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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:11 PM Aug 2020

'Yo Semite' t-shirts are a big hit for one Jewish museum following President Trump's blunder

Boosted by President Trump's blooper mispronouncing the name of Yosemite National Park, the National Museum of American Jewish History has seen sales for a t-shirt with the saying "Yo Semite" skyrocket.



During the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act on August 4, Trump pronounced Yosemite ("yo-sem-it-ee&quot as "yo semites" while extolling the beauty of the park's trees, and then repeated it -- bungling the name even more -- for good measure a moment later.

The "Yo Semite" shirt has been for sale since 2011, and it has been a popular item at the museum's physical and online stores, according to Emily August, its director of communications and public engagement.

However, Trump's televised blooper brought a whole lot of new attention to the shirt.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/yo-semite-t-shirts-are-a-big-hit-for-one-jewish-museum-following-president-trump-s-blunder/ar-BB17NrWr?li=BBnbklE&ocid=DELLDHP

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'Yo Semite' t-shirts are a big hit for one Jewish museum following President Trump's blunder (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
I liked Seth Meyers comment the other night dflprincess Aug 2020 #1
I was ahead of the curve, lolol Celerity Aug 2020 #2

dflprincess

(28,078 posts)
1. I liked Seth Meyers comment the other night
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:20 PM
Aug 2020

that it sounded like the way "Sean Connery" would have pronounced a category titled Yosemite on a SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit.


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