A remarkable element of the 2024 U.S. presidential election cycle is how many repeated sports jokes comments from the candidates have drawn. The latest there comes from former president (2016-20) Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president this November’s, response to a question about his healthcare plan in a debate with Democratic candidate and current vice-president Kamala Harris Tuesday:
DAVIS: You still do not have a plan?
TRUMP: I have concepts of a plan pic.twitter.com/hRCQwsQSnK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2024
That led to a whole lot of sports jokes, around both coaches and players. Here are some of those:
I have concepts of a plan. pic.twitter.com/ksHqZUiveo
— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) September 11, 2024
Bryan Colangelo’s Project 2018: I have the concepts of a plan.
A Sixers story.
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) September 11, 2024
When you have concepts of a plan pic.twitter.com/UtAFYXYRUN
— Kylie Cheung (@kylietcheung) September 11, 2024
I have concepts of a plan. pic.twitter.com/cO24dzVhXO
— Josh Peterson (@joshtweeterson) September 11, 2024
Will Levis had concepts of a planpic.twitter.com/8XSYfHn8pe
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) September 11, 2024
when you have concepts of a plan pic.twitter.com/8EIwviHRxF
— one dozen rats at a keyboard (@PanasonicDX4500) September 11, 2024
Concepts of a plan pic.twitter.com/ZKFcMd2riH
— Slander University (@TheSlanderU) September 11, 2024
“I got concepts of a plan.” – Erik ten Hag.
— . (@tsnmknd) September 11, 2024
It should be noted that this kind of recurring sports joke has been seen for candidates from both parties. Indeed, current president Joe Biden’s “I’m sick” tweet in July drew a lot of similar sports responses. But the “concepts of a plan” line in Tuesday’s debate was definitely asking for sports references, and Twitter/X delivered.
[Aaron Rupar on X/Twitter]
