'Parks and Recreation' Stars Blast NRA for Using a Leslie Knope GIF

Even Ron Swanson thinks this is the woooooooorst.

"Parks and Recreation" co-creator Michel Shur and stars Amy Poehler, Adam Scott, and Nick Offerman were not happy that the National Rifle Association used a GIF from their NBC show to thank an NRA supporter.

Here's the GIF the NRA used, showing Poehler's character Leslie Knope:

.@DLoesch thank you for being the voice of over 5 Million #NRA members. pic.twitter.com/WDz7vujXfM

— NRA (@NRA) February 22, 2018

That was sent as thanks to Dana Loesch, who defended the NRA during a town hall debate on gun control in Florida.

For the NRA to use a GIF of left wing idealist Leslie Knope of all people didn't sit right with show co-creator Shur, who tweeted a message from himself, and from Poehler:

"Hi, please take this down. I would prefer you not use a GIF from a show I worked on to promote your pro-slaughter agenda.

Also, Amy isn't on twitter, but she texted me a message: "Can you tweet the NRA for me and tell them I said f*ck off?"

Nick Offerman played the very conservative Ron Swanson, a more likely character to have anything to do with the NRA. The actor himself is very different, and he shared his own message:

.@NRA @DLoesch our good-hearted show and especially our Leslie Knope represent the opposite of your pro-slaughter agenda - take it down and also please eat shit. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/Ar2YF4yoic

— Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman) February 22, 2018

Adam Scott, who played Leslie's husband Ben, tweeted his own foul-mouthed response:

"Hey @nra please stay the f*ck away from Leslie Knope."

The NRA isn't taking the GIF down. But if you're a "Parks and Rec" fan, you can treat yo self to the debate raging in the tweet replies.

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