At this point it’s not political at all I would guess. He’s not running for president, I haven’t even heard of him campaigning (maybe so but I just didn’t hear of it?), so he’s simply an almost-former elected official, like Obama or Bush or Clinton or Reagan or such.

Anyway Joe is known for his gaffes, and used to be also for his shoulder rubs (he was from a different time…:-).

With the pained look on his face… I dunno you might be onto something there, perhaps this was constructed by a conservative source?

You are thinking about it way more than me though - I simply recalled the phrase and found a gif that said it.

There are virtually no conservatives on Lemmy btw - or if there are they seem to keep rather quiet. And they will remain so if they know what’s good for them!:-P