Representative sees sign from God telling Republicans to vote on SCOTUS nominee

Obviously he was joking, but Rep. Rick Larsen on Monday night managed to show the lengths to which Democrats have adopted the Obama administration’s “do your job” strategy to shame Republican senators into confirming the president’s Supreme Court nominee.

WATCH: Insane video of lightning behind U.S. Capitol at 7:45 p.m. pic.twitter.com/GQMyzuYYoo

— ABC 7 News – WJLA (@ABC7News) May 3, 2016

God saying #DoYourJob https://t.co/NHEnDSSZ7V

— Rep. Rick Larsen (@RepRickLarsen) May 3, 2016

For what it’s worth, the president has been using “do your job” to shame Congress into confirming his SCOTUS nominee since February, which might suggest to the White House and the Democrats that their #DoYourJob hashtag strategy either isn’t working, or is moving along about as quickly as Obama’s January 2009 promise to close Guantanamo Bay.

"I intend to do my job between now and January 20th of 2017. I expect them to do their job as well." —@POTUS to Senate Republicans #SCOTUS

— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) February 16, 2016

If we’re offended at anything, it’s less the idea that God is taking sides with the Democrats on SCOTUS nominees and more the notion that ABC7’s three-second video is “insane.” Has anyone at the station actually seen lightning before?