I got motivated to create this image after hearing about the recent news that Chris Magnus, the Border Chief appointed by the Biden administration, fell asleep through meetings on the migrant crisis.

I reminded myself that history is full of examples where politicians fell asleep during major events. In order to share some of my memory regarding this subject I created the following image which includes examples from the last 10 years.

Information about each of these images:

1st image concerns Desmond Swayne, a British lawmaker who was caught asleep during a House of Commons debate in 2018.

2nd image (on right) is from 2021 when an aide woke up US President Joe Biden after he napped at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

3rd image (below the 1st) is from 2012 when Canadian MP Rob Anders was removed from the House of Commons committee after he took a nap during a presentation by homeless veterans.

4th image is from 2013 when Rep. George Holding was caught sleeping while he was overseeing the House floor.

5th image is from September 2022 when the Revenue Minister of the state, R Ashoka, was caught sleeping at a flood review meeting in Bengaluru, India.

6th image is from July 2014 when Vice President of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, was caught napping in Parliament.

7th image is from 2017 and mainly concerns South African President Jacob Zuma (in red tie) who was sleeping in the parliament.

8th image is from March 2013 when delegates were sleeping while listening to a speech during the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Overall, we can safely say that the figures in these images are mere career politicians with little or no concern about the public they claim to represent.