There ’s something new happening in this presidential election cycle . Yes , Donald Trump has upended political convention in just about every means imaginable . But as a celebrity - cum - politico he ’s allow for a new sort of twenty-first century populist revel to take root : Political cosplay .
certainly , there are some precedents for people dress up as their favorite political candidate in the past times . But compare with what we ’re seeing in 2016 , there ’s no competition . When mass wore Richard Nixon mask back in the 1970s they were n’t observe the homo so much as roast the validation and the crookedness of it all .
The idea of political candidate dress - up as celebration rather than farce can only happen when your system is so upside down that candidates are beyond charade . Such is the typeface with Trump — obviously . He ’s made of Teflon . He ’s a sketch character , and his younger supporters are more than glad to step into the gentleman ’s coif .
This is the natural future of American government , as Trump has expose the ridiculousness of it all . Politics has always been a circus . But Americans have fully encompass the chance to dress up as the clowns , with confidence that they ’re not the punchline — the approximation that the organization is n’t rigged is the joke .
Even when protestors dress up as Trump you ca n’t tell that they ’re dissent . They reckon exactly like the supporters . I candidly ca n’t separate if this guy at a Trump rally in New Hampshire back in February is a helper or a objector :
Or take a look at the hombre below . Getty Images identifies him as a dissenter . But can you really tell the difference ?
Of course , this Trump cosplayer in Virginia looks like a unanimous supporter :
And there ’s this cat at a Trump rally in Mobile , Alabama , who ’s manifestly a help , even if his wig is a bit too violent :
And here ’s a supporter from a rally in Lowell , Massachusetts :
And another at a rallying in South Carolina :
Many of the people dressing up as Trump look like stripling , well - verse in cosplay refinement . Then there ’s the children . Oh Lord , think of the child . They , of course , have no say in the thing . But their parent are dressing them up as Lil ’ Trumps across the nation .
And some of them sure are cunning , politics away . But not all of them are well-chosen about it .
Whatever encroachment Trump has on the future of politics , it would seem that there ’s something even more important than being a political foreigner : Being a character on par with a comic book villain so that cosplayers can dress up to patronage you .
During a Trump judicature every daylight is Comic - Con , and it ’s the biggest , best Comic - Con in history .
Update March 13th , 3:15pm : I guess if you ca n’t get a selfie with Trump , the guy rope dressed like Trump selling unaccredited product will have to do .
Update , March 14th , 6:00pm : Here ’s another Trump cosplayer at a run event today in Tampa , Florida .
Update , March 20th , 2:50pm : This guy wire expect pretty bummed that he ca n’t wear his Donald Trump mask into a rally in Arizona .
From the Associated Press : “ A supporter is distinguish by police he ca n’t wear his Trump face mask before a campaign rally with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Saturday , March 19 , 2016 , in Fountain Hills , Ariz. ”
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