7 Times the Trump Campaign Used People Without Their Permission

From immigrants to artists, a number of individuals have found themselves roped into a campaign they didn’t sign up for

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Published in
5 min readSep 4, 2020

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The naturalization ceremony featured in the RNC’s livestream. Photo: Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images

It’s a tale as old as time: Politicians using people as props to advance their agenda. Being a celebrity, walking by a rally, working at a factory, losing…

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Writer for

Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/