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Posted: 2022-06-21T16:28:41Z | Updated: 2022-06-21T16:28:41Z

The Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a sad note to U.S. history, but talk show host Amber Ruffin has managed to turn the trials of the seditionists into beautiful music.

On Fridays The Amber Ruffin Show on Peacock , Ruffin and sidekick Tarik Davis performed a sexy soul jam dedicated to punishments being meted out to the people who tried to overturn Donald Trump s election defeat.

They titled it White Supremacists Facing Consequences Fills Me With Joy. (Hahahahahaha! I ONLY do long titles! Ruffin told HuffPost.)

Ruffin begins her song by seductively singing: Is it the way you looked/ When the judge said you were guilty?/ Is it the way you sweat/ When you realize they have your texts?

Davis then joins in: Is it the way you smiled/ When you took a selfie at the Capitol building?/ Is it the way you frowned/ When that picture got you thrown in jail?

After a chorus that repeats Your sadness fills me with joy to hilarious effect, Ruffin and Davis up the ante by bringing in 80s soul legend (and Ruffins favorite artist) El DeBarge to boost the seditionist soul ballad into high gear:

Is it the way you thought/ You could get away with literal sedition?/Is it the way your friends/And family arent on your side?

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You can see the video below. But a warning: This is the first anti-insurrectionist song that may make you want to slow dance with your special someone.

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