Mitt Romney celebrates birthday by awkwardly blowing out candles on 'Twinkie' cake
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Republican Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters who gathered to await election results in Orem, Utah, Tuesday Nov 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene Sweeney Jr.)
Mitt Romney blows out birthday candles exactly how you'd expect.
Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee and current Utah senator, posted a short video on his Twitter account Tuesday morning showing off his wild 72nd birthday celebrations.
“My team surprised me with a cake made out of my favorite snack— Twinkies! Looking forward to all this year has in store,” he wrote.
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The clip shows Romney, seated, laughing as his staff carries in the cake made of Twinkies and singing “Happy Birthday.”
The senator then hops up from behind his desk -- and demonstrates what is perhaps the most sanitary way possible to extinguish candles: Plucking each candle from the cake, blowing them out one-by-one and clutching them in a bunch so as to minimize the spread of germs and wax.
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“These are all wishes I’m getting,” he jokes.
Reaction on social media to the senator’s approach was split, with some praising the candle strategy and others criticizing it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“Who blows out candles like that?” one person wrote.
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“Senator, you’re supposed to blow them out all together—not one at time. Happy birthday, Mitt!” another tweeted.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}But another added: “I have to give him credit… Blowing across food other people will eat does spread germs.”