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<p>Sometimes Twitter hashtags serve as a platform for orchestrate instructive and nuanced discourse, while other times they bless us with the most absurd batch of memes and internet jokes.</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://giphy.com/embed/l41YsrTDJMLELVNXa" width="480"></iframe> <p> </p> </div><p><strong>The currently trending hashtag #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 is serving up everything from sincere political discourse, to savage jokes about the next presidential election.</strong></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Forbes magazine <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a>. Oh, wait, I guess it already did...</p>&mdash; Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki/status/962333724212977669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Common sense... hopefully <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Geoffrey (@MindOfGeoffrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/MindOfGeoffrey/status/962325349660020738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeb Bush <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a><br><br>Please retweet.</p>&mdash; craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) <a href="https://twitter.com/craigflynn1/status/962325475275231232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><strong>Some people got serious about tactics for beating Trump in 2020.</strong></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/stopthenutjob/status/962344421344858113</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> if every single one of us stays active, engaged and focused. Do not under-estimate the power of fear mongering and what it does to human psychology. FOX News and Republican war machine is a formidable foe no matter the candidate. We cannot rest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RESIST?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RESIST</a></p>&mdash; ♻️🇺🇸 Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisJZullo/status/962338720111349760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know who <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a>?<br>Anyone who can share a vision of an America where:<br>Health care &amp; education are human rights.<br>All votes count.<br>Truth matters.<br>The planet matters.<br>We all matter.<br>“Equality &amp; justice for all” is truly for all.</p>&mdash; Bryce Tache (@brycetache) <a href="https://twitter.com/brycetache/status/962340881910165504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">trump won&#39;t be running in 2020 because Dems WILL win back House and will impeach his traitorous azz in 2019 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/couldbeattrumpin2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#couldbeattrumpin2020</a></p>&mdash; BlackWomenAreKryptoniteToGOP (@battletested5) <a href="https://twitter.com/battletested5/status/962336135421849600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><strong>While others stuck to a passionate roasting of the president.</strong></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/962339107916611584</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Take your pick.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/uAGTl27Hki">pic.twitter.com/uAGTl27Hki</a></p>&mdash; Simar (@sahluwal) <a href="https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/962367652181164032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone with a pulse <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Luke+ (@lukeplusone) <a href="https://twitter.com/lukeplusone/status/962325383713566725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me. Because why the hell not? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Just Kristen Boo 👻🎃 (@kristenRN202) <a href="https://twitter.com/kristenRN202/status/962326369173757952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/lizard_lou/status/962326296809291777</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/KeshaTedder/status/962325473316495360</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way things are going now with the economy, nobody <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Peter English (@peterenglish25) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterenglish25/status/962329426045427712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A sloth <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/24KCHaxDvh">pic.twitter.com/24KCHaxDvh</a></p>&mdash; Liz (@JustMyTweet) <a href="https://twitter.com/JustMyTweet/status/962326111597334528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A turnip <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/BWcaL8npn2">pic.twitter.com/BWcaL8npn2</a></p>&mdash; #HashtagJones (@HashtagJones1) <a href="https://twitter.com/HashtagJones1/status/962325248690544640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/sunkisseeddd/status/962325739755507712</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A resourceful squirrel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/2R32kPOizG">pic.twitter.com/2R32kPOizG</a></p>&mdash; Portmanteau at Home 😷 (@SadlyCatless) <a href="https://twitter.com/SadlyCatless/status/962325464315461633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My missing left sock. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) <a href="https://twitter.com/SheaBrowning/status/962325272514220032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/GretelSugar/status/962326723328126976</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An educated sprout <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/dToNtq1Nah">pic.twitter.com/dToNtq1Nah</a></p>&mdash; Gnurberella 🕸 (@needleshunt) <a href="https://twitter.com/needleshunt/status/962328207876853766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spongebob Square Pants<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/DOjhMYowdl">pic.twitter.com/DOjhMYowdl</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Dwoskin Says Wear A Mask (@bigmacher) <a href="https://twitter.com/bigmacher/status/962325299978493952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My dog: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/o6T2L7iazt">pic.twitter.com/o6T2L7iazt</a></p>&mdash; breakthewheel (@2breakthewheel) <a href="https://twitter.com/2breakthewheel/status/962337703047188481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><strong>Still, many conservatives and Trump supporters thought the hashtag was naive and misguided.</strong></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/QualitySMC/status/962347654083743750</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Liberals are like that scrawny guy with no game who thinks he can beat LeBron James.<br><br>Nope!<br><br>Not in 2020<br>Not in 2024<br>Not in 2028<br><br>Not in our lifetimes<br>You are broke! Your party caters to illegals. No one wants to support your divisive policies<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a></p>&mdash; Vote Trump and GOP Jake Highwell (@JakeHighwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeHighwell/status/962343697408057344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s hilarious that the Dems think there&#39;s someone that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020</a>!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepAmericaGreat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeepAmericaGreat</a> <a href="https://t.co/gEtSYAm0Hx">pic.twitter.com/gEtSYAm0Hx</a></p>&mdash; 🌸 Pink Lady Chump 4 Trump 🌸 (@pink_lady56) <a href="https://twitter.com/pink_lady56/status/962333786771001344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>We may still have over 2 years to go before the next presidential election, but that isn&#39;t stopping people from dreaming ahead.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

This hashtag of all the people who could beat Trump in 2020 is both petty and poignant.

