NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had flight troubles and he couldn’t make it to Iowa and the AFL-CIO labor conference, so he decided to participate via a video call.

Big mistake.

Check out how funny he sounded after some sort of glitch:

De Blasio is appearing via a video feed that, hilariously and unfortunately, is distorting his voice by making it sound higher. pic.twitter.com/ae1zRYxXOZ — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 21, 2019

LOL:

Well… this is unfortunate for @NYCMayor – his flight to Iowa got cancelled and his video call to Iowa labor event sounds… like this. pic.twitter.com/BGhES1IBi7 — Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 21, 2019

Look at the crowd in this shot!

Bill DeBlasio isn’t here for the AFL-CIO conference in Iowa, after a flight cancelation. He’s on a video screen. And his voice sounds like this… pic.twitter.com/xnLGsSyYRR — Matt Viser (@mviser) August 21, 2019

The organizer later apologized to the mayor:

"Ok, so… that was a little bit different." – Event organizer, immediately after DiBlasio finishes. He apologizes to the Mayor for the video conference fail. — Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 21, 2019

But it’s too late for that:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Seriously HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! — Erica ? (@ZiaErica) August 21, 2019

Newsrooms around the country are mocking him over it:

The only time I've enjoyed watching De Blasio https://t.co/Ov0CYTvuAp — Emily Colucci (@emilycolucci) August 21, 2019

Office cannot stop giggling https://t.co/WaT1aS3QHw — Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) August 21, 2019

Hopefully, another candidate was behind it:

Have we ruled out that this was done intentionally and not as a mistake? https://t.co/z778Ia0QSQ — Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) August 21, 2019

Exit questions. . .

Does this remind you of “The Wizard of Oz”?

Follow the Yellow Brick Road; follow the Yellow Brick Road => https://t.co/nuefpP50ti — David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) August 21, 2019

“Alvin and the Chipmunks”?

Bill de Blasio (in Chipmunk voice) https://t.co/vG4QYvvCo0 — Holly Bailey (@hollybdc) August 21, 2019

Or “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?”

Going hard for the Oompa Loompa vote. — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 21, 2019

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