POLITICO screengrab. 2016 Eyeglass company jokes: Scott Walker stole our logo

Scott Walker’s campaign is less than a day old, but already he’s picked a fight with one of America’s largest eyeglass manufacturers.

America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses has noted on Twitter that its corporate logo is suspiciously similar to the Wisconsin Republican’s new 2016 presidential campaign logo, using the hashtag “#logogate” in a variety of pun-filled Tweets about the race Monday.


“@ScottWalker sure TRUMPed us by ‘borrowing’ our logo. #logogate,” the company tweeted, adding in another tweet, “We’re not CRUZin for a legal battle #logogate.”

In response to a CNN article noting the similar logos, the company tweeted, “We think @ScottWalker’s logo is HILLARYous. #logogate.”

Both Walker’s logo and that of America’s Best replace an upper-case ‘E’ with a three-barred American flag. The colors used in each symbol are also nearly identical.

The company’s CEO Reade Fahs told Wisconsin reporter Andrew Hahn that the logo did not mean that the company was getting behind Walker’s campaign.

“We don’t endorse prez. candidates,” he told Hahn, who reported the comments on Twitter, “but we’re never surprised when they endorse us.”

After releasing the statement, the company tweeted,“#Logogate doesn’t WARRENt a lawsuit.”

Scott Walker announced his run for the White House on Twitter Monday with a formal launch speech planned for Monday evening.

He has not yet responded to the logo controversy.