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Tony Romo And His Sneakers Get Mocked By 91-Year-Old Politician

Tony Romo felt the Twitter wrath of 91-year-old John Dingell over his Skechers.
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Tony Romo And His Sneakers Get Mocked By 91-Year-Old Politician
Tony Romo And His Sneakers Get Mocked By 91-Year-Old Politician

Tony Romo is used to getting mocked. That comes with the territory when you're an NFL quarterback. 

However, Romo had to be taken aback just a little bit when a 91-year-old former Congressman threw some shade his way, as the cool kids say. Especially since it had nothing to do with football.

It all started when the former Cowboys signal-caller did some promotional work for Skechers Thursday night by sending the following tweet to announce his new partnership with the company.

Dingell, who was a member of United States House of Representatives from 1955, until 2015, showed that even a nonagenarian can do Twitter snark with the best of them by pouncing on Romo and his sneakers.

The burn brought great joy to Twitter dot com and was celebrated in a big way.

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Jimmy Traina
JIMMY TRAINA

Jimmy Traina is a staff writer and podcast host for Sports Illustrated. A 20-year veteran in the industry, he’s been covering the sports media landscape for seven years and writes a daily column, Traina Thoughts. Traina has hosted the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast since 2018, a show known for interviews with some of the most important and powerful people in sports media. He also was the creator and writer of SI’s Hot Clicks feature from 2007 to '13.

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