Campaign signs showing up in medians and street corners this week that feature a bright orange cartoonish face of Donald Trump are paid for by the area’s highest ranking Democrat.
With no organized opposition this election cycle, U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva first threw his weight behind Bernie Sanders and now is helping Hillary Clinton by running the Dump Trump campaign using small signs that depict the otherwise orange Trump with white-circles around his eyes, a swoosh of yellow hair, and an open mouth.
“It’s a caricature, but it’s close to reality,” Grijalva said Tuesday.
An animated video version on Grijalva’s Facebook page shows the cartoon Trump waddling around a stage with cash coming out of his pockets and his face morphs into that of a sad clown.
A Chicano slang version of the posters spotted on the city’s west side says: “Chale Con Trump.” That translates loosely to “no way” with Trump.
The signs are meant to get a laugh, but they’re also to remind people there’s an important election going on and they should vote and “don’t sit back and watch,” Grijalva said.
A candidate who ridicules, threatens, and makes misogynist and racist comments is dangerous, Grijalva said. A Trump presidency would “marginalize many communities and tilt our idea of public service in a dangerous direction.”
Grijlava said he’s spent about $1,500 of his campaign money on the signs and might buy another set because some of the signs apparently have ended up in people’s living rooms as keepsakes.
