ATLANTA — The nation’s next generations of leaders are test-driving a campaign slogan near the site of the first debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump.
That slogan on the campus of Georgia Tech could inspire a wide array of voters: “Make America Drunk Again.”
The Kappa Sigma fraternity has the catchphrase - a play of Mr. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” motto - scrawled across a white bed sheet and draped off the balcony of the brothers’ stately fraternity house.
Kappa Sigma will not be alone when Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump take the stage here in Hotlanta.
Presidential debates have evolved into popular occasions for people - in blue and red states - to imbibe their favorite libation and gather around the tube to take in history, exchange political views, and hoot and holler.
The New York Post took things further Thursday by unveiling a new drinking game asking participants to sip and slam beverages and crank down shots when certain things happen or are said.
The rules are simple and offer plenty of opportunities to go full Animal House.
If Mr. Biden says “c’mon man” and Mr. Trump says, “crooked,” views have to sip their drink. Same thing if either of them mentions the U.S.-Mexico border.
Shots of the hard stuff are mandated whenever Mr. Biden refers to Mr. Trump as a “convicted felon” and whenever Mr. Trump calls Mr. Biden “sleepy.” Any finger-wagging also demands a shot.
If either candidate calls for the other to be tossed into jail or looks like they are falling asleep, participants must “chug your beer.”
The last rule: “Finish all the liquor in your cabinet … if Trump and Biden actually agree on something.”
As for the Kappa Sigma fraternity, the “Make America Drunk Again” slogan seemed well within reach hours before the candidates were set to take the debate stage.
The crowd tipped back red-plastic party cups, pumped music, and a shirtless young man strolled in the rain.
No togas are in sight, but a small cadre of supporters of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gathered nearby.
• Seth McLaughlin can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com.
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