Minnesota Lawmaker Casts Vote Shirtless And In Bed

A Minnesota state senator is getting known as out for a vote he forged Monday, nevertheless it isn’t how he voted that’s getting consideration ― it’s the approach he voted.

It occurred throughout a Zoom assembly for the Minnesota Workplace of the Legislative Auditor when legislators have been contemplating a vote on the enterprise of the day.

When it got here time for Republican Cal Bahr to vote, the video display screen confirmed the 60-year-old lawmaker shirtless, mendacity down and with a screenshot from the 1976 “I’m Only a Invoice” section of ”Schoolhouse Rock” as his background, KMSP TV reported.

Bahr shortly switched off his digicam, and his colleagues managed to proceed the assembly.

HuffPost reached out to him for remark, however he didn't instantly reply.

Nonetheless, Twitter understandably had ideas.

So THAT’S how a invoice turns into a regulation. https://t.co/AbtUA1EMVo

— Wesley Miller (@getwired) Might 1, 2023

MN Republican actually taking the weed invoice passing to coronary heart https://t.co/KB93wnaKMz

— Wes Burdine (@MnNiceFC) Might 1, 2023

Mondays, am I proper? #mnleghttps://t.co/EEtNne7kRE

— Brian Evans (@BriInMN) Might 1, 2023

In case you've missed these 'have not but labored out how Zoom works' moments from 2020, this gentleman has you lined. Have not seen a politician with such bare ambition in a very long time... https://t.co/Y5QNplkv4t

— Human Threat (@HumanRiskLtd) Might 1, 2023

College Home Rock was one of many solely untainted issues left of our technology. https://t.co/IIUsuwjE2p

— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) Might 1, 2023

Worst bit right here is that he’s in portrait mode as nicely. For readability, I don’t imply portrait as in ‘draw me like one among your French ladies’ however he’s not far off that, neither. https://t.co/GpD2zG4Cgkpic.twitter.com/tOc0TyWDmF

— Gary Brannan (@garybrannan) Might 1, 2023

In fact, this isn’t the primary time a Zoom assembly has gone viral for weird causes.

Again in February 2021, Texas lawyer Rod Ponton received lots of catty feedback after a cat filter lined his face throughout a court docket listening to.