New Trump-Pence logo raises eyebrows on social media
With the Friday morning announcement of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee unveiled a new logo for team GOP.
The graphic, blasted out on a campaign fundraising email early Friday, featured their last names -- of course -- in a bold red and blue font. Trump's slogan -- "Make America Great Again!" -- also appeared on the redesigned logo.
But social media seized on the logo atop the names: An American flag theme, where the blue area of the flag is composed of a "T" for Trump, embraced by a "P" for Pence.
Here's the new logo:
The new Trump/Pence logo... pic.twitter.com/FbLdf8q7uS
— Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) July 15, 2016
The social media reaction was swift:
John Dingell, the famously sassy Democratic ex-Congressman from Michigan, had a question about the logo:
What is the T doing to that P? https://t.co/tDvYm2QJYi
— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) July 15, 2016
Some joked about censoring it.
who knew two letters could look so suggestive https://t.co/cXcv7RMsne
— Adam ⚡️ Sneed (@atsneed) July 15, 2016
in case any news outlets want to use the Trump-Pence logo, i made it safe for TV pic.twitter.com/mxozHMzam6
— Matt Negrin (@MattNegrin) July 15, 2016
We run a very serious internet here. So please, no one make fun of this Trump-Pence logo. https://t.co/00LQi6d1Pf
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 15, 2016
One user asked, simply, "why"?
why pic.twitter.com/JE5ej6ylPX
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 15, 2016
Another tweeter provided an alternative interpretation for the letter combo:
it's like toilet paper. get it pic.twitter.com/HhclTjiCTm
— matt: lubchansky (@Lubchansky) July 15, 2016