It seems like some Democratic senators have been caught doing their best impression of robots, reading off the same script like an NPC army. For those who might not know, NPC stands for Non-Playable Characters, the kind you find in video games that just repeat the same things over and over. The NPC meme became a popular way to poke fun at people who seem to lack independent thought, particularly targeting more progressive folks. Now, it looks like the Democrats have walked right into this meme.

The incident all started when folks on the internet spotted some big-name Democrats, like Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren, posting videos with identical speeches about prices and inflation, all while making sure not to show any independent thoughts. But it didn’t stop there. As internet sleuths dug deeper, they found that three Senators, including Cory Booker, posted the exact same video!

This mass duplication not only served as prime meme material but also begged the question: who’s scripting these things? Critics, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, pointed out the laziness of it all. When politicians across the board are using verbatim scripts, it reveals a lack of authenticity that’s hard to ignore.

Watching these videos brings to mind the monotony of Twitter feeds, filled with the same repeated rhetoric. It’s an NPC nightmare come to life, each senator beeping the same droned-on bits without a hint of original thought. And here we are, witnessing this parade of sameness, beating the message into the ground and, inadvertently, making Elon Musk and critics’ jobs a whole lot easier.

Meanwhile, there’s a lot of talk about Democrats being in a bit of an identity crisis. Is it any wonder people are running to watch Donald Trump’s speeches that are half-improvised and free from the chains of this NPC-like scripting? It’s a tough visual for any party trying to prove it’s the one thinking freely.