![]() ![]() Several news outlets covered the banner, including BuzzFeed, The Washington Post, Mashable and more. She said, "(The banners) were actually hung by the daughters of the couple who live in the home, and one of their girlfriends (I'm one of them!) with the full support of their parents." A resident of the home emailed the Aspen Times and provided a statement. The banner was hung in response to the controversial anti-LGBTQ policies of Pence. The Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy said that the banner was hung at the end of the driveway where the two properties meet. On December 29th, 2017, The Aspen Times reported that neighbors of the home where United States Vice President Mike Pence and his family were vacationing in Aspen, Colorado had hung a rainbow banner reading "Make America Gay Again" at the end of their driveway. The company donated 30% of sales from collection toward fighting discrimination against the LGBTQ community. In June 2016, American Apparel, in collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign and the Ally Coalition, added a series of hats, shirts, and accessories with the words "Make America Gay Again" printed on them to their Gay Pride collection. ![]() Make X Great Again Make America Gay Again The hat itself has spawned two separate parody Twitter accounts, and neither of which have more than a couple hundred followers as of August 10th, 2015. ![]() The trend of people wearing the hat as a photo fad was covered in The Hollywood Reporter, and the Sun Times, while the photoshop editing was written about in E! Online and Bloomberg News. On Reddit, user iamclaytonbigsby posted an image of Trump wearing the hat to /r/photoshopbattles, where it received 28 points. In addition, Funny or Die published a collection on July 24th, 2015, of other slogans photoshopped onto the hat, which inspired similar photoshops to become popular on Tumblr. Users on Instagram and Twitter began photographing themselves in the hat, often tagging the photo with the hashtag #MakeAmericaGreatAgain, which had over 7,600 posts as of August 10th, 2015 on Instagram. The Washington Post reported on July 28th that the official hat had sold out from the retail location authorized to sell it many bootleg versions became available online. Soon after photographs of Trump wearing the hat appeared in the mainstream media, users both began photoshopping new text onto the front of the hat, as well as ordering the hat in droves and using it in photographs, either ironically or not. Trump has claimed to have authored the phrase, but has not produced any proof. Since then, it has often been used as a GOP refrain, most recently as part of the title of the 2011 book on Tea Party politics by Christine O'Donnell. "Let's Make America Great Again" was first used as a campaign slogan by Ronald Reagan during his 1980 election campaign. ![]()
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