Congressman's Son, 6, Goes Viral for Making Silly Faces During Dad's Speech Defending Trump

Tennessee Rep. John Rose's most recent speech on Capitol Hill was unforgettable, but perhaps not in a way that the politician intended.

While the Republican congressman delivered remarks on the House floor on Monday, June 3, his 6-year-old son, Guy, stole the show with some first-row antics as he hammed it up for the C-SPAN cameras.

Rose, 59, began his speech denouncing former President Donald Trump's May 30 guilty verdict in his Manhattan criminal trial, where he was convicted on 34 felony counts related to falsified business records.

But as he spoke, his son — who was seated right behind him — began smiling wide for the camera, scooting further into view and slowly making the spotlight his own.

Guy then stuck out his tongue and cartoonishly widened his eyes for the C-SPAN camera. The child wagged his tongue and fidgeted in his seat. At one point, he started making hand gestures.

Guy's brief appearance on C-SPAN went viral, and even became a meme. One user on X (formerly Twitter) called C-SPAN "the greatest channel of all time." Another user joked that Guy "does NOT need media training."

Rep. Rose took his son's pantomime in stride. “This is what I get for telling my son Guy to smile at the camera for his little brother,” he posted on X after the speech, referring to his 3-year-old son, Sam.

According to AP, Guy graduated from kindergarten last week and was spending time with his father, hence the Capitol Hill cameo.

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Rose, meanwhile, has made his share of headlines before. He previously defended Trump, now 77, after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. In December 2020, Rose penned an article questioning the integrity of the results, baselessly calling the election a "rigged game."

In February 2024, he further claimed that Trump did not "engage in insurrection," referring to the deadly Capitol riot that took place on Jan. 6, 2021.

Rose has continued his staunch support of Trump as the 2024 election draws nearer, using his June 3 speech to call the former president's recent conviction — which was handed down in a unanimous decision by 12 meticulously vetted jurors — "a result of a prosecution in search of a crime."