Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday voted in the the final midterm election of his career.
Nixon’s office posted a photo of the governor voting on Twitter, but the peculiar sight to his right has drawn the bulk of the attention and become the butt of jokes on Twitter.
This was the Tweet: Click to enlarge.
This was the response:
I feel like Gov. Jay Nixon is about to become the butt of a lot of jokes.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) November 4, 2014
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was up and voting at the crack of dawn this morning: http://t.co/5CFudOu5Dt
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) November 4, 2014
— Jeff Mazur (@jmaz) November 4, 2014
Nixon's the one (on the left) https://t.co/g5IM9b4iM5
— Alex Burns (@aburnspolitico) November 4, 2014
Thanks to his crack social media team RT @TrendsDC: Governor Jay Nixon, @govjaynixon is now trending in #DC
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 4, 2014
Trying really hard right now to not crack a joke about that Jay Nixon tweet…
— Garrett Poorman (@GarrettPoorman) November 4, 2014
The weirdest thing about the Photo of Jay Nixon and the buttcrack voter? They had to sit down on a chair to vote
— Brandon H. (@BHIndepMO) November 4, 2014
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, even lobbed a criticism at Nixon over it.
Keepin' it classy, @GovJayNixon.
— Peter Kinder (@PeterKinder) November 4, 2014
Nixon team ultimately cracked and deleted the post. The replaced it with this.
Voting in #jcmo this morning. Make sure to cast your ballot & make your voice heard #Election2014 pic.twitter.com/4Y2yNEWxMh
— Governor Jay Nixon (@GovJayNixon) November 4, 2014