The Onion came for 2020 Democrat John Hickenlooper. He had a surprisingly funny response.
2020 Democrat John Hickenlooper has mastered the art of the deadpan reply.
The former Colorado governor isn't having a particularly prosperous presidential run, prompting The Onion to take a shot as his fundraising game on Tuesday. And while Hickenlooper's response almost looks like he fell for the satirical spin, it's definitely just a perfectly tempered comeback.
On Tuesday afternoon, The Onion tweeted out an article titled "John Hickenlooper Sets Ambitious $250 Fundraising Goal For Next Debate Cycle" — an amount that obviously won't get Hickenlooper into the second round of Democratic debates. Yet just a few minutes later, Hickenlooper shared this response.
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Hickenlooper did manage to make the first Democratic debate stage, which mandated candidates earned 1 percent polling and 65,000 unique donors with a minimum of 200 individuals in at least 20 states. There's also a strong chance he'll appear in the second round, seeing as he's already hit its polling threshhold.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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