Democrats are a lot of annoying and awful things, and God forbid they should roll back into power in the next election. They're also ridiculous, obnoxious, sanctimonious, constantly getting caught unaware of how preposterously their positions have placed them. It takes a whole lot of piety, hypocrisy, and phoniness to achieve some of the heights they've reached in the past year. Here's my bottom-up selection of the top 25 beclownings for 2019:

25. Edelweiss: The New York Times' Maggie Haberman, ever quick to find a reason to call President Trump a "Nazi," ignorantly tweeted that the president's playing of the anti-Nazi anthem "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music was Nazi stuff.

24. President Obama told us in that avuncular way that all the little ladies out there could run the world better than men can.

23. Spartacus Cory Booker told us about his testosterone. File under "too much information."



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22. Kirsten Gillibrand campaigned in high-toned "grassroots" terms to a woman who was "trying to get some ranch."

21. Katie Hill taught all us rubes out there a new word: throuples. Doesn't every Congress member get naked with the interns?

20. Joe Biden told a gay audience all about his kiss from President Obama. And he told others about his Obama friendship bracelet. He still hasn't gotten that coveted Obama endorsement.

19. Elizabeth Warren wanted to chug beer with you. Who's all in for the hardhat thing with the rich, thin Harvard law professor?



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18. PETA told us vegetables are sexy. Maybe to them.

17. Bob Menendez got himself photographed with all those bikini chicks on the beach in post-hurricane Puerto Rico, just as Democrats insisted their Puerto Rican aid junket conference was legit.

Spotted: Sen. Bob Menendez on the beach at a resort in Puerto Rico on Day 22 of the partial government shutdown. Reports say dozens of Dems are in PR for the CHC BOLD PAC winter retreat — including meetings on Maria cleanup, and a party with PR’s “Hamilton” cast. pic.twitter.com/6FaBYKPo4L — David McAlpine (@DavidMcAlpine) January 12, 2019

16. Joe Biden challenged a voter to push-ups. And going for a twofer, Creepy Joe then turned it up to 11 by telling a group of Iowa voters about his leg hair in the swimming pool and how he liked little kids jumping on his lap.

15. Kamala Harris was blasted by her own dad for blithely arguing that since she's "Jamaican," she's naturally inclined to smoke pot.

14. Hillary Clinton puts on her best black accent at Elijah Cummings's funeral. Blackface bad, black accent good?

13. Maxine Waters gets schooled by bankers who explain to her that banks aren't involved in the student loan debt she railed at them about.

12. Jim Acosta whines that President Trump won't call on him, and no one will buy his book. Dear Diary...



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11. Joaquin Castro tried to doxx voters who donated to Republicans and ended up doxxing his own donors.

If all these Trump supporters are actually as bad as Castro claims, he and his brother should have no problem returning the thousands of dollars they took from them to fund their own campaigns.https://t.co/S4K20RSYaC — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) August 8, 2019

10. Kirsten Gillibrand campaigns in a gay bar, serving beer.

9. Julián Castro attacks Joe Biden on debate stage and loses a third of his own voters.

8. Amy Kobuchar screams at staff and eats with a comb.

7. Al Gore endorses green candidate in Australia, driving Aussie voters to vote the other way.



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6. Ralph Northam still doesn't want to tell us whether he was the man in blackface or the man in the Klan suit.

The photo showed two people, one dressed up in Ku Klux Klan robes and the other in blackface.@GovernorVA quickly admitted he was in the photo, then backtracked saying he’d actually appeared in blackface a different time.https://t.co/8BAEZC13Nd — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 28, 2019

5. "Raise your hand" if you plan to offer free health care to illegal aliens.



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4. Gavin Newsom gives free legal advice (in English) to illegals on how to evade ICE.



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3. Willie Brown helps kick off Kamala Harris's campaign by announcing she slept her way to the top.



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2. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer become Your Parents Waiting after you try to slink in after midnight, or rather, their bid to condemn President Trump's border wall.

Your father and I aren't angry with you, just ... disappointed. pic.twitter.com/RZKC6SxkFe — jon gabriel (@exjon) January 9, 2019

1. Eric Swalwell delivered the fart heard round the world, coming as he piously spoke of the critical importance of impeachment. Following that impressive act, he failed to man up to it.

Honorable mention: Pierre Delecto.