Adam Kinzinger calls out MAGA conspiracy theorists post Macron face-shove scandal

The internet is many things — an endless scroll of dog videos, your aunt’s all-caps Facebook rants, and, occasionally, a bubbling cauldron of political absurdity. Case in point: A moment caught on camera showing French President Emmanuel Macron getting visibly (and possibly playfully) shoved in the face by none other than his wife, Brigitte Macron.

Macron laughed off the embarrassing moment, but not before it birthed one of the dumbest conspiracy theories of 2025: that Macron has been replaced by a body double.

“A few texture bugs”

Yes, really. One post said, translated from French, “Emmanuel Macron is a doppelganger, let me explain. He has a human appearance but with a few texture bugs. He speaks random French but managed to get elected twice, and he doesn’t look at all like the original Emmanuel Macron of 2017.”

“A sloppy 2nd to the OG”

This bizarre theory was enough to catch the attention of Adam Kinzinger, the former Republican congressman turned anti-MAGA crusader, who dunked on the madness in a tweet that perfectly captured the collective eye-roll of rational humans everywhere.

Kinzinger, one of the last sane Republicans standing, couldn’t help but weigh in. Quote-tweeting one of the more unhinged posts dissecting the alleged body double’s grooming routine, Kinzinger wrote: “So what kind of politics do you think someone who is claiming Macron has a body double subscribes to?” (Spoiler alert: It rhymes with “shmaga.”)

Brigitte’s shove becomes MAGA’s latest fantasy

Let’s rewind. During what looked like a casual public appearance, cameras captured Brigitte reaching out and — with what can only be described as married-couple energy — giving her husband a quick shove in the face. Was she annoyed, joking, or was she trying to remove a stray eyelash? Who knows.

What we do know is that in MAGA circles, the moment instantly morphed into something much darker. Suddenly, X was flooded with posts analyzing Macron’s face like it was the Zapruder film. Musk’s platform was already filled with conspiracies that Brigitte was born a man, or even possibly Macron’s uncle or father.

The fact that the “shove” came from his wife? Ignored. Because if there’s one thing conspiracy theorists are great at, it’s missing the point entirely.

Kinzinger brings the fire and sarcasm

Kinzinger’s tweet was more than just a well-placed jab. It was a reminder of just how far down the rabbit hole some political factions have gone — a place where every blurry video is proof of a globalist coup and every wife’s face shove is a cover-up for a state-sanctioned doppelgänger swap. And if your takeaway from a wife goofing around with her husband is that the Illuminati is involved? Maybe log off. Seriously.