After Buttigieg Slams Trump over Nickname, Mad Magazine Steps In and Steals the Day
nickname by President Donald Trump, but Mad magazine stepped in and stole the spotlight.
On Friday, Trump tested out a new nickname for Buttigieg: "Alfred E. Neuman."
"Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States," Trump told Politico,
referring to the iconic Mad magazine mascot.
Trump's new nickname for Buttigieg might be an attack on his age — the South Bend,
Indiana mayor is only 37 years old.
"We have a young man, Buttigieg," Trump said.
"He's got a great chance, doesn't he?"
"He'll be great representing us against President Xi of China.
That'll be great.
I want to be in that room, I wanna watch that one."
Michael Tracey twitted
OK, Trump referring to Mayor Pete as "Alfred E. Neuman" is genuinely hilarious
Buttigieg attempted to fire back at Trump on Friday by poking fun at the nickname and
attacking Trump's age.
"I'll be honest.
I had to Google that," he said, referring to Alfred E. Neuman.
"I guess it's just a generational thing.
I didn't get the reference," Buttigieg added.
Carla Marinucci twitted
Ouch!
Mayor @PeteButtigieg responds to @realDonaldTrump slam that he is "Alfred E Neuman" —"I
had to Google that..I guess it's a generational thing."
Buttigieg clearly didn't learn from those plagued by a Trump-given nickname in the past
— it never works out well when politicians try to fire back at Trump.While Trump's
reference to Alfred E. Neuman was a bit dated, Buttigieg's response only gave the president's
nickname even more coverage — which means the nickname will probably stick to Buttigieg
until his campaign withers away.And Trump didn't even have to fire back at the Indiana
mayor because Mad magazine beat him to it.
"Who's Pete Buttigieg?
Must be a generational thing," the magazine tweeted.
MAD Magazine twitted
Who's Pete Buttigieg?
Must be a generational thing.
That's a really good burn by Mad, and it probably stings for the 2020 hopeful Democrat,
who is significantly behind former Vice President Joe Biden, and Democratic Sens. Bernie Sanders
and Kamala Harris in a recent poll.
Buttigieg's low score in the polls isn't surprising because there's nothing special
about him — he's a stereotypical wacky leftist.
His policy proposals include ridiculous ideas like abolishing the electoral college and
packing the Supreme Court with new seats.
"Who's Pete Buttigieg?" is the perfect summary of Buttigieg's failing presidential
campaign.
Now he's probably regretting his response to Trump's nickname — maybe he should
leave the jokes
to professionals.
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