As a Brit, can someone explain the Rick Saccone tweets? What’s going on?

Rick Saccone is a Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Both the state and Saccone's specific district went to President Trump in the 2016 presidential election, but now it appears that Saccone has lost a special election that will turn the seat over to a Democrat if the current vote tallies stand. (That Dem win supposedly signals that the Republicans could be in for a rough midterm election in November.)

I guess he played "Not Afraid" as his election night party ended tonight with him trailing but several hundred votes. I guess it's funny to these people because he's an out-of-touch old white guy using rap music as a rallying cry of sorts. I'm not entirely sure because I wasn't watching when it happened.

I hope that helps a bit.

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