By April Hamlin
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Donald Trump announced
Indiana governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential pick via Twitter on Friday
and unveiled his campaign’s new logo.
To say the least, it
didn’t go over well, at all. Twitter erupted in brutal mockery of the Trump/Pence logo almost
immediately. For reference, here is the image. It may well go down in history
as the worst logo ever created.
People were quick to point out that “TP” stands
for “toilet paper,” which is remarkably appropriate when you consider all the
crap that spills from Trump’s mouth every time he opens it.
And of course, they had to drag poor Beavis
into it.
Others were more taken aback by the way the “T” penetrates the
“P.” An angle that Samantha Bee from Full Frontal had quite a bit of fun with,
posting the following GIF with the caption “Breaking the Mattress of
America.”
Breaking the mattress of America. pic.twitter.com/M4Cq62YS2c
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Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) July 15, 2016
Apparently, the heat got a little too hot for the presumptive
Republican nominee, because by Saturday morning the logo had completely
vanished.
Trump and his conservative minions had scrubbed the image.
Trump’s website no longer features the logo or even a picture of his new
running mate, instead going with just a picture of the bigoted billionaire
himself and his trademark slogan “Make America great again.”
The logo is also missing in action from Republican the
National Committee’s website.
If Trump and his new best buddy Pence thought it would be that
easy to erase the existence of their disastrous logo failure, they clearly
don’t have a full understanding of how this whole internet works.
This pitiful blunder will live on, if only for our amusement.
In the future, Trump’s campaign would be well advised to use a
different design company when it comes to creating their logos.
Honestly, you have to wonder if the logo’s creator was
really so clueless that the obvious shortcomings of the design just happened to
slip under their radar, or if the image was just a very public trolling. Either
way, Trump is trying really hard to pretend it didn’t happen.
Author April Hamlin has studied political science, psychology, and
philosophy. Back in the good old days she was a reporter for “old fashioned”
print newspapers. In addition to news and politics, she also blogs about
service dogs and disability advocacy. As a black woman with a disability, she
is fed up with the right-wingers who would prefer that she and others like her
didn’t exist.