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If humiliation were a campaign strategy, gubernatorial candidate Rep. Josh Elliott (D-Hamden) would already be governor.

On Aug. 20, Democrats gathered in Hartford to defend Rep. Corey Paris after he said he received death threats for posting on Instagram that ICE agents were in his district and urging residents to “stay vigilant and safe”.

So while Susan Bysiewicz, Sen. Dick Blumenthal, Sen. Gary Winfield (D-New Haven), Rep. Eleni Kavros Degraw (D-Avon), Rep. Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford), Sen. Bob Duff (D-Norwalk), and a parade of other Democrats lined up to denounce ICE and lionize Paris, where was Josh? Front and center? At the podium? Delivering a bold gubernatorial statement? Nope. He was in the corner. Silent. Watching.

Nobody puts Baby in the corner — but everybody puts Josh there. Imagine announcing a run for governor and then showing up to your own party’s big media event only to be treated like the help. Elliott wasn’t just sidelined — he was practically wallpaper. The gubernatorial candidate was reduced to potted plant, decorative but useless.

Elliott wasn’t trusted with the mic, so he wandered outside like the kid nobody picks for dodgeball, whipped out his phone, and filmed a pity TikTok — the sad consolation prize for a gubernatorial candidate his own party clearly doesn’t take seriously.

“So, I just finished being at a press conference for my colleague, Representative Corey Paris,” Elliott said, sounding more like an intern giving a recap than a man running for governor.

“For those of you don't know, Corey was doxxed, he made a post talking about keeping people safe, letting people know that ICE was going to be in the district.”

In other words, Josh was reduced to repeating the script outside after Democrats literally shoved him into the corner inside.

“Libs of TikTok picked that post up. It was re-shared by ICE, and then it was shared to the Justice Department.”

Then came the drama: “This is emblematic of the slow creep of trying to shut people down, of trying to quiet people down.”

Finally, he ended with a whimper: “This won't just be him, this will be all of us. So I'm with Corey, and I hope you all are too.”

It was the ultimate humiliation: a gubernatorial candidate muzzled at his own party’s press conference, left to make a sad little TikTok in the parking lot.

It’s the political equivalent of renting a tux for prom and then standing outside in the parking lot while everyone else dances inside. When your big moment as a gubernatorial candidate is filming a TikTok just to prove you were there, you’re not taking Connecticut by storm — you’re the punchline at your own party.

But hey, maybe this is Josh’s campaign strategy: running for governor by hiding in the corner while the grown-ups talk. Voters should take note — if this is how he handles a press conference, imagine him in a budget fight. You won’t see him standing up to unions, the green lobby, or tax-happy Democrats. You’ll see him shoved in the corner again, nodding along while someone else runs the show.

Elliott struts around as a gubernatorial contender, but he can’t even get a speaking slot at his own party’s pity party. If Democrats won’t trust him with a microphone, voters shouldn’t trust him with a state budget. Connecticut doesn’t need a governor-in-the-corner — it needs someone who can actually stand up.

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