11 Times Politics Was Funny
Some very serious and unfunny things happened this year in American politics. Today, though, we are not going to talk about those things. Instead, we will examine a few of the times our elected leaders made us laugh—with them or at them.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
Cringe and Giggle
Although there are varying degrees of funny in American politics, the antics of our elected officials are often best described as funny-weirdor funny-cringe, or, especially, funny-yikes. Sometimes, we are blessed with a genuine funny-haha. Regardless of category, we must acknowledge these moments and savor them. It feels good to laugh together; we don’t get to do it very often.
The following is a collection of some of the moments in American politics this year that made us cringe and giggle the hardest, gathered by me and a few of my Atlantic colleagues.
