US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was ready to man the grill on Father’s Day – but couldn’t handle the heat when a slew of food critics on social media questioned his skills with a spatula and a patty.
The Brooklyn-born senator initially posted a photo to X of himself in front of a grill with burger patties and hot dogs – and an ear-to-ear smile.
“Our family has lived in an apartment building for all our years, but my daughter and her wife just bought a house with a backyard and for the first time we’re having a barbeque with hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill!” Schumer tweeted. “Father’s Day Heaven!”
But commenters were quick to grill the New York legislator and wondered if a piece of cheese on a patty was placed there prematurely.
“Chuck. I love you man, but you put the cheese on AFTER the burger is cooked,” one saucy user said.
“Might want to cook that burger longer, Chuck,” another commented.
Ex-National Republican Senatorial Committee Matt Whitlock tweeted, “Seeing that piece of cheese on a raw patty,” with a gif of a concerned Steve Carell slinking away.
But some came to the defense of the 73-year-old married father of two, with one user insisting, “Calm down people, it is not raw/cold, it is a veggie burger patty underneath a slice of tofu.”
“Chuck Schumer is actually doing better than me,” another user tweeted. “Today, my grill had a grease fire and destroyed my Father’s Day ribeye. Yay!”
Schumer deleted the tweet and photo following the onslaught of criticism, though his initial Father’s Day message from Sunday morning remained.
“Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!” he had tweeted.
