On Monday night, CNN held some town halls featuring various Democrat candidates for president. One of those town halls featured Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who regaled the audience with a story, and when it was apparent that her short anecdote wasn’t sufficiently appreciated, Klobuchar acted as her own “applause” sign:

Amy Klobuchar to the CNN audience: Cheer for me. pic.twitter.com/9e9Q0WYEQ7 — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) April 22, 2019

LOL. Does this ring any bells?

Democrat presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar has to tell CNN's audience to "cheer" for her after she said that she won in Michele Bachmann's district pic.twitter.com/2pVwDpL64a — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 22, 2019

It was even more awkward the second time. Jeb Bush is officially off the hook:

The "Please Clap" Moment of the Socialist Sweepstakes https://t.co/XiCqmRxRvu — Francis Amar (@jwfamar) April 23, 2019

Klobuchar should be careful or she might get sued by Jeb for copyright infringement!

If you do not clap for me, you will be beaten! — D.W. Dulabon (@DWDulabon) April 23, 2019

That might not be worse than Bernie Sanders’ plan to increase voter turnout, but it was certainly cringe-worthy.