Hang on, got one...

No, "everything" is *not* "a chemical". https://twitter.com/ChemistCraig/status/1311743131814068224
Let's go through it.
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Is 'law' a chemical?"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬"No. Of course not!"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Okay, then everything that is not an abstraction is a chemical."
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Is a 'human' a chemical?"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬"No. Of course not! A human is made of chemi-"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Okay, then everything that is not an abstraction nor an emergent object is a chemical."
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Is a 'photon' a chemical?"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬"No. Of course not! But-"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Okay, then everything that is not an abstraction nor an emergent object but is still matter is a chemical."
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Is a 'proton' a chemical?"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬"No. Beca-"

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ«"Okay, then everything that is not an abstraction nor an emergent object but is still matter but condensed into atoms is a chemical."
So we're actually left with "Everything that is not not a chemical is a chemical", which is a far less impressive statement.

And that's before getting on to how it fundamentally misunderstands the objection it's meant to refute.
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