Sen Tim Scott (R-S.C.) helped kick off President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention on Wednesday with a wild, screaming and ranting performance that lit up social media in all the wrong ways.

He called Democrats “weird” in a way that critics thought also came across as more than a little weird and wildly over the top.

“The Democrats’ extreme candidates will rip that heart out of our chests,” he shouted, pulling open his jacket and thumping on his chest as he said it. “They hate our culture! They hate what it means to be American!”

Tim Scott saying Democrats are weird and Tim Scott screaming weird shit pic.twitter.com/4HKOrLtF4j

He also turned to religion.

“We’re talking about Jeeeeeeeeesus,” he yelled. “I said the king of kings, and the lord of lords, alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, that’s our God. That’s America. We looooove our God! Amen!”

Republican Sen. Tim Scott delivers odd speech during Republican midterm convention:WEEEE KNOW WHO GOD IS! WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT JEEEEEEEEESUS!!! pic.twitter.com/hfAbNXG1Bu

Scott’s critics could hardly believe what they were seeing:

I’m embarrassed for him…🤦🏾♂️ https://t.co/4BNsXuXwfX

This is weird & lame as hell. We can kick these losers butts all across the map this November if we have the courage to dream. Stop living in fear of failure and let’s show the country Mississippi Matters! https://t.co/ZGcL0FHTbE https://t.co/4ChfpvEsq9

What the FUCK is going on at the Republican midterm convention??? He’s just screaming incoherently😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/4TV8em9byX

Ben Meiselas can’t stop laughing as Tim Scott turns the MAGA convention into a sermon attacking James Talarico for saying God is non-binary.“This is what Tim Scott was like: ‘Jeeeeeeesus said that God has a schlong!’”“I think this is actually a scene from Idiocracy.” pic.twitter.com/4f0HXqBkum

He talks like he studied Jesse Gemstone & Randy Savage to learn how to speak. https://t.co/drTyCZTs20

This is so cringe https://t.co/TCwQggJNcO

there are no words for how over the top Tim Scott's Trumpapalooza performance is. it's an SNL cold open pic.twitter.com/82irNp3KGU

New DNC ad just dropped. https://t.co/rqgCWFopS3

Just like their jobs in the Senate, Raphael Warnock does it better lol https://t.co/efqQWmwL2g

Genuinely curious whose speeches he watched to prepare for this one. https://t.co/NGiHOUvfmk

You know the guy next to him is like what the fuck am I part of rn https://t.co/ARLqo7JMAZ

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