Controversy
On August 25, 2012 during the 2012 Presidential election, Samuel Cook responded to a tweet from Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney that created a controversy in the media and for the Barack Obama presidential campaign while Samuel Cook was serving as a self-proclaimed "Coordinator" for the Obama for America campaign in Louisiana. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney tweeted a memorial to the passing of American Astronaut Neil Armstrong saying "Neil Armstrong today takes his place in the hall of heroes. The moon will miss its first son of earth." Samuel Cook tweeted in response with one word "Kolob?". Kolob refers to a star or planet in Mormon scripture. This created a firestorm on Twitter with a flurry of tweets from people on both sides of the political isle claiming bigotry. Samuel Cook Tweeted in response that he was a Republican himself and continued making more inflammitory comments about the Mormon religion by making mention of "magic underware" referencing the practice of wearing "Temple Garments" by members of the Mormon religion and a "conspiracy" by the Mormon religion to "infiltrate the Government". Samuel Cook attempted to delete these comments and convert his Twitter account to private but not before the comments were made public. Full transcripts of the heated Twitter exchange can still be found online at Twitchy.com.
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