March 28, 2024

Photo of father and son after Trump candidate loses goes viral

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HERSHEY, PA – NOVEMBER 04: Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” hats are sold at a rally on November 4, 2016 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Days before the presidential election, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump make their final pitches to the American people, with recent polls show a tightening race in crucial swing states. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

On Tuesday night, the internet came for a man and his son pictured at a watch party for Republican Ed Gillespie, who lost Virginia’s gubernatorial race to Democrat Ralph Northam.

The father and son pair looked disappointed at the results of the election, and the internet was quick to come up with all sorts of captions to go with the image, which was originally tweeted by Politico.

Twitter user @justsaynoto2017 wrote, “It’s okay son, we can still be racist and xenophobic, even with a Democrat governor.”

— Donald Trump Jr. gets eviscerated for not knowing Election Day — 

Another Twitter user @madler718 tweeted, “Hey, tell you want – I’ll take you to Home Depot tomorrow and we can get Tiki torches and march around the neighborhood, whad’ya say?”

The election on Tuesday was largely seen as a rebuttal of President Donald Trump, as Gillespie had espoused many of Trump’s positions, including support for Confederate monuments. For many people, the results showed an unwillingness to put up with the racially-tinged policies espoused by Trump and his supporters.

Even though Trump himself had recorded a phone message in support of Gillespie, Trump tried to distance himself from the loss, writing from his tour of Asia, “Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for.”

 

 

 

 

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