The Internet Can’t Stop Joking About ‘That Mexican Thing’ From The VP Debate

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Did you watch Tuesday night’s Vice Presidential debate between Senator Tim Kaine and Govenor Mike Pence? If so, it may not have escaped your notice that Kaine brought up Trump’s referring to Mexican immigrants as rapists, and Pence replied with, “You whipped out that Mexican thing again.”

And with that, the internet let out a collective, “¿Qué?

The Clinton campaign reacted quickly; the website ThatMexicanThing.com now redirects to the official Clinton-Kaine website.

Twitter was also quick to send #ThatMexicanThing trending, filling the hashtag with personal stories, angry responses, and jokes.

We’ll start with the jokes, because people were definitely having fun face-palming about such a casual dismissal of Trump’s racist as hell track record.

https://twitter.com/KFarr49/status/783498222505517056
https://twitter.com/okie_elliott/status/783498516387815424
https://twitter.com/MortimerEsq/status/783584336570232832
https://twitter.com/jcdiaz1215/status/783499784665587712

Other people brought up contrasts between their family and Donald Trump:

https://twitter.com/Totally_Brenda/status/783508850049626119

The hashtag also brought out inspiring stories about people working hard for a better life for their family:

And some used the hashtag to vent their anger.

https://twitter.com/liberalinsf/status/783499998801473536
https://twitter.com/Tyler_Tortoise/status/783522128905826308

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/783502169903403008

(Hat tip to Fusion, BuzzFeed, and Quartz)

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