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Donald Maroney is a Tumblr blog and image macro series featuring photographs of 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump captioned with tactless quotes uttered by the character Jenna Maroney (played by Jane Krakowski) in episodes of the television sitcom 30 Rock.

Origin

On August 2nd, 2016, the Donald Maroney Tumblr^[1] blog was launched, with the first post featuring a picture of Trump shaking the hand of Ted Cruz with the caption "You look like that flashcard they told me means sadness," taken from 30 Rock Season 7 Episode 3.^[2] Within 48 hours, the post gained over 225 notes.

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The same day, the Tumblr^[3] blog published a photo of Trump standing at a podium at the 2016 Republican National Convention with the caption "I'll do it. / But only for the attention." quoted from 30 Rock Season 2 Episode 14 (shown below). Over the next two days, the post garnered upwards of 285 notes.^[3]

Also on August 2nd, the blog featured a picture of Trump standing in front of a crowd of supporters with the Maroney quote "Goodbye forever, you factory reject dildos" from Season 7 Episode 12, garnering more than 160 notes within 48 hours (shown below, left).^[10] The following day, the Tumblr highlighted a picture of Trump at a 2016 Republican presidential primary debate with a Maroney quote about setting aside her "feud with Raven Symone" from Season 3 Episode 18 (shown below, right).^[11] Within 24 hours, the post gained over 350 notes.

Also on August 3rd, the term "Donald Maroney" began trending on Facebook. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the Tumblr blog, including NY Mag,^[4] Perez Hilton,^[5] USA Today,^[6] Mashable,^[7] UpRoxx^[8] and The Daily Dot.^[9]

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