House Republican video gets stuck upside down: 'At least you're not a cat'

It took GOP Rep. Tom Emmer a bit to fix it.
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House Republican video gets stuck upside down: 'At least you're not a cat'
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Republican Rep. Tom Emmer on Wednesday had a video-conferencing snafu, an all too common experience in the COVID world.

During a virtual House Financial Services meeting, the Minnesota lawmaker was flipped via a filter, his head upside-down and detached from his body with an abstract blue and white background.

"Are you OK," asked Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.

Emmer responded he was before someone alerted him he was upside down. Emmer couldn't figure out how to fix it and soon enough someone mentioned another recent Zoom mistake.

“At least you’re not a cat,” person joked.

Eventually, Emmer did figure out how to fix the issue and turn himself right-side-up.

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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