Joe Biden Mocked For Playing "Despacito" At Rally Reaching Out To Hispanic Voters

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden played yesteryear pop smash Despacito on his phone yesterday at his Florida rally designed to reach out to Latino voters.

.@JoeBiden steps out and starts playing Despacito from his phone. pic.twitter.com/V5lkUBOoCb

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 16, 2020

The clip was eagerly shared around conservative circles, where pundits and commentators were ready to jump on the moment as desperate and out of touch, much like doing the 'Macarena' at the Democratic National Convention.

Imagine how desperate you have to be to play ‘Despacito’ in attempt to win the Hispanic vote. 🤣

— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) September 16, 2020

CAN’T MAKE THIS UP: Biden Plays ‘Despacito’ on His Phone at Hispanic Rally, Means ‘Slowly’ in Spanish https://t.co/qxVlpNKnhD

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) September 16, 2020

Joe Biden’s “Despacito” moment made Hillary Clinton’s hot sauce moment look like nothing.

Never has there been such a cringe moment in presidential politics since… the last Joe Biden appearance.

— Errol Webber For Congress (CA-37) (@ErrolWebber) September 16, 2020

However, there was a little more to the viral clip than commentators paid attention to. Prior to his appearance, Biden was introduced by Luis Fonsi, the artist who wrote "Despacito."

Biden was literally introduced by Luis Fonsi, talking about how Despacito showed him that America can unite around good music. Biden then enters and plays the song. I hate people on this app. pic.twitter.com/RkepFZWGWj

— Ares 🥁🛹 (@AresStopell) September 16, 2020

For all you tools knocking JoeBiden</a> for playing &quot;Despacito&quot; at his event today, why not point out that <a href="https://twitter.com/LuisFonsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">LuisFonsi, the artist who performed the song, had just introduced him?pic.twitter.com/X1txwDgVGJ

— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) September 16, 2020

Just fyi, Biden didn't just walk on stage and played Despacito out of the blue.

He was introduced by Luis Fonsi who said Despacito broke barriers for a new generation of Latin music and that Biden would encourage more creativity among latinx community.

Biden plays the song.

— Covie (@roper_93) September 16, 2020

The moment may still be cringeworthy, but politicians use popular music at rallies all the time. Heck, as part of his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump "danced to "Hotline Bling".

Speaking of Trump, he took the opportunity to repeatedly share a manipulated video which showed Biden playing N.W.A.'s "Fuck tha Police" instead of "Despacito," which Twitter had to label "Manipulated Media."

What is this all about? https://t.co/AAmBGgHhyR

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2020

There are 48 days until the election.