Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) attempted to prove their masculinity on stage with a push-up contest on Tuesday night, only to be mocked for being pathetic.
Republican men constantly feel the need to demonstrate their manhood as if they are compensating for something. And it was no different in Iowa on Tuesday when Grassley and Cotton did 22 push-ups during an event in front of voters in an effort to somehow prove that they are fit for office.
Rather than let the focus of the event be on supporting veterans, the focus ended up being entirely on Cotton and Grassley as Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who is equally terrible at her job, counted them off.
Of course, Cotton has frequently touted his military service to the point of even lying about it, but even he couldn’t do a proper push-up.
Twitter users lit up both Republicans.
Tom Cotton and Chuck Grassley doing push-ups with terrible form.
You’d think Cotton would have had plenty of practice from his time as an army ranger.
Oh that’s right, he lied about that https://t.co/EvN6wSiCnt
— 𝙶𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚘 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚡 (@roland__do) June 30, 2021
If Tom Cotton really wants to impress the big, tough Republican party, maybe he should be able to do more than 22 pushups…at least Grassley has the excuse of being 87!
— Rex Zane (@rexzane1) June 30, 2021
I was impressed by Grassley. Cotton wasn’t a Ranger. He was Ranger qualified. Big difference. Now we know why. 😂😂😂
— Ramona Jordan (@ramonajordan423) June 30, 2021
LMAOOO Grassley actually has better technique than Cotton https://t.co/8OYNbtSQWf
— Nikolaj🍦🧦 (@nikicaga) June 30, 2021
What kind of masculinity is this? https://t.co/x0OeL1tvti
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) June 30, 2021
Not a single, goddamn one of those was a correct push-up, go to the back of the line for retraining. https://t.co/B3hYswXJkK
— Junkyard-Tactical (@Junkyardtactic) June 30, 2021
Wtf is this ridiculous 7-th grade display of machismo? If only they made the same effort to help their constituents.
— Jamie Schler (@lifesafeast) June 30, 2021
Not a SINGLE rep was actually done. Jeezus
These men would be barred from public office in Chadistan https://t.co/Jg1dg3zRaz
— Alexander Cortes PhD, Fitness, Nutrition, Fat loss (@AJA_Cortes) June 30, 2021
Push-ups do not make anyone physically qualified to serve in public office. If that were the case, Donald Trump would have failed in his bid for the White House. Like Trump, Grassley and Cotton have failed the American people time and time again, which actually does prove they are not fit to serve in office.
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