Clark Kent lookalike wins Twitter during Jan. 6 hearing

The House Jan. 6 select committee’s hearing Thursday night investigating former President Trump’s actions during the riot at the Capitol last year featured an unlikely superhero lookalike sitting just behind live witnesses Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews.

A man who resembled Superman’s ordinary alter ego Clark Kent stole the show on Twitter during the hearing. By late Thursday evening, “Clark Kent” was a trending topic on the platform and the internet was abuzz with speculation about the mystery lookalike’s identity.

“Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen joined in on the chatter over the man, playfully asking if he was single.

One Twitter user said that if “this guy takes his glasses off and starts loosening his tie, it’s about. to. go. down!!.“

Another user tweeted that he was waiting for “the guy … to whip off his glasses and tear his shirt open to reveal the S underneath.”

The man’s identity remains unconfirmed. But if the internet’s speculation is correct, his mystery status leaves him to save the world in secret another day.

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