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 • Sep 30, 2016 • 1 min read

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. 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?

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Jonathan Weisman
New York Times

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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.

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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.

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