About

#Trump2020ElectionSlogans is a Twitter hashtag in which people share joke and, occasionally, sincere suggestions for the reelection campaign of United States President Donald Trump.

Origin

On October 18th, 2017, the Twitter^[1] account @HashtagZoo posted a Trump tweet from the previous day, in which the president stated that Hillary Clinton planned to run for president in 2020. They captioned the post "Let’s hear your #Trump2020ElectionSlogans @HashtagZoo with @FastLaugh and @WeeklyHumorist on @HashtagRoundup powered by @TheHashtagGame." Over the next two days, the post (shown below) received more than 20 retweets and 50 likes, but the hashtag went viral.

Precursor

On August 22nd, 2017, The New Yorker^[2] published a humor article entitled "Trump 2020 Potential Campaign Slogans." The article listed some joke slogans for the president's reelection campaign.

Spread

Throughout the day, the hashtag went viral, garnering hundreds of tweets of Trump's 2020 reelection slogan. Twitter^[3] user @Dreamweasel tweeted, "35% of the American People Can't Be Wrong." The post (shown below, left) received more than 240 retweets and 1,000 likes in two days. @mishacollins tweeted,^[4] "Make The Russian Province Of America Great Again!" His tweet (shown below, center) garnered more than 1,000 retweets and 7,600 likes in two days. Twitter user @Alt_FedEmployee tweeted, "Lies, lies, lies, lies, GOD, lies, lies, lies, MAGA, lies, lies, lies, LOCK HER UP, lies, lies, lies, WALL, lies, lies, lies, SAD, lies, lies, lies, TAXES, lies, lies, lies, FLAG, lies, lies, lies, GOD, lies, lies, lies, MAGA, lies, lies, lies, LOCK…" The tweet (shown below, right) received more than 690 retweets and 2,100 likes in two days.

Several media outlets published articles to archive some of the most popular submissions, including Newsweek,^[6] The Daily Beast,^[7] Yahoo News^[8] and more.

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