John Steenhuisen gets into qualifications twar with Cape Town comedian

DA MP and chief whip John Steenhuisen got a little more than he bargained for after trying to clap back at Cape Town comedian Lindy Johnson on Twitter this weekend.

It all began when Johnson made a comment on an eNCA insert about a new law that could affect South Africans who lie about their qualifications on their CVs.

“White people with just matric certificates are shaking rn,” tweeted Johnson.

White people with just matric certificates are shaking rn https://t.co/fheyhbIrsf

— lindy (@Lindyyay) March 29, 2019

A Twitter user, identified only as @psyQologist tried to rebut Johnson’s point by bringing up former president Jacob Zuma’s lack of a formal qualification, to which she responded “my point is keep the same energy with the pilot who flew for 20 years without a license, putting millions of people in danger? Or John Steenhuissen [sic]. Those are just the ones we KNOW of and they had access to the best education this country had to offer.”

Upon the mention of his name, Steenhuisen sprang into action to defend himself but chose to do so by critiquing Johnson’s skills as a comedian.

The irony though is that you call yourself a comedian but you’re not even remotely funny. But here you are banging on about other people’s suitability for their positions.

— John Steenhuisen MP (@jsteenhuisen) March 29, 2019

Twitter users were quick to come to Johnson’s defence, including Chester Missing.

https://twitter.com/chestermissing/status/1111898364596109312

I love that all I had to read here was “Not even remotely funny” to know that there’s no point of reading this whole thread because clearly uyaxoka pathologically.

— Gone. (@Khanyisa_T) March 30, 2019

https://twitter.com/MovesLikeDragan/status/1111882715689816064

Comedy is a matter of taste. There is no way to prove this point. On the other hand… 🤔

— Charne Simpson (she/her) 🌈 (@charne_CT) March 29, 2019

Literally thousands people disagree and find her funny.

She has every right to criticise a PUBLIC official. You sit down please. You're not coming for our girl.

Also are you forgetting that you need votes come 8 May? pic.twitter.com/lwikXkHokU

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— Raspoestin (@Nincanpoopy) March 30, 2019

It's been years since South Africa's comedy industry saw a talent rise through the ranks as fast as Lindy has but here you are, with your life on its easiest setting, spewing a lack of a clue on social media. Silly Billy. I can't vote DA now

— Eugene Mathews 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@Eugene_Mathews) March 30, 2019

Johnson, however, used the opportunity to call Steenhuisen out for his party’s governance of the province that she calls home and their beef continued.

https://twitter.com/Lindyyay/status/1111704446365564929

And you're STILL not doing your job.

— lindy (@Lindyyay) March 29, 2019

The actual nerve of a white man twice my age belittling my work, that he's probably never seen, when his entire life is a hand up? I can't believe this.

— lindy (@Lindyyay) March 29, 2019

I do agree that it must be very hard work to keep the western cape as close as possible to apartheid, congrats.

— lindy (@Lindyyay) March 29, 2019

Telling a comedian they're not funny is like telling a DA member they're racist. It's not gonna stop them from doing it.

— lindy (@Lindyyay) March 30, 2019

Johnson is one of the select few comedians handpicked by Trevor Noah for Trevor Noah Presents NationWild, which is currently available on Showmax.

According to Glamour Magazine, after just two years as a comedian, she has previously been nominated as Best Newcomer at the Comics’ Choice Awards and she has won the Savanna ‘Show Us Your Apples’ Open Mic 2017 showdown.

Lindy after that loser from the DA came for her comedy:
pic.twitter.com/c60jTeGZos

— G-$tackz (@Gershforthewin) March 30, 2019

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