Around 12pm ET today, Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States—but not before a performance by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir accompanied by the U.S. Marine Band.
The choir serenaded spectators attending the inauguration (and those of us online watching the livestream) to the tune of “America the Beautiful,” marking their seventh performance at a presidential inauguration event.
WATCH: @MormonTabChoir performs at #InaugurationDay https://t.co/HwXNVH6BJb #AmericaTheBeautiful pic.twitter.com/pzgxBDH0Ac
— FOX 13 News Utah (@fox13) January 20, 2017
And while audiences earnestly awaited the four minutes for Trump to be sworn in to office, we couldn’t help but notice few things about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s members: They’re all impeccably dressed, nearly entirely white, and almost too easy to poke fun at.
.@MormonTabChoir's outfits apparently brought to you by @LLBean. Fitting. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/hwbp8F4tUF
— This Week in Mormons (@TheRealTWiM) January 20, 2017
🎼 can i speak to your managerrr🎤🎼 pic.twitter.com/L5W9i9MKh0
— eric schwartau (@ericschmerick) January 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/Tweet_Dec/status/822488767902654465
https://twitter.com/cxcope/status/822575779460616192
🎶🎶🎶 weeee were tolllldd by aappple careeeeee 🎶🎶🎶 pic.twitter.com/uWcK8gVgc9
— jack (@jackhaveitall) January 20, 2017
I see they picked a really diverse choir #inauguration pic.twitter.com/HCPbFicM8q
— Tim Johns (@timoncheese) January 20, 2017
OK, so maybe the easiest stereotype to attack via Twitter is white women getting aggressive with matters of customer service, but can you really blame them?
The last mocking tweet comes most notably from this vine (RIP Vine) of this angry woman at the Apple Store.
https://vine.co/v/huHUPLnx1dg
See? Even Chrissy Teigen gets it. “I was told by AppleCare!!” Eh? EHH??
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/822524538806075393
I’m sure that the members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are relatively nice, kind people. Or maybe a handful of them are completely liable of going off on minimum-wage customer service employees. Only the memes will tell.