New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s video call at an event Wednesday experienced unfortunate technical difficulties that were “appearing to have a helium affect on his voice.”
The trouble began when De Blasio was unable to make a flight, forcing the 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful to “appear” at the Iowa Federation of Labor event via a video call instead of in person.
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In addition to the altered tone of de Blasio’s voice, the audio and video appeared to be out of sync by a fraction of a second. (RELATED: Bill De Blasio Is The First Democrat To Dive On 70% Tax Rate Grenade)
Happening now: @NYCMayor sends a video to the Iowa Federation of Labor due to being unable to make a flight. Appearing to have a helium effect on his voice, the curator notes that he was unsure why the Mayors voice sounded this way. Attendee reactions were questionable. pic.twitter.com/5o0FygQiEf
— Tom Brenner (@tombrennerphoto) August 21, 2019
Well… this is unfortunate for @NYCMayor – his flight to Iowa got cancelled and his video call to Iowa labor event sounds… like this. pic.twitter.com/BGhES1IBi7
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 21, 2019
The event organizer apologized to de Blasio for the issues immediately following the call.
“Ok, so… that was a little bit different.” – Event organizer, immediately after DiBlasio finishes. He apologizes to the Mayor for the video conference fail.
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) August 21, 2019
De Blasio, who has not yet secured a spot on the September debate stage, has suggested that he will stay in the race even if he doesn’t qualify in time to debate his fellow candidates in Texas. “There’s a lot of other things you do to reach people,” he explained.