SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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lmao I came here to say “Tommy” is giving operative; idk why it’s so hard for these Nazi-for-Christ types to fashion a disguise

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It wasn't just Tommy he was talking to, it was the person in the crowd who came in and thought "is Tommy right?" and left thinking "I think Tommy's wrong."

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Yes!!! Good crowd work in that way

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All I can say is that Aaron Sorkin spent an entire damn career trying to write one scene that this guy just did in real life.

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