We’re sure the 2012 election wasn’t the first where voters left their houses in costume to support their candidates (with rare exceptions for the classics, such as Uncle Sam). Mitt Romney, though, was dogged by protesters dressed as “binders full of women” and some really off-brand Big Bird knock-offs (to remind voters that Romney’s desire to kill Big Bird was “an attack on children”).
Donald Trump is holding a rally in Florida this afternoon, and photographers caught his southern border wall in attendance. We’re honestly not sure if this is a protest or not.
GUYS. Trump's wall has shown up at the rally. pic.twitter.com/I946gzd6O6
— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) March 5, 2016
@vplus $10 billion for THAT?
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) March 5, 2016
@85thLegislature I had expected someone taller.
— Den E. B. (@denneb_77) March 5, 2016
Us too.
@85thLegislature @daveweigel it looks like that person could have just as easily been a Pink Floyd fan. #AnotherBrickInTheWall
— Protect Mauna Kea (@WizKaliko) March 5, 2016
It really does. Expect an angry statement/cease-and-desist order from Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters in 3, 2, 1 …
@vplus @amandacarpenter the Trump wall has HUGE ASS DOOR!! Touchback amnesty makes his WALL all for show! He wants TRUMP WALL for ego!
— ARC4Freedom (@ARC4Freedom) March 5, 2016
For the wall’s sake, we hope the costume has some sort of opening for bathroom breaks.
@85thLegislature looks like humanoid/parasite from X-Files
— Karen Sayers (@kesayers) March 5, 2016
@amandacarpenter @vplus Doesn't look like a very solid wall.
— Brock (@Reflexx_1) March 5, 2016
Sadly, it seems that Trump’s wall isn’t even as solid as the current border fence, or what little of it exists.
https://twitter.com/ExtensionBias/status/706201567746203649
From the rally?? @ExtensionBias
— Tʜᴇ Interim (@86thLegislature) March 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/ExtensionBias/status/706201925788762112
Turns out the wall had company at the rally, but this costume didn’t pass muster either.
Guy wearing a penis cap — a d***head, one might call him — was just escorted from Trump rally pic.twitter.com/LLh73wzufS
— Adam Smith (@adamsmithtimes) March 5, 2016
It wasn’t a costume, but Donald Trump’s border wall also made an appearance outside the Fox Theater in Detroit Thursday night, site of the GOP debate.
Outside the GOP debate pic.twitter.com/LXc3iJQlHN
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 4, 2016
@timkmak @RajLakra He never said he wanted a Turkey wall.
— Shadyrock (@ShadyrockSports) March 4, 2016
We don’t think that word is “Turkey,” although Vicente Fox (or Joe Biden) could probably translate the messy part.
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Update: Because you demanded it, here’s a slightly better (and possibly NSFW) angle on the “man” in the penis cap.
Man in penis hat escorted from @realDonaldTrump rally. pic.twitter.com/ibK83NlKHZ
— George Bennett (@gbennettpost) March 5, 2016
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