going to put Georgia values and Georgia first. And Brian Kemp is going to do just that.”

Yes, he just went after Oprah like that — and Twitter is not having it. Including Maria Shriver.

Oh please! Just shows you have no idea who @Oprah is or what her story is. Get educated Mr. @VP. https://t.co/5jFIXN8B0U — Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) November 1, 2018

Oh no, Mike Pence, you are no #Oprah — Meg Kidd (@Humankidd) November 1, 2018

Mike Pence: “I heard Oprah was in town today and I heard Will Ferrell was going door-to-door the other day. Well I’d like to remind @staceyabrams and @Oprah and Will Ferrell—I’m kind of a big deal too.” Hey @mike_pence you now sound just as delusion as @realDonaldTrump. #VoteDem — Ryan Knight 🌊 (@ProudResister) November 1, 2018

Never, ever bring a Mike Pence to an Oprah fight. https://t.co/QLjnkset0y — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 1, 2018

Oprah: I’m Oprah Mike Pence: I’m kind of a big deal too Oprah: no you’re not Mike Pence: I’m telling mother — Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) November 1, 2018

Mike Pence comparing himself to our Lord and Savior Oprah Winfrey. pic.twitter.com/shA0sW8OiZ — Rebecca Welch (@RebeccaLWelch) November 1, 2018

So let me give you a tip, @VP, about Vice Presidenting (from someone who has spent a lot of time thinking about the institution). When you are competing with Oprah for top billing in a state, you are not doing the job right. https://t.co/Hi0m9rR5y1 — Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) November 1, 2018

But unlike Will and Oprah, @VP hasn’t brought joy to any person’s life at all. — Matthew Gellert (@MatthewGellert) November 1, 2018

Mike Pence, an anti-LGBTQ, anti-woman, anti-science & anti-POC Trump supporter, wants you to vote for Brian Kemp. Oprah Winfrey, the greatest black philanthropist in American history and lover of equality & all people, wants you to vote for Stacey Abrams. The choice is clear. — Brian Gay (@brian2596) November 1, 2018

Folks who support Trump, who received extensive media coverage in campaign in part because of celeb status, complaining about Oprah getting extensive media coverage because of celeb status. Whatta town! — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 1, 2018

After surprising Georgians by campaigning for Abrams door-to-door, Oprah spoke at a Thursday campaign rally for her in Marietta.

“I was just sitting at home in California minding my own business, but I could not stop thinking about what’s going on down here,” Winfrey said. “Nobody paid for me to come here, nobody even asked me to come here. I paid for myself and I approve this message.”

She declared, “I am here today to support a change maker.” If elected, Abrams would become the first African-American woman governor of a state. “She’s a woman who dared believe she could change the state of Georgia.”

Oprah added, “I am an independent woman. I’ve earned the right to think for myself and to vote for myself, and that’s why I am a registered independent.”

She continued, “I’m here today because of the men and because of the women who were lynched, who were humiliated, who were discriminated against, who were suppressed, who were repressed and oppressed for the right, for the equality at the polls, and I want you to know that their blood seeped into my DNA and I refuse to let their sacrifices be in vain.”

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