May 16, 2023 11:53 AM UTC

Caption These Photos of DeSantis Erupting in Tortured Laughter

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• by: Colorado Pols

Taken this weekend of all-but-announced GOP presidential underdog Gov. Ron DeSantis on the de facto campaign trail in Iowa this weekend–we don’t know what the joke was, but apparently it was extremely, maybe painfully funny:

What the heck just happened here? Is Gov. DeSantis okay? Is he laughing or recoiling in pain? It’s a fair question, so we slowed it down for a closer look:

Upon closer examination, it is possible that certain other events are being shown here, for example the cheater in Casino who got zapped with a cattleprod:

The one consensus we’ve come to is that nobody laughs like that on purpose. One of the main criticisms of DeSantis as a presidential candidate is his general humorlessness and lack of personal appeal on the stump compared to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who leads DeSantis by 20 points or more in every available poll.

As you can see, faking it doesn’t work either.