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I’m telling you, folks, this might be the most embarrassing photo of the election.

Mayoral candidate Doug Ford, a millionaire politician who likes to use the word “folks”, has been the target of a one-man campaign mocking Ford for how often he says “folks.”

Earlier this week, the “Folks Folks Folks” campaign got its “gotcha” moment when its creator, Michael Dunbar Jr., took a picture with a beaming Ford giving a thumbs up sign. Ford appears oblivious to the fact Dunbar Jr. was carrying a “Folks Folks Folks” campaign sign that features the word “disingenuous.”

Dunbar Jr. — a name that is almost certainly an alias — has been on a one-man mission to satirize Ford’s campaign. Earlier this month, he spoke to the Post‘s Richard Warnica over Twitter (the only place he would agree to speak) and claimed to be a Ford supporter (which is part of the joke.)

“The word folks brings me closer to a transcendental-like state of Nirvana,” he said. “Along with ‘subways, subways, subways,’ it’s this almost yogic-like chant that seems to resonate with all and cause a renewed sense of tranquility.”

“Almost every Ford National I have spoken to has been smart enough to know this isn’t some sort of joke, that my support of Doug is authentic,” he added.

While comedians south of the border seem to have largely forgotten about the Fords, Dunbar Jr. tried to draw the attention of the Jimmy Kimmel show to his defining moment.