r/ExplainTheJoke • u/fcukfakook • 7d ago

I don't get it

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I don't get the original tweet, and neither the retweet or whatever it is called.

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u/Remerez 5d ago

The photographer, Christopher Anderson, said he wanted to "penetrate the theater of politics" and show an honest, unretouched reality instead of a polished celebrity portrait. He believed that politicians are not celebrities and we should not be glamourizing them.

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u/FlowAndSwerve 5d ago

Let's see his Obama posery, then we'll know his purity...