- Title: Puppet Trump and puppet Clinton face off ahead of first presidential debate
- Date: 26th September 2016
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 26, 2016) (REUTERS) PUPPET CANDIDATES HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP WALKING UP STAGE SIGN READING "MAKE PUPPETS GREAT AGAIN" SIGN READING "I'M WITH FUR" MODERATOR (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUMAN MODERATOR ASKING: "You suggested that Trump supporters are a basket of deplorables. How do you respond to these charges?" (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING: "Okay, that came out so wrong. What I meant to say is, despicables. Basket of despicables, see? Like these cute little guys. Aren't they adorable? So sorry if that came out wrong, but please remember that last week I was sick." WIDE VIEW OF DEBATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "Climate change, it's a hoax. It's hoax, it's fake, it's fake. You've got Bill Nye the science guy, and Neil deGrasse Mike Tyson saying whatever they want. We all know the sun is going to crash into the Earth, we know it's fine. It's huge, it's huge." WIDE VIEW OF DEBATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "It's really fantastic. But when you talk about women's rights, let's talk about women's rights. I have a woman campaign manager, she is a woman, a voluptuous woman. You've got to see her. She is voluptuous, she is beautiful and I recently am pitching a new stop and frisk policy that I would like to try on you as soon as this is over." PUPPET TRUMP AND CLINTON POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING: "You know I tried to get all my major points out there but I want the American public to know that I am there for them, and I hear them and I am their friend." PUPPET TRUMP AND CLINTON SHAKING HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "First of all, we are going to make America great again. It's been too long. I think we need to get back to 'Leave it to Beaver.' The time when everyone would sit around the table have meat loaf, and have their minorities doing all the things they don't want to do." VARIOUS OF PUPPET TRUMP AND PUPPET CLINTON FACING EACH OTHER (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET HILLARY CLINTON, SAYING: "Well I wasn't surprised. I expected him to be crass and rude, and he delivered. So I guess he delivered on his promise. " (SOUNDBITE) (English) PUPPET DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "I think she is a two, a three on a good day." CAST OF AVENUE Q ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 11th October 2016 19:18
- Keywords: puppets presidential debate Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Avenue Q
- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Theatre
- Reuters ID: LVA001517DU13
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Puppet presidential candidates squared off in New York on Monday (September 26) a few hours ahead of their human counterparts' first presidential debate.
Both puppet Hillary Clinton and puppet Donald Trump took tough questions from a human moderator, discussing topics such as climate change and women's rights.
"It's a hoax. It's hoax, it's fake, it's fake. You've got Bill Nye the science guy, and Neil deGrasse Mike Tyson saying whatever they want. We all know the sun is going to crash into the Earth, we know it's fine. It's huge, it's huge," puppet Trump said about climate change.
When asked what their impressions of each other were after their first debate, puppet Clinton said: "I expected him to be crass and rude, and he delivered. So I guess he delivered on his promise."
Puppet Trump said that Clinton "is a two, a three on a good day."
The event was hosted by Avenue Q, a Broadway musical starring both people and puppets.
The puppets' human counterparts will face off for the first time on Monday in a presidential debate that could rank as one of the most watched, highly anticipated political showdowns in U.S. history.
The tight race for the White House and the unpredictable clash in styles between well-known but polarizing foes has generated wide interest in the potentially pivotal encounter, which comes six weeks before the Nov. 8 election after a campaign that has stretched over more than a year.
The gap between the two candidates in recent national opinion polls has narrowed in the past week, with the latest Reuters/Ipsos polling showing Clinton ahead by 4 percentage points, with 41 percent of likely voters. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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