Mike Huckabee is a joking machine and he’s not going to let anything stop him. The former Arkansas Governor has acknowledged in the past that his tweets don’t go over well with the “haters, trolls, and humorless people,” but you will take that smartphone out of his cold, dead hands. If even Patton Oswalt butchering his material on national television doesn’t dissuade him, clearly nothing will.
As such, Huckabee’s latest joke wasn’t exactly received like the piece of comedy brilliance he probably intended. At 4:52 a.m. this morning (which is puzzling enough as it is), on Cinco de Mayo, the Huckster tweeted the following:
For Cinco de Mayo I will drink an entire jar of hot salsa and watch old Speedy Gonzales cartoons and speak Spanish all day. Happy CdMayo!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 5, 2017
Where do we even start here? First of all, what the hell brand of salsa does Mike Huckabee buy that he can drink it? Does he just dip his chips in V8 mixed with a little bit of taco seasoning? WHO TOLD HUCKABEE THAT WAS SALSA. Also, what is Huckabee’s obsession with Looney Tunes cartoons anyway? What else is this man hiding?
Watching Foghorn Leghorn cartoons on TV…NO WAIT-it's just Senators at Gorsuch hearing making Foghorn look smart. https://t.co/uKRtYVMhjs
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
At any rate, the tweet was such a bad tweet that by Friday afternoon, “Mike Huckabee” was actually trending on Twitter. Let’s see what the people have to say, shall we?
Mike Huckabee's tweets are groundbreaking anti-comedy. He's like a born-again Neil Hamburger. "Drink a bottle of hot salsa?" What the fuck.
— crisp mattman (@cushbomb) May 5, 2017
Mike Huckabee inspires me to be even gayer than I already am.
— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/TimMadison6/status/860528846847844353
Why did you feel like saying something super racist was a thing you ought to do today?
— GabeGraziani.bsky.social (@GabeGraziani) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/rideatdawn/status/860515160460603392
stick to celebrating your people's culture of wearing khakis from Sears and taking rights away from minorities.
— Dan Ozzi (@danozzi) May 5, 2017
How do you say "racist pig" in Spanish?
— Greg Olear (@gregolear) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/markpopham/status/860553748908826625
https://twitter.com/Atom_Murray/status/860521917974892544
If that's the only thing you know about my culture, you've lived a very, very sad life.
— Gabriel Sama (@gabosama) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/octopossum/status/860555252629688323
When you read that Mike Huckabee tweet. pic.twitter.com/HU5ypfFZl2
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) May 5, 2017
You know, this might actually be the worst Cinco de Mayo tweet of all t-
Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016
Never mind.