A Peter Dutton living in Texas was bombarded with messages after being mistaken for Australian politician Peter Dutton who was challenging the country’s prime minister for the top job.
The 30-year-old popcorn sales manager, whose Twitter handle is @PetterDutton5, never have expected that he would be contacted by hundreds of people in just 24 hours—messages of both support and criticism—regarding the leadership position of one of Australia’s major political parties, the Liberal Party.
The Australian Peter Dutton uses the Twitter account @PeterDutton_MP.
Even when Twitter users realised the popcorn entrepreneur never had plans to run as leader of the great brown land—having his hands full with his growing business and wife who is expecting a baby girl—they still reminded him the door is wide open, “should he be up for the task.”
To which Dutton replied: “Sign me up!”
The enthusiasm among the Twitter community became all too real.
With all the praises coming his way, Dutton is now planning his next flight to visit Down Under.
“Aussie friends: What’s the best airline to get me to Australia? The genuine love has convinced me that I need to come personally say “Thank You” to all of my Australian family! Any insight would help,” Dutton tweeted.
“Thank, Peter “The Peoples PM” Dutton ??,” he signed.
And while that would be nice, others gave more practical suggestions.
And so Dutton did. He created a GoFundMe account to fund his travel to Australia. But Dutton’s main purpose isn’t to become the people’s Prime Minister, even though he dons the designation on his Twitter profile like a badge of honour.
Dutton hopes he can share his gourmet Soul Popped popcorn with the Australian community.
“We would love nothing more than to get our amazing popcorn to Australia. No store is too small or too large. If you or someone you know can help us make it happen, have them contact me. Never been to Australia but it’s at the top of my list now,“ he wrote on Twitter. ”My people need me!”
