PHOTOS: Kentuckian Gives McConnell A Thumbs Down In Epic Photobomb

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. steps in the voting station to mark his ballot in the midterm election at the voting precinct at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The Kent... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. steps in the voting station to mark his ballot in the midterm election at the voting precinct at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent, facing a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could shift the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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An unhappy Kentucky voter gave Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) a thumbs-down Tuesday at the polls.

Getty Images captured a man in a red shirt who was voting a few booths behind McConnell giving the senator a gesture of disapproval. His expression can only be described as “stink face:”

Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign quickly seized on another angle of the voters’ photobomb to push its own get-out-the-vote effort:

And here’s the epic photobomb in GIF form:

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  1. Not my first choice of gestures, but it works.

  2. Here’s hoping there’s enough people voting( or have already voted) in KY that share your sentiment sir.

  3. I’d have been tempted to kick him in the nads.

  4. Somebody better meme the hell out of this.

  5. Avatar for pine pine says:

    Well folks just think doing nothing is the way to win,UNREAL !!

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