Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was barbequed on Father’s Day when he posted a photo of himself grilling burgers and dogs — the beatdown was so bad that the Senate Majority Leader would eventually delete the post.

Interestingly, Schumer rocked a t-shirt to give off normal-guy vibes in recognizing the special day, while opting to call attention to his gay daughter’s marriage.

He wrote in a tweet, “Our family has lived in an apartment building for all our years, but my daughter and her wife just bought a house with a backyard and for the first time we’re having a barbecue with hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill! Father’s Day Heaven!

(Source: Screengrab X)

The optics were so bad that social media users concluded that the whole thing was staged. After all, the burgers appear to be raw while the dogs show grill marks, there’s already cheese on one of the uncooked patties, and there’s no sign of fire or smoke.

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the now-deleted post which gives you an indication of why the Democratic leader decided to scrap the post altogether, as seen on the social media platform X:

Everyone is making fun of your fake grilling but I’m more distracted by your man-boobs… https://t.co/ZVfm7hobDM

— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) June 17, 2024

Look how relatable we are to the common American! Look! We even put cheese on our raw patties! Look! Just like you people!
….
Meh. https://t.co/BfiBUJg23c

— Larry (@Larry_in_TX) June 17, 2024

“Sir we need you to relate to normal people”

“What do normal people do?”

“I don’t know, put some cheese on that raw burger you literally just put down”

“Great idea, look how normal I look.”

Psycho https://t.co/mvcWU9d6sj

— Ian Beaton (@Ian_Beaton1) June 17, 2024

Seeing that piece of cheese on a raw patty pic.twitter.com/YpLx4QnQ6i

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 17, 2024

Dude, WTF are you doing with that cheese on a raw burger? How can a grill have cooked those hotdogs while not having done a damn thing to those patties? https://t.co/FqHAX6EeJj

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) June 17, 2024

Chuck Schumer is one of the most powerful men in America.

He has no idea how to do basic male tasks like run a grill. Granted, he says he’s new to it here but It’d bet a lot of money several family members and staffers saw this post before he posted it. Also, someone… pic.twitter.com/MSb4nFD3sb

— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) June 17, 2024

How do you do, fellow grillers? pic.twitter.com/J8ObIfNKtW

— Whoa! Shut It Down (@rightsofrefusal) June 17, 2024

Why is that meat so grey?Is that grill even on?!
I see no flame, no smoke or any sign of it being on. I think they grilled some crap and threw it on a grill and told him to stand in front of it

— Mr. Joshua (@MrJoshua3577) June 17, 2024

Isn’t he Jewish? Why is he putting cheese on meat at all?

Why is he putting it on the raw uncooked patty before he flips it over?

Not kosher.

— Vinem et Lex (@vinemetlex) June 17, 2024

This whole thing is so staged it glows. I wouldn’t be surprised if his car was waiting just out of frame. They snapped the picture, looked at each other, nodded and said “got it? we good?” and then he turned and left.

— 2AJames (@2AJames_) June 17, 2024

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