Lawmakers join Coldplay kiss cam meme craze
Lawmakers engaged in political satire on Thursday while poking fun at a camera-shy couple recorded at a recent Coldplay concert.
The two could be seen embracing until their faces flashed across the jumbotron, which sent them diving for cover.
“Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy,” Chris Martin, Coldplay’s lead singer, said during the spotlighted moment on Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass.
Several members of Congress screenshotted the video of the couple and mocked their expressions with musing captions.
“Commie Mamdani holding @KathyHochul headed for re-election in 2026,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) wrote in a Thursday post on X with an image of the couple, referring to New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
“Voters know Commie Mamdani is a direct result of Kathy Hochul’s failed Far Left leadership of the NY Democrat Party,” she later added in a Friday post.
Democrats also chimed in. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) shared the video but with the faces of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Trump pasted in, made to look like Epstein is holding Trump.
“Trump on camera when asked about his close personal ties with Jeffrey Epstein,” Moore wrote, jabbing at the Trump administration’s backlash over unreleased files kept by the deceased financier.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) reposted an image of himself being held by House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.).
“Who made this?” he asked.
Following the awkward moment on camera, several fake accounts have posted a counterfeit apology letter from the man caught in the clip and a fraudulent message from the Coldplay band.
The identities of the two in the video remains unconfirmed.