What a wonderful year it’s been … if you are a collector of awful years. Here are some of the characters who have grabbed a tiny bit of fame and helped make the 2016 campaign such a catastrophe. And here’s hoping they now go on to live long lives of total obscurity.
Ken Bone
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Bone became an insta-celebrity during the town hall presidential debate, thanks to his red sweater, regular-guy appearance and memorable name. Then some Reddit posts surfaced of him mooning over hacked nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence. Oy, Kenny!
Ben Carson
America’s favorite sleepwalking retired surgeon became famous for his “what the?” pronouncements as a GOP White House candidate – and then later, advised us that even if Donald Trump gets elected and fails, hey, it’s just four years. Thanks, Doc.
Anthony Weiner
It wasn’t enough that the former congressman kept sexting women even after he was caught. His emails were the ones flagged by the FBI in the closing days of the campaign and helped cast a pall over Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Please go away, Carlos Danger!
Donald Trump Jr.
He’s a prize package, making “jokes” and sending questionable tweets about Syrian refugees, Jews, even a supposed “assassination attempt” on his father. His repertoire includes inappropriate references to “gas chambers.”
Elaine Quijano
C’mon, you had no idea who this CBS News correspondent was prior to the vice presidential debate — which, according to many critics and viewers, she totally lost control of.
Kayleigh McEnany
CNN’s commentator is one of the most widely seen Trump surrogates — even if she sometimes seems like a wounded woodland creature when others disagree with her talking points.
Steve Bannon
The hidden hand behind Trump’s late-campaign push, this is the alt-right journalist with an uncompromising stance. Such a nasty man.
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