Last night at the Oscars, presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway read the wrong card and announced that La La Land won the Oscar for Best Picture. A representative for the ballot tabulators rushed to the stage to correct them: Moonlight had actually won the highest honors at the Academy Awards.
.@MoonlightMov has officially won Best Picture at the #Oscars! Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/wUNWPEoO7X
— ABC Network (@ABCNetwork) February 27, 2017
As some people noted on social media, if only this were possible for the elections in November:
He wasn’t the only person to make the same haha-no-really quip.
When you watch LALA LAND win and then turn it over to MOONLIGHT and wish the same had happened with Trump and Hillary.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) February 27, 2017
Warren Beatty and #FayeDunaway just announced Hillary Clinton has in fact won the election!!! #BestPicture #Oscars #FakeNews #FakeAwards
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) February 27, 2017
Hillary called. She wants Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway to review the ballots voters cast in Wisconsin and Michigan.#Oscars
— Frank Underwood (@FrankUnderwocd) February 27, 2017
OMG @HillaryClinton won! @POTUS is really Hillary ! #oscars pic.twitter.com/r8r18xxGuG
— Shaun Dakin (@shaundakin) February 27, 2017
#envelopegate Emma Stone and Hillary Clinton should form a support group or perhaps "I Was Almost A Winner" foundation. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/F9HymaM4ok
— Jeff Beck (@DigginDirty) February 27, 2017
But in the end, just like on election night, even ABC was surprised by what happened.
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All of us finding out Moonlight actually won Best Picture! 😱😱😱 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/BjpvscLtag
— ABC (@ABCNetwork) February 27, 2017
😱😱😱 #Oscars pic.twitter.com/9ZsjlRrPPp
— ABC (@ABCNetwork) February 27, 2017