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Is this the most cringeworthy tweet sent by an Irish politician ever?

Politicians come out with some odd things on social media sometimes, but this tweet from Leo Varadkar really takes the biscuit.

Is this the most cringeworthy tweet sent by an Irish politician ever?

Sat, 20 Dec, 2014 - 00:00

Denise O’Donoghue

Lucinda pulls my Christmas cracker pic.twitter.com/Kc6C1uk45u
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) December 19, 2014

Yes, you read that right.

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