The Austin, Texas-based vaudeville theater group Esther's Follies must viscerally hate Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, and want him to lose. That is the only logical explanation for an abomination of a political ad released last Friday featuring the group singing (badly), ostensibly in support of Beto's campaign.

The fan ad, titled "Betomaniac!" was published on a YouTube channel called Originator Studios. The video description dubs Esther's Follies "the SNL of Austin" and claims the pro-O'Rourke sketch performed in the video was "wildly popular" on stage. Doubtful.

What you are about to watch is the most cringeworthy, creepy, and off-key music video ever produced for or against a political candidate in American history.

This would be just as uncomfortably cheesy and horrible for literally any other candidate of any other party and I will never forgive @ChrisCPandolfo for showing me this. — Nate Madden (@NateMaddenCRTV) October 22, 2018

There is no way the people who filmed this thought they could help Beto O'Rourke beat Ted Cruz with this ad. Or if they did, Betomania is a serious mental condition, and if you find yourself afflicted, seek medical attention immediately.