Most people have no idea who Julian Castro or Andrew Yang are, but they sure as hell know Baby Yoda. The break-out character from the Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian is beating all the 2020 democrats in social media interactions. If Baby Yoda entered the race, he would be the frontrunner by lightyears. He would also have better plans for health care, immigration, gun control, and the economy. Respect the Constitution, you will.
Here’s some seriously bad news for democrats who are operating under the false impression that people give a damn about them. Axios reports:
Baby Yoda, the juggernaut character from Disney+’s Star Wars series “The Mandalorian,” is driving almost twice as many average social media interactions on news stories about it as any 2020 Democrat, according to data from NewsWhip exclusively provided to Axios.
Because this data only captures interactions with news stories, it doesn’t take in the wealth of Baby Yoda memes, GIFs, and content native to social media — meaning that the character’s reach is probably far wider.
This is causing such a panic that CNN is already going into spin mode to protect the fragile 2020 dems:
“They’re not talking about Baby Yoda in Des Moines, I guarantee you. They are looking at candidates,” said CNN pundit/whore Mark McKinnon.
Sorry, but the Axios data doesn’t support CNN’s claim. Even when reporting on fictional characters, they’re still fake news.
The obvious thing that is going to happen here is the knee-jerk democrats will pander hard to the Star Wars fans. The other obvious thing is they will do it badly.
First off, all of the candidates will stop saying President Trump is worse than Hitler and start saying he’s worse than Darth Vader. Then, we can expect this:
Elizabeth Warren will claim that she is of Wookie heritage because her grandma eloped with Chewbacca.
Joe Biden will say some gibberish that sounds like Jabba the Hutt’s language and then gaffe that Han Solo is a “nerfherder” which is actually a racial slur.
Bernie Sanders will argue that the rebels should have surrendered their credits (Star Wars money) to the Empire in exchange for free stuff.
Pete Buttigieg will say that anyone who isn’t gay isn’t a real Jedi.
Kamala Harris will lie she smoked weed with Jar Jar Binks in college while listening to the cantina band’s album that didn’t come out until 5 years after she graduated.
Cory Booker will claim he is Luke Skywalker.
Amy Klobuchar will use the Minnesota Death Star to blow up a planet of her staffers for failing to bring her a fork for her salad.
Micheal Bloomberg will spend $100 million to ban lightsabers.
Tom Steyer will call out Bobba Fett’s carbonite footprint.
And, with any luck, Tulsi Gabbard will start wearing Princess Leia’s gold bikini to campaign events. With no luck, Elizabeth Warren will.
Maybe this baby Yoda news seems like kind of a silly thing, but it really shows how little people care about any of the 2020 democratic party candidates. Which ever one of these forgettable losers ends up getting the party nomination is going to get force choked in the general election against President Trump. Not only don’t they have ideas that resonate with American voters, they don’t illicit any excitement or passion in anyone.
