Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Machado is just the latest person to be made into a campaign prop
Pepe the Frog is now a character in the presidential campaign. So is Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe brought up by Hillary Clinton during the debate. Friday morning, she became the subject of a Twitter rant by Donald Trump.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPepe the Frog is now a character in the presidential campaign. So is Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe brought up by Hillary Clinton during the debate. Friday morning, she became the subject of a Twitter rant by Donald Trump. Every four years, the presidential election seems to give at least one obscure citizen his or her 15 minutes of fame. Remember Joe the Plumber? Who are some of the other people who’ve been used by campaigns and what happened to them after?
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3 of 6Trump’s ‘winning’ effect on former KKK leader David Duke- 0:30Former KKK leader Duke says Trump’s success proves he’s ‘winning’
- 9:03Matt Furie speaks out about Pepe the Frog becoming a hate symbol
- 12:36Machado is just the latest person to be made into a campaign propYou’re reading this
- 18:31Yosemite chief resigns as national parks face gender bias charges
- 28:05What to see at the movie theater this weekend
- 41:08A pun is not the lowest form of humor. Just ask this punslinger