Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s attempt to appeal to ‘everyman’ in a Father’s Day post seemed to blow up in his face.
The responses were fiery on social media, but the burgers and hotdogs seemed cold as ice in Schumer’s grilling photo on Sunday. The post caused such a wave of negative responses that the New York Democrat soon deleted it altogether.
But, as they say, the internet is forever.
This is now the greatest picture in all of politics lmao. If anything ever virtue signaled the fake bullshit everywhere in our government, it’s Chuck Schumer putting cheese on a raw burger on an unlit grill right next to fully grilled hot dogs with him holding one on the spatula… pic.twitter.com/SJoTn9Dj7z
— ebc2021 (@ebcp2021) June 17, 2024
“Our family has lived in an apartment building for all our years, but my daughter and her wife just bought a house with a backyard and for the first time we’re having a barbecue with hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill!” Brooklyn-born senator captioned the photo of himself, spatula in hand with burger patties and hot dogs on the nearby grill.
“Father’s Day Heaven!” he added.
Chuck Schumer just deleted this post where he got insanely ratioed for not knowing how to make a cheeseburger.
Democrats try to be relatable without being super cringe challenge: IMPOSSIBLE pic.twitter.com/haXEfuoCj8
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2024
The mockery was instant.
Politicians posting grilling photos just never works out well
— Damin Toell (@damintoell) June 17, 2024
You haven’t grilled or even made a burger in your life have you now buddy? https://t.co/UEcWSdPXUY
— THØR (@BraydenHardesty) June 17, 2024
Everyone is making fun of your fake grilling but I’m more distracted by your man-boobs… https://t.co/ZVfm7hobDM
— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) June 17, 2024
Many comments focused on the appearance of a cold grill and the cheese on a raw burger.
Because apparently after all this time the lizards still can’t pretend to be real people. pic.twitter.com/GnlshDLNx7
— Mega MAGA Republican Maplefritos, Esq. 🏴☠️ (@maplefritos) June 17, 2024
Chuck Schumer calls heating pre-fab, frozen hamburger patties & hot dogs over a gas flame “barbequing”.
And no way he got those grill marks on those dogs. This photo is staged.
This is what is wrong with America. pic.twitter.com/eQTRbcjqeX
— BarleyPop (@MikePilbean) June 17, 2024
One of my favorite things on social media is politicians posting horrific food photos. This vaults into the Top 3. It doesn’t beat the iconic MTG Thanksgiving Turkey photo, but it’s really close. A piece of cheese on a raw burger next to splitting hotdogs made me laugh out… https://t.co/tklbx473eN
— Andy Lang Bets (@BumpSports) June 17, 2024
Cheese on raw hamburger, You can tell Senator Schumer has never once manned a grill.
The more a politician attempts to connect with ordinary people the more he or she comes across as a elitist. https://t.co/YGnX6TzNuY
— KRYSTAL 🐊 🇺🇸 (@MsBradsher) June 17, 2024
Buddy serving Salmonella and E Coli for dinner https://t.co/qQ9ZKyHD41
— CSWC Andy (@CswcAndy) June 17, 2024
You don’t put the cheese on top of raw burgers, you fraud. You put the cheese on after the burgers are cooked. pic.twitter.com/WXMIymHVnG
— TheMorningSpew2 (@TheMorningSpew2) June 17, 2024
And many X users blasted the Democrat for hypocrisy, recalling many other attempts to appeal to the ‘regular’ folk in America.
“Sir we need you to relate to normal people”
“What do normal people do?”
“I don’t know, put some cheese on that raw burger you literally just put down”
“Great idea, look how normal I look.”
Psycho https://t.co/mvcWU9d6sj
— Ian Beaton (@Ian_Beaton1) June 17, 2024
“I’m the same as you, look at me I’m Grillin’ Chuck. Just me with no makeup on. Relatable!”
— James Eldridge 🌴🪼 (@vancomycin87) June 17, 2024
Scary that a person at the top of our government has no clue how to bbq a cheeseburger but knows just how to rule your life. https://t.co/TH1SRLDoSw
— Carlos Stranger (@alpinelakes1) June 17, 2024
Raw burger and cheese? Maybe you would like to wash it down with a fake beer. 😆 https://t.co/ihgkx8iIBQ pic.twitter.com/Aw1OjUvRpt
— Elephino (@mriendea) June 17, 2024
Congressmen and women desperately need to stop posting “cooking” pictures https://t.co/VTMQltvarP
— Jake Fitch (@jake_fitch12) June 17, 2024
