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George W. Bush shows off dance moves at police funeral

by Jeremy Mersereau

If there’s one place it’s absolutely appropriate to bust out some swaying, swaggering dance moves, it’s a memorial for police officers killed in the line of duty. At least, that’s apparently true if you’re a former U.S. president. Now, pop quiz: which former president would be most likely to do such a thing? Jimmy Carter? Eh, I’ll give you partial credit.

After the horrifying events that took place in Dallas last week, George W. Bush attended a memorial service for the five slain police officers, where he decided to sway to-and-fro alongside a somewhat more solemn and reflective Barack and Michelle Obama during “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”:

You know you’re out of line when even Joe Biden is like, “who is this clown?” Maybe the notorious GWB thought he was back in the glory days. Or then again, perhaps the assortment of demented YouTube comments are right and this whole thing is a massive liberal psy-op to revoke the Second Amendment. Yeah, it’s almost definitely that one.