The NRA Used a Parks and Rec Meme Now The Shows Cast Wants it to Fk Off
Amy Poehler and other Parks and Recreation cast members reunited  on Twitter  to criticize the National Rifle Association for tweeting a Leslie Knope meme. Late Wednesday night, the NRA tweeted a GIF of Leslie Knope  Poehler's Parks and Rec character  to thank its spokeswoman Dana Loesch, who appeared on a CNN town hall Wednesday to speak with survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, parents and teachers. Loesch was criticized both during the town hall and online for several misleading comments she made about gun control. , The tweet did not go over well with Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur, who asked the NRA to take it down and passed on a message from Poehler. "Amy isn't on twitter, but she texted me a message Can you tweet the NRA for me and tell them I said fk off?'" Schur tweeted. , Poehler's former castmates Nick Offerman and Adam Scott also decried the NRA for using the Leslie Knope meme. Offerman, who played Ron Swanson on the NBC show, said Leslie Knope and Parks and Recreation "represent the opposite of your pro-slaughter agenda.", ,