The Story Behind Ace Watkins, Gamer President

As political satire took off in the run-up to the 2020 US presidential election, the Twitter account of one "Ace Watkins" claimed to be a candidate for gamers–a joke that’s found its audience.

Misinformation Exchange – Episode 3: Mr. President’s Gamer Girl Bathwater

The Exchange raids Area 51.

YOUR MISINFORMERS THIS WEEK ARE:

Michael –
https://twitter.com/Mray901

Anthony –
https://twitter.com/TheDarkestLink

Evan –
https://twitter.com/x__evanxx

David –
https://twitter.com/DavidWF79

LINK DUMP:

Bath Water Memes
https://twitter.com/isawrobertsmith/status/1146511107483471872?s=19
https://twitter.com/tuhis_ff14/status/1148852630904553475?s=21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-S-GZU2cYY

Area 51 Memes
https://twitter.com/Youshocktheword/status/1149135614048182272?s=19
https://twitter.com/cicology/status/1149642301955702785?s=19

Ace Watkins, Gamer President:
https://twitter.com/GamerPres2020/status/1148268004125347841?s=19

P4Rgaming:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160422092405/http://www.p4rgaming.com/

Nintendo Switch Lite
https://www.puzzletech.it/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Nintendo-Switch-LIte-POk%C3%A9mon-edition.jpg

Monster Hunter World Camilla Mod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10 &v=0p3TWmpWga4

Hot Ones: Kumail Nanjiani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDE1jf4_VIY

Chinese Pokemon Bootleg
https://twitter.com/shofu/status/1149411560495943680?s=19

INTRO:
Gurren Lagann OST – Row, Row, Fight the Power

OUTRO:
Composed by Luke Dougherty https://www.youtube.com/user/lukedoc321/videos

Ace Watkins – So Loved

Single from Ace Watkins

Hell of Presidents 6 – Handsome Generals

Ace Watkins Answers a Reddit Constituent’s Question

“Bernie Sanders is a gamer too. He has a twitch account. How can you prove that you’re a gamer when we’ve never seen you play video games?”

Buy a ticket to the Ace Watkins Presidential Rally at hardtim.es/ace