
As the US presidential election race edges closer and closer, Democrats who are hoping to become their party's nominee are stepping up their campaigns.
However, it would appear that two of the leading candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders recently got a bit too close for comfort on a flight to Miami.
In a photo posted by The Hill journalist Steve Clemons, Warren can be seen seated directly behind Sanders in what must be the biggest coincidence in American politics since the 2000 Florida recount.
Off2Miami! @BernieSanders in Seat 15A Thought Bubble: "Is she going to kick my chair? I know she's going to kick my… https://t.co/7kupkOYavF— Steve Clemons (@Steve Clemons) 1561140702
The two were flying to Florida ahead of the first round of Democratic debates that are due to take place next week, with Warren narrowly ahead of Sanders in the polls, with both trailing the frontrunner, Joe Biden.
The image of the two both looking deeply uncomfortable as well as the man sitting next to Sanders who looked as if we would much rather be anywhere else quickly went viral as people thought it was hilarious, including Jeb Bush.
this is very funny. https://t.co/ucRqrdbfqH— Jeb Bush (@Jeb Bush) 1561153848
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic Party's left wing. https://t.co/YAwPL7BFZU— Ed Bott (@Ed Bott) 1561143247
they are both seated above the left wing. https://t.co/lQGcn6lquQ— Jackson Proskow (@Jackson Proskow) 1561143481
She looks like she's just doing her own thing but really, @EWarren is figuring out how to leapfrog @BernieSanders a… https://t.co/8itUJ3rNk9— Todd J. Gillman (@Todd J. Gillman) 1561143148
I bet Bernie leans his chair back to take a nap. https://t.co/kyVjl7ZaRA— Gina Countryman (@Gina Countryman) 1561141315
Look close, this may be the last time you see Warren behind Sanders https://t.co/uJecgvmYMf— John Deeth 🐢 (@John Deeth 🐢) 1561146341
bet in 6 weeks or so she's sittin' ahead of him. ☺️ https://t.co/Q12lmHO7Eb— Dennis Herring (@Dennis Herring) 1561154168
Most people though immediately sympathised with the man in the middle of this photograph and he himself became a meme.
Guy in the middle seat is all of us in the middle seat, regardless of whether presidential candidates are in our row https://t.co/3tRlvxB0Mw— Patrick Svitek (@Patrick Svitek) 1561142207
This guy knows how many photos he is about to be in https://t.co/hcLAWrcj1f— Jon Levine (@Jon Levine) 1561143113
HT Daily Dot