Sen. Schumer Awkwardly Fails at Clapping

Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer stood up to clap at the wrong time during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday.

Biden touted the passage of his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which prompted Schumer to stand and begin applauding in the middle of the speech. The Senate Majority Leader quickly sat back down, before standing back up again at the end of the president’s sentence.

“The American Rescue Plan helped working people and left no one behind,” the president concluded, followed by applause on the House floor.

The camera, social media users and the general public quickly took notice of the senator’s poor timing. (RELATED: Nobody Asked For This Video Of Chuck Schumer Attempting To Rap, And Yet It Exists) 

gonna watch this on loop all day pic.twitter.com/5n84k0RlFg

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 2, 2022

Schumer timing his applause wrong is the cringiest thing I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/Zs4iSkDCDk

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 2, 2022

Perhaps the greatest thing ever… pic.twitter.com/kDyIP0ikYW

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 2, 2022

Gonna need that Schumer gif ASAP

— Matt Gorman (@mattsgorman) March 2, 2022

Schumer did not follow the “please applause” signal.

— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) March 2, 2022

Chuck Schumer explaining how big the fish he caught was pic.twitter.com/V7loezZ3Ms

— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) March 2, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gets up to clap a few moments early, sits back down and gets back up to clap. #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion pic.twitter.com/d4DTz5SBgZ

— Beatrice-Elizabeth Peterson (@MissBeaE) March 2, 2022

Schumer supported the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that intended to provide economic relief to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.