8. Schumer’s Cringe Dance Disaster

Chuck Schumer delivered yet another masterclass in liberal elitism on August 21, 2021, when he joined Stephen Colbert for an awkward backstage dance at New York City’s We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert in Central Park. While the nation watched the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal unfold—with Kabul falling to the Taliban, stranded Americans begging for rescue, and a deadly suicide bombing killing 13 U.S. service members just days earlier—Schumer chose to high-five and awkwardly groove like a try-hard uncle at a wedding.

The viral clip showed the 70-year-old senator bobbing stiffly to hip-hop beats in a performance conservatives quickly labeled “maximum cringe” and “completely tone-deaf.”