One of the best parts of covering the election of 2020 is getting to bring to you the cringiest moments on the campaign trail and Michael Bloomberg’s supporters have just grabbed first place. Watch them “dance” to teeny-bopper music at a recent rally.
Look out #TeamPete because us Bloomberg Heads have our own dance! Taken at the Mike Bloomberg rally in Beverly Hills. #Bloomberg2020 #MovesLikeBloomberg pic.twitter.com/UCNo0fRZcE
— Nick Ciarelli (@nickciarelli) December 13, 2019
I give this a ten out of ten on the cringe scale. Perhaps the best part is the guy on the microphone droning “BLOOMBERG…BLOOMBERG” in a monotone voice that sounds like some kind of satanic chant.
But is it real? It turns out that the comedic timing of all this is too good to be true. The Bloomberg campaign responded on twitter.
Wait are you firing me?
— Nick Ciarelli (@nickciarelli) December 13, 2019
Ciarelli quickly went from Bloomberg fan to #DropOutBloomberg and is engaged in a public parody battle with the campaign for “firing” him. Ciarelli has pulled one of the greatest gags of this campaign because it was so believable.
Everyone fell for the bloomberg dance thing because it is entirely plausible that something that dumb would happen
— Jake Flores (@feraljokes) December 13, 2019
Have you seen the Mayor Pete dance?
fun fact death grips fits surprisingly well with the mayor Pete dance pic.twitter.com/TOhJ7Wqsnp
— Sev (@sevstuff) December 5, 2019
Even though major outlets have found out the gag, Ciarelli isn’t giving it up. His Twitter feed is hysterical. His latest argument is a fake email from Bloomberg staff authorizing him to hire “50 to 60 actors to pose as supporters doing the #MovesLikeBloomberg dance you choreographed.” The spoof email goes on to take away his gas stipend “as part of the all-around crunch that’s been happening.”
I have plenty more to share, but what people are saying is true: the #MovesLikeBloomberg dance was orchestrated. #DropOutBloomberg pic.twitter.com/3nNZnh2Ebp
— Nick Ciarelli (@nickciarelli) December 13, 2019
2019 has become the year parody became impossible to do. When people are actually running around making up cringy dances for candidates, there’s no way we’re going to be able to tell which ones are real and which ones aren’t. Some on Twitter refuse to accept that this is a joke.
Screenshot via Twitter
Personally, I’m thrilled to have something other to report on than impeachapalooza. Fake or not, I’m laughing.
Megan Fox is the author of “Believe Evidence; The Death of Due Process from Salome to #MeToo.” Follow on Twitter @MeganFoxWriter
