The First Presidential Debate
Badiucao
On 28 June Donald Trump, in the Republican red corner, and Joe Biden, in the Democratic blue, met for the first presidential debate. Badiucao has Trump holding a chainsaw - sound effects from the seminal 1974 horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were used in an attack ad on Biden. Biden is dressed as Elsa from the 2013 Disney film Frozen - perhaps a reference to how he repeatedly stalled during the debate. Biden’s performance in the debate prompted further calls for him to step down.
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