Chuck Schumer's troll of Fox News and Republicans is, unfortunately for ABC, the most entertaining moment of the Oscars

Chuck Schumer took a moment on Sunday to troll Fox News and Republicans with this dopey staged photo of him watching the Oscars with a “plant-based beer” in what looks like a chair dragged out of his kitchen and way too close to the set:

Excited to be watching the Oscars with an ice cold plant-based beer.

Thanks Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/Wk8MQnjkUf

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 26, 2021

In regard to the “plant-based beer” line, it’s likely in response to this graphic that’s going viral from Fox News that says to meet President Biden’s climate requirements to reduce emissions, Americans will have to “cut 90% of red meat from diet”:

Not gonna happen in Texas! pic.twitter.com/zqYS9kH8CU

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 25, 2021

What’s going on here is that Fox News summarized a Daily Mail article which wrote up a study from the University of Michigan that said that a reduction in meat consumption is one way to reduce climate emissions

This stuff is completely imaginary. Biden has not proposed any limit on Americans’ meat consumption.

What happened: 1) The Daily Mail ran an article that dishonestly connected Biden’s climate plan with a not-at-all-about-Biden study. 2) Others on the right just ran with this. pic.twitter.com/VRB52TPmUj

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 25, 2021

The UMichigan study is not about the Biden plan at all. It looks at what would happen to emissions if US people hypothetically cut their meat consumption by various %. Daily Mail took the biggest hypothetical % reduction studied and falsely made it sound like Biden demands this.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 25, 2021

In children’s terms, the study found that if people reduce meat eating by a lot, emissions would fall a lot.

Daily Mail was like…Biden wants to cut emissions by a lot. Therefore, he’ll force people to reduce meat eating by the same amount this random study looked at.

??? pic.twitter.com/XjOjhGoOLz

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 25, 2021

Martin Heller, one of the authors of the not-about-Biden study all of this nonsense is misusing, told me today, “I, admittedly, have no idea what Biden's plan has to say about our diets.”

Here’s a link to the study. https://t.co/YFiIL5stkp Fact check article to come!

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 25, 2021

Anyway, people have thoughts on Schumer’s photo:

Who the hell sits 2 feet from the screen in a wooden chair? https://t.co/8VCL9EhySc

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 26, 2021

“Gonna kill your eyes,” senator:

gonna kill your eyes sitting that close to the screen dude https://t.co/nYDRDEE86s

— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) April 26, 2021

And if he does really sit this close to the TV, maybe it’s time to retire? Just a thought:

can chuck see anything during those senate hearings or https://t.co/unwIhYbqF6

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) April 26, 2021

Not only that but this “regular American” is in suit pants and a dress shirt:

I love watching popular culture events with my face merely inches from the television screen, like a regular American does. https://t.co/7H3ZGRF7tD

— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) April 26, 2021

Texas, get on this:

When they come up with an animal-based beer, notify me and send me some because I am definitely up for that novelty. https://t.co/AThA37tJPe

— Jeff B., who on earth is this guy?? (@EsotericCD) April 26, 2021

Biden probably outlaws ice, too: