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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet the man who created the fake presidential seal -- a former Republican fed up with Trump
Charles Leazott hadnt thought about the seal in months.
The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election it was one part joke, one part catharsis. He used to be a proud Republican. He voted for George W. Bush. Twice.
But Donald J. Trumps GOP was no longer his party. So he created a mock presidential seal to prove his point.
He substituted the arrows in the eagles claw for a set of golf clubs a nod to the new presidents favorite pastime. In the other set of talons, he swapped the olive branch for a wad of cash and replaced the United States Latin motto with a Spanish insult. Then, his coup de grace: a two-headed imperial bird lifted straight from the Russian coat of arms, an homage to the presidents checkered history with the adversarial country.
This is the most petty piece of art I have ever created, the Richmond resident said in an interview with The Washington Post.
The seal wasnt meant for a wide audience. But then, years later, it wound up stretched across a jumbo-tron screen behind an unwitting President Trump as he spoke to a conference packed with hundreds of his young supporters.
That was Tuesday. On Wednesday, The Post was the first to report that the seal was fake and that neither the White House, nor Turning Point USA, the organizers of the star-studded Teen Student Action Summit, knew how it got there or where it came from. Leazott woke up Thursday and saw the news in a Reddit post as he drank his morning coffee. Then, a torrent of messages.
Its been chaos, he said. This is not what I expected when I woke up today.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/25/meet-man-who-created-fake-presidential-seal-former-republican-fed-up-with-trump/?fbclid=IwAR0UrPKzeeEnVdFnSWUP-wThQnOTMw_hlynVSY8epB3-wv13phydUkhPVxY&utm_term=.4a7e9b3c5420
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)But, Leazott said, its him who gets the last laugh. A photo of Trump in front of his seal is now his computer background, and the person who used it at the event is either wildly incompetent or the best troll ever either way, I love them.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)He can hire the guy who got fired and put him to work manufacturing the stuff.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The dude selling it could be a rightwinger, I don't care, I love the case and dig at the Moron in Chief.
srobertss
(261 posts)One for me and one for my husband. Somehow I thought that the person who displayed it and was fired was also the artist. I want to support the person who put it up and was fired along with the artist! Theyre a hero also.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)he didn't even know about it until it turned up in the news. Still, it's brilliant.
nolabear
(41,986 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Niagara
(7,627 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)Too little too late. We're already in hell and cutsie visuals won't do shit.
ProfessionalLeft
(83 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)conned - absolutely delish
onetexan
(13,043 posts)Hats off to the brilliant graphic artist
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)onetexan
(13,043 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)"HEY! We been bamboozled!"
BWAHAHAHA
DFW
(54,405 posts)Either lie and say they got the joke, and it didnt bother them, or admit that ALL of them, up to and including Trump, never had the slightest idea that something wasnt right with the seal.
Neither option could be very appealing to them.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)UTUSN
(70,708 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)I have a daughter in the same line of work who is presently unattached. Seriously, the seal is beyond clever! Reminds me of something my kid would come up with.
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Richard D
(8,754 posts)A member of a conservative US group has been fired after projecting a doctored version of the presidential seal at an event featuring President Donald Trump.
A representative for the group, Turning Point USA, told the Washington Post that the fake seal was a mistake, the result of a rushed online search.
But while the group called the slip-up "unacceptable", they maintained there was no "malicious intent".
So what's the story behind the doctored presidential seal?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49116539
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Hopefully that is a life lesson that she has chosen to associate with the wrong type of people and that she should step back and evaluate her views.
lastlib
(23,247 posts)s/b "The Great STeal of the pResident of the United States"
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)In 2020, we'll find out just how many former Repubs are out there.
perdita9
(1,144 posts)If so, I'd like to buy one along with a bumper sticker and stationary
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)dlk
(11,569 posts)Keep us posted.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)The aide who selected the image for projection was terminated. The creator of the seal had nothing to do with it being projected at the event.
dlk
(11,569 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Business was so brisk Leazott had to contract with a Fulfillment Center to fill the orders. Leazott said that whoever put the graphic behind Trump (the fired audio visual kid at Turning Point USA) is "my absolute hero."
https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-presidential-seal-made-former-republican-dislikes-trump-2019-7
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Where was WHCA and how did they let a stranger provide the graphics to be projected behind the president of the United States?
Sounds like this poor woman is being made a scapegoat for REALLY bad White House advance staff work
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)what the hell they are doing. Incompetent. Unprepared. Unqualified. The only requirement for being employed at the WH is allegiance to Hair Fuerher.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)They are absolutely top-notch. I suspect a staffer is responsible for this since WHCA is unlikely to have let something like this happen.
Sogo
(4,986 posts)Love it!!