The National Football League has been taking heat for its lockout of union referees, with theAi??NFL Players Association Executive Committee calling for the lockout to end.

Last night, the union referees got an unconventional ally: the communications director of the Republican National Convention. Check out his tweet about the scab referees brought in:

If they can even convince the RNC’s communications director that they’re right, one hopes that the NFL will soon end the lockout and address the union referees’ grievances.