That’s Jeb Bush during his failed run for the GOP Presidential nomination. He was doing a stump speech and after he made a point, where he expected there to be applause, the crowd was silent, so he asked them to please clap. It went viral and his campaign tanked as a result.
Same energy as this. Hopefully with the same results:
What is the background on that gif?
That’s Jeb Bush during his failed run for the GOP Presidential nomination. He was doing a stump speech and after he made a point, where he expected there to be applause, the crowd was silent, so he asked them to please clap. It went viral and his campaign tanked as a result.
Wow yeah, that looked really awkward. Thanks.
Edit: it even has it’s own wiki page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_clap