Sometimes Twitter hashtags serve as a platform for orchestrate instructive and nuanced discourse, while other times they bless us with the most absurd batch of memes and internet jokes.   The currently trending hashtag #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 is serving up everything from sincere political discourse, to savage jokes about the next presidential election.A Forbes magazine #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020. Oh, wait, I guess it already did...&mdash; Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) February 10, 2018 Common sense... hopefully #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Geoffrey (@MindOfGeoffrey) February 10, 2018 Jeb Bush #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020Please retweet.&mdash; craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) February 10, 2018 Some people got serious about tactics for beating Trump in 2020.https://twitter.com/stopthenutjob/status/962344421344858113We #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 if every single one of us stays active, engaged and focused. Do not under-estimate the power of fear mongering and what it does to human psychology. FOX News and Republican war machine is a formidable foe no matter the candidate. We cannot rest #RESIST&mdash; ♻️🇺🇸 Christopher Zullo (@ChrisJZullo) February 10, 2018 You know who #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020?Anyone who can share a vision of an America where:Health care &amp; education are human rights.All votes count.Truth matters.The planet matters.We all matter.“Equality &amp; justice for all” is truly for all.&mdash; Bryce Tache (@brycetache) February 10, 2018 trump won&#39;t be running in 2020 because Dems WILL win back House and will impeach his traitorous azz in 2019 #couldbeattrumpin2020&mdash; BlackWomenAreKryptoniteToGOP (@battletested5) February 10, 2018 While others stuck to a passionate roasting of the president.https://twitter.com/EdKrassen/status/962339107916611584Take your pick.#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/uAGTl27Hki&mdash; Simar (@sahluwal) February 10, 2018 Someone with a pulse #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Luke+ (@lukeplusone) February 10, 2018 Me. Because why the hell not? #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Just Kristen Boo 👻🎃 (@kristenRN202) February 10, 2018 https://twitter.com/lizard_lou/status/962326296809291777https://twitter.com/KeshaTedder/status/962325473316495360The way things are going now with the economy, nobody #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Peter English (@peterenglish25) February 10, 2018 A sloth #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/24KCHaxDvh&mdash; Liz (@JustMyTweet) February 10, 2018 A turnip #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/BWcaL8npn2&mdash; #HashtagJones (@HashtagJones1) February 10, 2018 https://twitter.com/sunkisseeddd/status/962325739755507712A resourceful squirrel #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/2R32kPOizG&mdash; Portmanteau at Home 😷 (@SadlyCatless) February 10, 2018 My missing left sock. #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Shea Browning (@SheaBrowning) February 10, 2018 https://twitter.com/GretelSugar/status/962326723328126976An educated sprout #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/dToNtq1Nah&mdash; Gnurberella 🕸 (@needleshunt) February 10, 2018 Spongebob Square Pants#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/DOjhMYowdl&mdash; Jeff Dwoskin Says Wear A Mask (@bigmacher) February 10, 2018 My dog: #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020 pic.twitter.com/o6T2L7iazt&mdash; breakthewheel (@2breakthewheel) February 10, 2018 Still, many conservatives and Trump supporters thought the hashtag was naive and misguided.https://twitter.com/QualitySMC/status/962347654083743750Liberals are like that scrawny guy with no game who thinks he can beat LeBron James.Nope!Not in 2020Not in 2024Not in 2028Not in our lifetimesYou are broke! Your party caters to illegals. No one wants to support your divisive policies#CouldBeatTrumpIn2020&mdash; Vote Trump and GOP Jake Highwell (@JakeHighwell) February 10, 2018 It&#39;s hilarious that the Dems think there&#39;s someone that #CouldBeatTrumpIn2020!#KeepAmericaGreat pic.twitter.com/gEtSYAm0Hx&mdash; 🌸 Pink Lady Chump 4 Trump 🌸 (@pink_lady56) February 10, 2018 We may still have over 2 years to go before the next presidential election, but that isn&#39;t stopping people from dreaming ahead.