Via PBS NewsHour
Via PBS NewsHour

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was called in last-minute to gavel the Democratic National Convention after the ousting of controversial and now scandal-plagued party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. And, boy, she gave the convention what will undoubtedly be one of its most GIF-worthy moments.

Rawlings-Blake called the contentious evening to order competently enough:

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Unfortunately, she forgot to strike the gavel. Fortunately, when she finally remembered she was suddenly possessed by the ghost of Groucho Marx.

NBC Nightly News turned the moment into a GIF. The longer you watch it, the weirder it gets:

DNC Sec. and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake returns to the lectern after forgetting to gavel in #DNCinPHL. pic.twitter.com/OA6nKi95UN

โ€” NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) July 25, 2016