Trump Vs Bernie Debate In Seattle! (Well…..Kinda)

February 6, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

It’s “Donald Trump” (Anthony Atamanuik) and “Bernie Sanders” (James Adomian) and they’re coming to Seattle on March 8.

OMG!

WHO wouldn’t wanna see Republican presidential candidate/professional asshat/poster child for classic narcissism, DONALD TRUMP debate the charmingly brusque and avuncular old Socialist/Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders?!?!?!!???

In Seattle!

On March 8th!!

At The Neptune Theater!!!

Well, it’s kinda/sorta “happening”.

“Donald Trump” is really comedian Anthony Atamanuik (Upright Citizens Brigade) and “Bernie Sanders” is actually one of our crush objects, fellow comedian (and gay dude) James Adomian and they’ve teamed up for a nationwide tour for this mock debate tag team comedy act. What started out as small one-off debate last fall in New York, quickly became a big event after a video of the performance went viral and people began clamoring for the pair to tour.

Isthmus.com interviewed the pair (read full interview) and this is what they had to say about getting into character:

Anthony Atamanuik: “I was saying stuff as Trump that seemed utterly ridiculous. A month later, Trump is saying the same stuff, almost verbatim, in his speeches. For me, the key is taking Trump’s speeches and revealing how much of it is just old authoritarian politics.”

James Adomian: “I’ve respected Bernie for years, but I never thought he would be famous enough to do an impression of. I did George W. Bush for years, who I hated. It feels nice to make fun of a guy I support. As a comedian, I get to say some things I think he’d like to be able to say.”

Tickets just when on sale for the Seattle event, part of the West Coast leg of their tour which just keeps growing….they’ll be at Portland’s Revolution Hall on March 9.

The website is a tad out of date as of this posting but check out more info at the #TrumpVsBernie website.

Check out this video of the pair:

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.