In 'news you didn't think you'd read today', it turns out that Joe Biden really, really, hates EDM (electronic dance music), and raves. Yep, watch out if you're neon-clad and sweaty.
On Wednesday, a Twitter user by the name of Nando Orvila shared a clip of the 2020 presidential candidate hopeful railing against EDM nearly two decades ago.
In the clip, dating back to 2001, Biden can be heard saying:
I would be passing new ordinances, relating to stiff criminal penalties, for anyone who held a rave.
The promoter, the guy who owned the building, I would put the son of a gun in jail!
I would change the law!
In another clip, he then seems to think that the raves are occurring in the middle of the desert, like a huge Burning Man situation:
There is no doubt about where these raves are. In the middle of the desert!
Arrest the promoter. Find a rationale unrelated to drugs.
For example, I'm the guy who brought through the Crack House legislation. We can use the Crack House legislation to tear down these buildings!
Finally, he goes in with the big guns:
Bulldoze it down! Literally, not figuratively!
Yep, Biden definitely, definitely doesn't like raves!
Sharing the clip to Twitter, Nando wrote:
Wow Joe Biden really doesn’t like EDM
Wow Joe Biden really doesn’t like EDM https://t.co/hTthSCQYlg— Nando (@Nando) 1560954755
“Great Big Bulldozer” https://t.co/kmqSalesrs— Nando (@Nando) 1560956663
Biden had been speaking at a hearing, hosted by the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, in support of bipartisan legislation he introduced, known as RAVE, or the 'Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstacy Act', in an effort to crack down on ecstasy, reports the Daily Dot.
Many other social media users loved the clip, and one even recreated it into a catchy techno track. How very apt.
How... catchy...
Others made 'Crackhouse Revival Tour' jokes.
@nba_dude1 @nandorvila @shaunking In 30 years: The Crackhouse Revival Tour— Michael B. Swordin' (@Michael B. Swordin') 1560963693
Joe 'the funcrusher' Biden...
@nandorvila Joe “The Funcrusher” Biden— the Bunny Rabbits and Ice Cream Grifter (@the Bunny Rabbits and Ice Cream Grifter) 1560955777
Tear down this rave!
@nandorvila @willmenaker Mr Senator TEAR DOWN THIS RAVE— Good Smoocher 😘 (@Good Smoocher 😘) 1560956251
Smash it up!
Imagine if he absolutely hated... ska?
absolutely losing it imagining this exact same clip but about ska https://t.co/Ksq8a0YN1g— julia reinstein 🚡 (@julia reinstein 🚡) 1560963044
America has a lot of problems, and politicians are focusing on... raves!?
Vote Biden! The 'anti-fun' candidate!
Joe Biden, the anti-fun candidate https://t.co/XKe6hVaGIK— Siraj Hashmi (@Siraj Hashmi) 1560964041
HT Daily Dot