About
Limberbutt McCubbins is a pet cat belonging to Louisville, Kentucky resident Emilee McCubbins, who registered the feline with the Federal Election Commission to be a Democratic candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election.
Origin
In May 2015, high school student Isaac Weiss submitted his friend Emilee McCubbins’ cat as a Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 presidential election with the U.S. Federal Election Commission (shown below).
Spread
On May 7th, 2015, the cat’s presidential candidacy was discussed on the MSNBC political television program The Rachel Maddow Show.[5] On June 1st, a Facebook[1] page for Limberbutt McCubbins was launched, which described itself as a page “to help spread the word of the future Democrat nominee for the 2016 presidential election.”
On the following day, the Facebook page uploaded a Limberbutt-themed Obama “Hope” Poster parody image with the caption “Together, we cat” (shown below).[3] In two weeks, the photo post gained over 200 likes and 95 shares.
On July 8th, 2015, the Louisville, Kentucky National Public Radio member station WFPL broadcast a segment on Limberbutt McCubbins presidential candidacy, which included interviews with his owner and campaign manager Isaac Weiss (shown below). The following day, Jezebel[4] published an article titled “Jezebel Endorses Limberbutt McCubbins Cat, for President.”
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Facebook – Limberbutt 2016
[2]FEC.gov – Candidate and Committee Viewer
[3]Facebook – Limberbutt 2016
[4]Jezebel – Jezebel Endorses Limberbutt McCubbins