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See Artists’ Twitter Commentary on the Second Presidential Debate
A round-up of some of the memes from Clinton and Trump's second head-to-head.
A round-up of some of the memes from Clinton and Trump's second head-to-head.
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The lead-up to the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis had all the charged excitement of waiting for a car crash that you knew was going to happen. Against the background of the evening’s debate about “locker room talk,” throwing your political opponent in jail, and how lovable the Trump kids were, below is a record of how artists memeified the proceedings as they happened.
Painter Tom Sanford debuts his take on Trump:
#trump #debate #makeamericagreat Trump Mao – Tom Sanford 2016 pic.twitter.com/UITBTAWRT0
— Tom Sanford (@uberkunst) October 10, 2016
Hallie Bateman, live-cartooning the debate for Lena Dunham’s publication, Lenny’s List:
#LennyLetter #Debates2016 pic.twitter.com/aohLHk0HzR
— Lenny (@lennyletter) October 10, 2016
Artist Jeannette Hayes on the exchange over this week’s instantly infamous Access Hollywood leak of Trump:
Hillary looking at trump talking about his "locker room talk" like pic.twitter.com/FlP09gFlmL
— Jeanette Hayes (@jeanettehayes) October 10, 2016
And a few more from Hayes from the rest of the night:
#debate pic.twitter.com/p8YAfjOpQX
— Jeanette Hayes (@jeanettehayes) October 10, 2016
— Jeanette Hayes (@jeanettehayes) October 10, 2016
And LA artist Nao Bustamante, replying to Trump’s wild-eyed pitch to African-Americans:
DT to #POC #WhatHaveYouGot ToLose? #debate pic.twitter.com/Kekm88zbtM
— Nao Bustamante (@NaoBustamante) October 10, 2016
And Bustamante again, commenting on Trump’s much-commented-upon “lurker” vibe, onstage:
DT looming over #Hillary during #debate pic.twitter.com/ISChMqctWa
— Nao Bustamante (@NaoBustamante) October 10, 2016
Some props to moderator Martha Raddatz’s stern hand, from LA Times art journo Carolina Miranda:
Martha Raddatz, moderating. pic.twitter.com/o8Zh9udSLu
— Carolina A. Miranda (@cmonstah) October 10, 2016
Mid-debate, NYC sculptor John Powers has a sad thought:
"What does rape mean?" ~ my 8 year old niece. We shouldn't need to send her out of the room. This should be her election, her debate.
— John Powers (@JohnPowersUS) October 10, 2016
Trumps’s odd sniffle made its return, which does not go unnoticed by Susan Kitchens:
Will no one rid us of this meddlesome sniff? pic.twitter.com/XFG4uHejTS
— @[email protected] (@susankitchens) October 10, 2016
Andrew Kuo makes the comparison to Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet:
— Andrew Kuo (@earlboykins) October 10, 2016
Fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin leave no doubt where they stand:
#heart #debate2016 #imwithher kisses iv https://t.co/Qyazk6JhRk
— Inez and Vinoodh (@inezandvinoodh) October 10, 2016
With questions over Trump’s lewd leak tape still hovering in the air, Jessica Deane Rosner puts this out there:
— Jess (@joodeane) October 10, 2016
And critic Jerry Saltz returned to a theme he developed during the first debate:
Donald J. Trump & his neck-vagina go full unAmerican & vows to JAIL HRC if he wins. Psychotic notions of grandeur. ? pic.twitter.com/Ie4vxds010
— Jerry Saltz (@jerrysaltz) October 10, 2016
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