House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attempted to wage a digital war over the government shutdown early Wednesday morning.
But his livestream stunt backfired in humiliating fashion.
Jeffries promised Democrats would broadcast the shutdown “until (almost) the bitter end,” Politico’s Adam Wren reported.
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Instead, viewers saw stops, starts, and glitches.
At times, according to Wren, “just a few dozen viewers were watching the YouTube stream.”
Republicans immediately mocked the failed spectacle, which featured “a rotating cast of Democratic House members and influencers.”
Democrats, meanwhile, were left embarrassed as some admitted their messaging idea was poorly executed.
Jeffries streamed live on YouTube five separate times across Tuesday and Wednesday.
The total from those streams amounted to less than 50,000 total combined views.
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