John Boehner wasn’t as orange at the 2014 SOTU as he has been in past years, but he was still incredibly tan, especially compared to the pale-skinned Vice President Joe Biden. Viewers sounded off on Twitter — see some of the funniest tweets of the night below!
His skin color has long been a topic of discussion. He told The Wall Street Journal in 2010: “I have never been in a tanning bed or used a tanning product.”
Um. I don’t believe you.
Either way, people went to town on Twitter.
Preeti @runwithskizzers tweeted on Jan. 29: “My roommate just called John Boehner “D*uche L’orange” and I can’t stop laughing. #sotu”
Madeleine Nessner made a perfect Mean Girls reference: “God, Karen. You can’t just ask John Boehner why he’s orange,” adding a pretty great photo.
@TrueBlueLiberal posted: “I’m not a fashion expert, but is the green tie John Boehner’s wearing really the right shade to go with his fresh coat of orange face paint?”
@LynnSosnoskie wrote: “Whether you are liberal or conservative, we can all agree that John Boehner is a strange shade of orange.”
See more tweets below:
I feel like John Boehner’s bright orange hue is a cry for help. Or his own reality show, I can’t tell.
— umair haque (@umairh) January 29, 2014
John Boehner is not amused and thinking about when he should schedule his next tanning appointment. #stateoftheunion — Jenna Autuori (@FITNESSjenna) January 29, 2014
Barack Obama looked tired and like he had been working on this speech for days. John Boehner looked like he just got back from Aruba. #SOTU
— Dan D (@ddurkin) January 29, 2014
John Boehner: A brighter shade of orange last night. Like the Orange Bowl logo, just not smiling as much. #SOTU
— Bill Whitehead (@BillWhiteheadFL) January 29, 2014
What do you think of his tan at the State Of The Union, HollywoodLifers?
— Dory Larrabee
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