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George W. Bush Fought With His Poncho And The Internet Loved It

He battled the poncho and the poncho won.
Jenna Amatulli
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Reporter, HuffPost

If you watched the inauguration and found nothing to be happy about, let this be the bit of comedic relief that you needed.

Former President George W. Bush struggled with a plastic rain poncho while trying to keep dry during President Donald Trump’s address.

Rick Wilking / Reuters

Naturally, the internet LOVED this epic battle of man vs. plastic sheet.

Rain poncho 1: Dubya 0 pic.twitter.com/aD8AFcAl6i

— Mark Zohar (@markzohar) January 20, 2017

Some of us are sad today, but others had a great time playing peekaboo with a plastic sheet. pic.twitter.com/yOE0RJkNx8

— Kashana (@kashanacauley) January 20, 2017

Same pic.twitter.com/pscXqv0ZFv

— Julia Alonzo (@juliaalonzo_) January 20, 2017

me rn pic.twitter.com/AhxaxLG9Wp

— JamesMichael Nichols (@JMN) January 20, 2017

bush: i don't want to look silly on tv

inner bush: trump is president. no one will notice pic.twitter.com/iCbD9tBaRp

— neontaster (@neontaster) January 20, 2017

Yes Dubya's rain poncho is great but let's not overlook the beauty of Michelle and Jill sharing a bubble umbrella. pic.twitter.com/i2jI0cicKx

— David Hoyt (@DavidJHoyt) January 20, 2017

The George W. Bush reaction cam during Trump's inauguration speech was lit pic.twitter.com/x33V19MLTn

— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 20, 2017

US politics in four photos: pic.twitter.com/zo1e4fSpuo

— Dwayne David Paul (@DwayneDavidPaul) January 20, 2017

As wack as today is at least we have George Bush tryna put a rain poncho on lmaooo pic.twitter.com/n1rbe91gRx

— victoria (@CountOnVic) January 20, 2017

If there was never another time to say it: Thank God for George W. Bush.

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