July 15, 2018 11:47 AM UTC

Please Clap Vigorously While You Caption This Photo

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• by: Colorado Pols

Friday afternoon’s moment of unintended hilarity via the Colorado Republican Party’s Twitter account continues to make Colorado politics chuckle the Sunday after:

Colorado Springs Republicans received ⁦@WalkerStapleton⁩ with vigorous sustained applause. The base is overflowing with energy and excitement. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/OasTW4Qr9o

— The Colorado GOP (@cologop) July 13, 2018

The first thing we’re obliged to note is that the photo you see above was voluntarily released into the wild by the official Twitter account of the state Republican Party–not a Democratic tracker, or anyone else looking to damage gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton. During Stapleton’s time as state treasurer and certainly in the limelight now as candidate for governor, the inability of photographers to capture a flattering likeness of Stapleton has become a consistent theme, but this pic is really especially bad. As for the photo’s caption celebrating “vigorous sustained applause” that you’ll have to take their word for, well…

If “vigorous sustained applause” lasts more than three hours, please contact your physician. #copolitics https://t.co/1q2XAZCMtN

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) July 13, 2018

All we can say is, whoever wrote that hackneyed crap had a priapism joke coming.

As for what Stapleton was saying in this picture to elicit all that vigorous sustained applause? Like the Photoshop-ready cutout above (right-click and “save image” to commence the fun), it’s whatever you want it to be.