Elizabeth Warren got to speak first at Wednesday night’s Democratic debate and managed to work “Latinx” into her opening statement, but Beto O’Rourke upped the ante by delivering his opening remarks in Spanish.

We weren’t expecting that, and it looks like Cory Booker certainly wasn’t expecting to have to speak two languages. “I didn’t know this was going to be on the test ….”

Booker as Beto speaks in Spanish pic.twitter.com/pVYL3p0cun — Tim Mak (@timkmak) June 27, 2019

Side eye while Beto speaks Spanish pic.twitter.com/heFZ5j2KZM — Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) June 27, 2019

I saw that too. New meme ???? — Daniel Mireles (@DMireles91) June 27, 2019

Elizabeth Warren looking like she's trying to channel the spirits of her tribe's ancestors LMFAO — Hawkeye (@HawkEye0791) June 27, 2019

The pandering is incredible. — Samizdat (@Samizdattt) June 27, 2019

Booker: *Do I need to pull out the Ebonics card? — Trey (@treydayway) June 27, 2019

Corey Booker when Beto busted out in Spanish. pic.twitter.com/OnoVjHHIj7 — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) June 27, 2019

Don’t worry: he’s knows like HALF of the Klingon words. — TheDarkWrite (@Lethrup) June 27, 2019

When you’re trying to end a meeting but that one coworker is still talking. pic.twitter.com/uDdlGaozK6 — F1agg Σagl3t0n ????? (@NM_Che56) June 27, 2019

When you realize Beto really is a furry pic.twitter.com/mlyNT3EcvD — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 27, 2019

See, Booker was mad at Beto because wanted to speak Spanish *first*. — Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 27, 2019

Beto: No one can butcher the Spanish language better than me. Moderator: Hold my pupusa.#DemDebate — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) June 27, 2019

So far, this is the best shot of the democratic debate Lol!!! — Zarea (@Zarea6) June 27, 2019

Booker was like, “what a douche!” — bryon russell (@bryonrussell) June 27, 2019

Beto spewing his canned conversational Spanish 101 from the local community college. You could translate it, “Please allow me to pander.” — iVoteAmerica® (@iVoteAmerica) June 27, 2019

Beto is answering in Spanish, Cory was looking at him like “REALLY, SIS!?” #DemocraticDebates — Jarrett Hill (@JarrettHill) June 27, 2019

If you had Beto speaking Spanish on his first answer, DRINK. — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 27, 2019

beto speaking spanish everyone else is like wtf — Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) June 27, 2019

Is Beto going to do this Spanish thing in every question? — Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) June 27, 2019

Drink if you had Beto speaking Spanish. — Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) June 27, 2019

BRUH CORY BOOKER'S FACE WHEN BETO STARTED SPEAKING SPANISH — Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) June 27, 2019

Sen. Cory Booker watching Beto speak Spanish pic.twitter.com/47S5rMOwuk — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 27, 2019

Beto in Spanish! Hey, how do you say furry in Spanish?#DemocratDebate — Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 27, 2019

Lol, Beto switching to Spanish for no reason. — Karol Markowicz (@karol) June 27, 2019

I still can’t believe Beto broke out in Spanish to avoid answering the question. Beto as they say in Spanish: no — Caroline Moss (@CarolineMoss) June 27, 2019

It's been like 10 minutes and I am still thinking about Beto speaking Spanish and Cory Booker's face. — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 27, 2019

I want a man who looks at me the way Booker looks at Beto while he's speaking Spanish — Amanda M. Sakuma (@iamsakuma) June 27, 2019

Beto started speaking Spanish and Booker was in the background looking, uhm, maybe perplexed is the word. — Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) June 27, 2019

What’s Spanish for “Beto will never be president” — Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) June 27, 2019

Guys we have the meme already. No one is paying attention to the answers anymore. Turn it off, Beto is also done. https://t.co/HioO3fHNTu — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 27, 2019

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Update:

OK, this is pretty clever: