That didn't take long.
Within an hour of reports breaking that presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was picking Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, social media was buzzing with people having fun at the expense of their campaign name: "Trump-Pence."
Read some of the best — and worst — plays on their monikers below.
Trump-Pence sounds like a lyric from My Fair Lady.
— Meghan O'Keefe (@megsokay) July 14, 2016
Trump Sicks Pence, None The Richer
— Annie-Rose Strasser (@ARStrasser) July 14, 2016
Why are we all assuming Trump is going to let Pence keep his name? https://t.co/pH3O5I269Z
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 14, 2016
Trump Pence. Trumppence? "I'd not warrant you a harlot's trumppence, thou foul gobshite." --Shakespeare
— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) July 14, 2016
Potential headline: Pence Vows to Make Border Fence Dence
— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) July 14, 2016
Purile Plunderer Picked A Pence And Pickled Pundits
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) July 14, 2016
Trump-Pence... what portion of the pound sterling is that, anyway?
— Ryan J. Rusak (@rjrusak) July 14, 2016
2/2 of course you knew!
You need dollars from Koch!
Without Pence they're still on the Fence.— Guy Gavriel Kay (@guygavrielkay) July 14, 2016
Phonetically speaking Trump Pence is a disaster. A spondee with consecutive plosives. Does not trip off the tongue. Sad.
— 32 across (@aoscott) July 14, 2016
A Pence for your thoughts, he said. https://t.co/jnrnG4Oics
— Colin Perkel (@Perkel) July 14, 2016
Clint Davis covers entertainment and trending news topics for the Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @MrClintDavis.
