MAGA Babe, Hillary Toilet Paper and Al Gore: The Weird World of the Virtual 2020 Campaign

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"I saw Don Jr. call Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib “the Hamas caucus” and talk about people in China eating bats—after he had, he said, guzzled six Red Bulls. I saw people in little boxes in a Zoom wearing masks chant, “Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe! Let’s go, Joe!” I saw lots of ads for Trump—and not as many for Biden. I saw commenters roil and rail in a constant on-screen churn that I came to view as the internet equivalent of a red MAGA-capped crowd. I watched Senator Amy Klobuchar sit in her house and praise Biden’s deep-seated empathy but not before noting she had forced her husband and daughter to shut off their devices to try to make her feed less choppy. (It worked!) I saw a member of Congress champion the healing properties of the sun. I saw Vice President Mike Pence’s wife say he was relaxing late at night by watching “Patton” and playing Trivial Pursuit. I saw a pastor pray at length to God to give the president the “wisdom” “to rule and to reign in the times we’re living in.” I saw Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, point to his Hillary Clinton toilet paper.

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<The Trump broadcasts look like they’re having fun. Biden seems like he’s in a doctor’s waiting room>."