Former President Barack Obama appeared in a TikTok video and the response was not great.
Fox News noted Obama was featured in a TikTok video with content creator Vitus Spehar.
The video opens with Spehar recording from under a desk.
Obama then appears and asks Spehar what the content creator is doing under his desk.
“Under the desk is kind of my thing,” Spehar said.
Obama replied, “Here’s the thing, you can stay for now, but when it comes time for voting you’re going to have to get up.”
He continued, “You got climate change legislation on the ballot, you got gun safety. And, when we can elect more pro-choice members of Congress, we can reinstitute Roe v. Wade as the law of the land. So, you can’t stay here, you’re going to have to take a little bit of time to vote.”
Spehar then asked, “Is now a bad time to say that I voted for McCain in 2008?”
The former president joked, “Mmm, as long as you voted.”
Watch the video below:
https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1587628943795855360
Twitter users were quick to mock the video.
“Ooof this is painful,” Food Network personality chef Andrew Gruel tweeted in a reply.
Ooof this is painful.
— Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) November 2, 2022Was this rough to watch?
One user tweeted, “This, everyone, is the look of desperation and the complete ignorance as to what everyday people really want.”
This, everyone, is the look of desperation and the complete ignorance as to what everyday people really want. https://t.co/uVYtzx9kSs
— 🇺🇸Rosie B.🇺🇸 (@RosieB08) November 2, 2022
Another user suggested this is “what desperation looks like.”
This is what desperation looks like. https://t.co/OzKCzPP4Ia
— Derek P. Gilbert (@derekgilbert) November 2, 2022
Read more comments below:
Oof. Make it stop! 😒 https://t.co/7zuB7MhEwY
— Emily (@EmilyM0703) November 2, 2022
Ouch my eyes https://t.co/htTNYXAklP
— Adam Beraha (@adamberaha) November 2, 2022
Very strange https://t.co/rNFpZuVwsO
— Jen Moody (@JenMood13048449) November 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/JenniferIzzy35/status/1587637458216386560
BO spreading his BS as far as he can https://t.co/FYlJAr2e81
— Diana Henry (@dianahenryart) November 2, 2022
Over the weekend, Obama made appearances in Milwaukee and Detroit, attacking Republicans and urging voters to vote for Democrats.
“In Michigan, who will fight for your freedom? Is it a bunch of Republican politicians and judges who think they should get to decide when you start a family or how many children you have, who you marry or who you love? Obama asked.
He added, “Or is it leaders like Gretchen Whitmer who believe that the freedom to make these personal decisions belong to every American, not politicians in Washington?”
