A photograph of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg eating a cinnamon roll has become the latest social media craze. (Photo: AP Photo/Nati Harnik/iStock)
A photograph of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg eating a cinnamon roll has gone viral on Twitter.
The seemingly innocent image shows the South Bend, Indiana, mayor enjoying a nice bite of a frosted cinnamon roll from Ruby’s Restaurant in Decorah, Iowa.
But when Twitter users caught wind of the photo, which many believed to be Buttigieg eating a chicken wing, it was quickly flagged as an apparent food faux pas.
“I don't care what your politics are, it is illegal to cut a cinnamon roll into pieces with a knife and then eat it like a chicken wing,” an outraged Twitter user wrote along with the now-viral picture.
A photograph of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg eating a cinnamon roll has become the latest social media craze. (Photo: AP Photo/Nati Harnik/iStock)
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“OMG I thought it was a chicken wing,” tweeted journalist Yashar Ali. “My god.”
“The only conceivable reason to cut up a pastry like this is to eat it exclusively with knife and fork, primarily to keep your hands clean,” another person tweeted. “Yet here he is with bite sized pieces shoveling them in with BOTH hands like its gonna get away or something lol.”
Another Twitter user shared a similar sentiment: “Cutting is fine. Hands only is fine. But this bizzare middle-ground is not okay.”
Others questioned whether Buttigieg was fit to serve as president over the apparent violation.
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“THIS MAN CAN'T EAT A CINNAMON ROLL...how is he going to run a country???” someone tweeted.
Fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris’ niece, activist Meena Harris, joined in on the fun, tweeting, “I gasped.”
Even Buttigieg’s senior advisor Lis Smith poked fun at the viral picture, tweeting an image of two trays of chicken wings.
“Don’t worry,” she wrote, “these are actually chicken wings.”
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Despite Buttigieg’s supposed cluelessness on how to properly eat a cinnamon roll, he did let everyone know it was “ridiculously good.”
“Will have to come back!” he tweeted.
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