The wonders of modern technology allows for all kinds of trickery and special effects. This makes for some pretty good laughs if it’s done correctly.
That was the case when President Lincoln got this fun little image re-vamp for modern times.
The cover of the 2017 Lincoln Day Dinner program for Republican Party of Palm Beach County tonight at Mar-a-Lago. @WPTV pic.twitter.com/SJPlB8V6qb
— Andrew Lofholm (@AndrewLofholm) March 24, 2017
Obviously, someone is trying to make a joke here, but not everyone was so sure.
Please tell me this is photoshopped. Please? https://t.co/WezDQx6IvT
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 25, 2017
So.many.jokes. . . can’t.choose.
No, Lincoln actually wore that hat in 1865; it was found at Ford's Theater. https://t.co/SblPYHNnf0
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 26, 2017
#ProTipsFromQ: Sometimes 'Shopped pics are hard to spot. @ChelseaClinton This one is fake. The Delaware is deeper than a T-Rex's knees. pic.twitter.com/bcrTPrlLz4
— Quantum Flux, PhD. JAFO (@QuantumFlux1964) March 26, 2017
He’s right, this stuff is really easy to overlook if half of your genetics hail from Arkansas.
.@ChelseaClinton Not a photoshop, and neither is this one: pic.twitter.com/J9NX1igZeh
— ✭ The Fabulous T is all vaxxed up! ✭ 💉 🇺🇸 (@TeeDee1) March 26, 2017
People need to have a little more faith that everything they read on the internet is true, geeze.
Clearly the sarcasm directed at the #MAGA rewriting of history was…too subtle? (And Photoshop created in 1988) https://t.co/GmZ2QnQSJK
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 27, 2017
Awww, look who figured out how to use Google.
It looks like Fox and Friends even got in on the fun.
https://twitter.com/dawnellemurray/status/846329805880614912
Yeah, it was all a joke, she knew what she was doing. And if you buy that, I’ve got some ocean front property in Arizona I’d like to sell you.
(H/T: Twitchy)