--- ---  # The NRA Used a _Parks and Rec_ Meme. Now The Show’s Cast Wants it to ‘F--k Off’ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 22, 2018 4:17 PM UTC  Pictured: Amy Poehler of 'Parks and Recreation' during an interview on February 24, 2015. Pictured: Amy Poehler of 'Parks and Recreation' during an interview on February 24, 2015.NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 22, 2018 4:17 PM UTC Amy Poehler and other _Parks and Recreation_ cast members reunited — on Twitter — to criticize the [National Rifle Association](http://time.com/5170065/florida-shooting-marco-rubio-gun-control/?xid=homepage) for tweeting a Leslie Knope meme. Late Wednesday night, the NRA tweeted a GIF of Leslie Knope — Poehler’s _Parks and Rec_ character — to thank its spokeswoman Dana Loesch, who appeared on a CNN town hall Wednesday to speak with survivors of the [school shooting](http://time.com/5169754/students-protest-gun-violence/) last week in Parkland, Florida, parents and teachers. Loesch was criticized both during the town hall and online for several [misleading comments](https://twitter.com/teamtrace/status/966525091684249600?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fscott-israel-florida-sheriff-nra-dana-loesch-cnn%5Fus%5F5a8e50f4e4b0617d4639e009) she made about gun control. > [](https://twitter.com/NRA/status/966522667611369477) The tweet did not go over well with _Parks and Recreation_ co-creator Mike Schur, who asked the NRA to take it down and passed on a message from Poehler. “Amy isn’t on twitter, but she texted me a message: ‘Can you tweet the NRA for me and tell them I said f–k off?'” Schur tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/966550859030044672) Poehler’s former castmates Nick Offerman and Adam Scott also decried the NRA for using the Leslie Knope meme. Offerman, who played Ron Swanson on the NBC show, said Leslie Knope and _Parks and Recreation_ “represent the opposite of your pro-slaughter agenda.” > [](https://twitter.com/mradamscott/status/966568156796891136) > [](https://twitter.com/Nick%5FOfferman/status/966565390351388672) Amy Poehler’s ‘Parks and Rec’ Cast Is Angry at This NRA Tweet ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5170512/nra-tweet-parks-and-rec-leslie-knope-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5170512/nra-tweet-parks-and-rec-leslie-knope-meme/"},"headline":"The NRA Used a Parks and Rec Meme. Now The Show’s Cast Wants it to ‘F--k Off’","datePublished":"2018-02-22T16:17:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:23:48.440Z","description":"Don't come for Leslie Knope","url":"https://time.com/5170512/nra-tweet-parks-and-rec-leslie-knope-meme/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2fc729cdfad9316/6989289097cdff0f976b46b5/amy-poehler-nra.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2fc729cdfad9316/6989289097cdff0f976b46b5/amy-poehler-nra.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 2","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 2","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5170512/nra-tweet-parks-and-rec-leslie-knope-meme/","name":"The NRA Used a Parks and Rec Meme. Now The Show’s Cast Wants it to ‘F--k Off’"}}]}] ```