Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is a familiar face to people with their fingers on the political pulse of the nation. The 61-year-old socially conservative Republican has run for the presidency multiple times, but it’s his Twitter persona that has recently capturing headlines.
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The Trump supporter has recently blasted off a number of tweets that make an attempt at comedy but mostly fall flat. Here are a few of the most cringe-worthy examples:
Leahy at Gorsuch hearing is more effective than Ambien in inducing sleep; He makes Hillary look like a candidate for Dancing w/ the Stars!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
After Russian whistleblower lawyer fell out of window he stabbed himself in the back 17 times. Then hog tied himself and drank poison.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 23, 2017
Breaking News! Jimmy Dean Sausage Co will be renamed GORSUCH SAUSAGE because he's grinding up some Democrat Senators into PURE PORK SAUSAGE!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
On Thursday night, comedian Patton Oswalt appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and tried his best to punch up Huckabee’s jokes. But the comedian, who has a domineering Twitter presence, only succeeded in proving how bad Huckabee is at writing jokes.
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Huckabee responded to Patton’s Kimmel segment on Twitter, by declaring that he was “so distraught I cried like Schumer & I’ll have to take 1/2 a baby aspirin to sleep.”
Got "Kimmelled" for my tweets-so distraught I cried like Schumer & I'll have to take 1/2 a baby aspirin to sleep. https://t.co/1WI0d2YTR5
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 24, 2017
If the past is any indication, Oswalt is likely to shoot off a retort so we’ll keep you updated.