Here's a short lesson in how not to warm up an audience for a political rally.

On Monday, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) was invited to speak at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton before she took the stage to drum up support ahead of Tuesday's primaries in the Northeast. That turned out to be a terrible idea, as it's not possible to bore a voter to the polls.

Carper decided the best way to rouse the crowd of Clinton supporters was to invoke the late, great Donna Summer and her disco hit, "She Works Hard for the Money." See what he did there?

But his delivery was painful, yet entertaining for anyone who likes to see something crash and burn in a big way. Audience participation generally means the audience participates in response to the person holding the mic. In Carper's case, it didn't quite work. This isn't verbatim, but it went something like this: "When I say Donna, you say Summer. Donna [silence]. Donna [silence]. Now, get out there and vote people!"

In a way that would (incredibly) rival the stiffness of an Al Gore delivery, Carper quoted the lyrics, or at least as close as he could remember:

She works hard for the money
So hard for the money 
She works hard for the money
So we better treat her right

Then he asked the slightly amused audience to join in chanting those lyrics with him, which they did apathetically. His big finish was promising that if elected, Clinton will "treat this country right."

"She will work hard for the money," Carper added, "just like she's done as secretary of state."

It's not clear that Clinton worked hard for the money as Secretary of State, but she certainly didn't work hard for the four Americans killed in Benghazi, nor did she work hard at keeping America's secrets safe. It's also not evident that demanding six figures for giving speeches after leaving her post qualifies for "working hard for the money."

It's a sight to behold. Watch below via Politico:

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