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Please Clap is a phrase uttered by 2016 Republican Presidential Primary candidate Jeb Bush to a crowd of unenthusiastic supporters after saying a line in a speech he believed deserved applause. The moment came at the tail-end of Bush's failing campaign and seemed to observers a microcosm of a candidacy that failed to generate expected fervor. It ex...
On February 2nd, 2016, Bush spoke to a crowd in New Hampshire. Delivering a part in his speech in which he explained the sort of President he would be with regards to the military and foreign policy, Bush ended with a line he believed would generate applause. When the audience did not applaud, an exasperated Bush asked, "Please clap."
The moment instantly became a target of mockery for the media. On the 3rd, MSNBC described "Please Clap" as "just a heartbreaking phrase because it comes from a candidate who thinks he’s delivering powerful, inspirational rhetoric, but who’s also reminded from time to time that in order to get any kind of real validation, he literally has to ask fo...
Learn about the origin and spread of the \\"Please Clap\\" meme, which mocks Jeb Bush's failed 2016 presidential campaign. See how the phrase became a symbol of ironic Jeb Bush fandom and was used to mock Pete Buttigieg in 2020.
Feb 4, 2016 · Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush prompted the audience at a New Hampshire campaign event to clap for him after an applause line fell flat. 00:47 - Source: CNN
MIRANDA DEVINE: Well, my first thought is that he had to ask the audience to clap him. That's pretty sad that's shades of Jeb Bush and the applause was pretty minimal, so it didn't sound like it ...
Feb 3, 2016 · Jeb Bush Asks N.H. Audience to 'Please Clap'. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has a light-hearted moment with a crowd in Hanover, N.H. Feb. 3, 2016.
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Feb 10, 2016 · When Jeb meekly pleaded, "Please clap," he was also asking to be pitied. The applause he received was assuredly of the pitying variety.
