What started as a regular Friday morning for REDBLACKS wide receiver Rj Harris quickly turned into one of the most unexpected moments of his life.
He was lying on his couch watching Netflix (as one does) when a notification popped up on his phone.
Opening his phone to view the notification, Rj saw it was from Donald Trump. Assuming it was a parody account, he swiped it away and thought nothing of it.
As his phone began to explode with notifications, Rj opened Twitter and saw that it was in fact, the President of the United States who had tagged him in a tweet.
“You go around Pennsylvania and you see Trump signs everywhere. The Donald Trump situation is bigger than the Reagan Revolution. Donald Trump has inspired us.” @RjHarris15 WHP580
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2020
After staring at his phone in disbelief for a moment, Rj had to quickly think of how to respond and clear up that this was a mistag.
Aye, he tagged the wrong Rj Harris y’all. But while I got all y’all attention.. don’t forget… REGISTRATION IS LIVE! pic.twitter.com/5mfj5HTE4j
— Rj Harris (@RjHarris15) February 28, 2020
When our social media team got word that this had happened, they could only think of one thing… the notifications.
We bet you @RjHarris15 didn’t expect to get this many notifications when he woke up this morning. https://t.co/BVnFxYv3hr
— Ottawa REDBLACKS (@REDBLACKS) February 28, 2020
The CFL also chimed in on the situation.
.@RjHarris15 something tells me this isn’t you…
— CFL (@CFL) February 28, 2020
We then got a hold of Rj to clear the air on the whole situation.
.@RjHarris15 breaks down his morning after being tagged on Twitter by @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/OGpkmVoCrv
— Ottawa REDBLACKS (@REDBLACKS) February 28, 2020
It wasn’t long before the media got a hold of the story, including The Washington Post.
Let’s call it a case of mistaken identity 🤦🏽♀️
Ottawa @redblacks @rjharris15 was quite surprised to be blowing up this AM. Turns out he was mistakenly tagged by the POTUS on Twitter.
He knew he had to act quick and jump on his new found popularity. pic.twitter.com/LgT3LCPLjw
— CBC Sports (@cbcsports) February 28, 2020
Ottawa @REDBLACKS receiver @RjHarris15 was in bed watching “Peaky Blinders” at his Severn, Md., home when he noticed something was amiss.
“I saw the 73 million [followers] and I just knew that my notifications were about to be in for a long day.”https://t.co/ffPHyNCxXg
— Jake Russell (@_JakeRussell) February 29, 2020
All in all, it was quite the day for Rj.
