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Sep 6, 2018, 90 tweets

Everyone in Trump's orbit has a Simpsons analog. Thread:

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is Mr. Burns

Fmr. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the Rich Texan

Anthony Scaramucci is Poochie

Sen. Orrin Hatch is the Republican Vampire

Sen. Rand Paul is Sideshow Mel

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin is Artie Ziff

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is Smilin' Joe Fission

National Security Advisor John Bolton is Satan

Paul Manafort is Johnny Tightlips

Roger Ailes is the Oh Crap! Guy

Secretary of Education Betsy Devos is Ms. Albright, the Sunday School Teacher

Fmr. Secretary of Health Tom Price is Mr. Burns' doctor

Newt Gingrich is Plopper

Rep. Peter King is Don Brodka

Chris Christie is Mayor Quimby

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Leopold

Mike Huckabee is Homer Simpson in the form of Yogi Bear

Michael Cohen is Krusty's accountant

Kim Jong-un is Uter (credit: @PWC1981)

Dr. Harold Bornstein is Dr. Nick Riviera

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the Speaker

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is Cowboy Bob

John McCain and his mother are the "real" Seymour Skinner and Agnes Skinner

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney is the IRS man

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is Colonel Hapablap

Fred Trump is Roger Meyers, Sr.

Roger Stone is Guy Incognito

Ted Cruz is the "Fair Harvard" writer

Sec. of State Mike Pompeo is the Duff CEO

Chief of Staff John Kelly is Superintendent Chalmers

Stephen Miller is the Burns Alien

Steve Bannon is Rock Bottom Krusty the Clown

Ben Carson is Ozzie Smith (credit: @jplepore )

Ben Shapiro is Gavin the spoiled kid

Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow is (of course) the Blue Haired Lawyer

John Kasich is Frank Ormand the Pretzel Man

Alex Jones is Corporal Punishment

Sen. Jeff Flake is the man suddenly needed in the basement

Don Jr. and Eric are your sons, George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush

Sebastian Gorka is Hank Scorpio

Justice Thomas is Judge Snyder

Ivana Trump is Stacy Lovell

Sean Hannity is the St. Patrick's Day float

Sheriff David Clarke is Big Daddy

Fmr. Trump lawyer John Dowd is a Sideshow Bob Republican

Ivanka Trump is the lab bunny

Melania Trump is the Gummi Venus de Milo (credit: @jplepore )

Fl. Gov. Rick Scott is Dr. Colossus

Trump Advisor Sam Clovis is Horst the German

Jared Kushner is the Squeaky Voiced Teen

Fmr. National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster is Kearney's dad

Fmr. Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is Gabbo

Chuck Norris is Troy McClure

Sen. Marco Rubio is Pepi

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is Duffman (credit: @PWC1981 )

Fmr. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is Snowball I

Sen. Chuck Grassley is Grandpa Simpson (credit: @BillCorbett )

Sen. Tom Cotton is Cletus

Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost is Lunchlady Doris

Also, this...

Rep. Devi Nunes is the guy at the end of the escalator to nowhere

And now, a few members of the #Resistance:

Joe Scarborough is Dean Peterson

Fmr. FBI Director James Comey is, of course, The Very Tall Man

Bob Mueller is Rex Banner

David Brooks is Allison Taylor's dad

Obama is Nimoy (credit: @PWC1981 )

Stormy Daniels is Lurleen Lumpkin (credit: @PWC1981)

Back to Trump's main crew, it should be noted that Rush Limbaugh, Alan Dershowitz, and Don King have already been given excellent analogs by the show.

Correction: this is Sir Oinks-a-Lot:

Donald Trump is Larry Burns

Rudy Giuliani is Gil

Kellyanne Conway is Ms. Botz

Mike Pence is Ray Patterson

Hitting pause and going to bed for now, but will take this moment to say I'm a playwright/screenwriter in the middle of multiple projects, including a play/TV pilot about Golden Age animation. Here is my resume; thank you and goodnight!
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski is Helen Lovejoy (Credit: @PWC1981)

Trump advisor Carter Page is the Martian Stonecutter (Credit: @PWC1981)

Republican Megadonor Sheldon Adelson is Homer's Stockbroker

Fmr. R.N.C. Chair Michael Steele is the U.N. Ambassador who wants to take a chance

Bret Baier is the Rock Bottom Host

Sen. Lindsey Graham is Bubbles the Happy Little Elf

This thread seems to be splicing after Devin Nunes, so here's what comes after him in case you're lost:

Thread seems to be splicing here, let's see if this helps:

Fmr. White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is Mindy Simmons (credit: @PWC1981)

Putin is the Russian Ambassador

Fmr. Trump lawyer Joseph diGenova is Dennis Franz as Homer

Taking a pause here to shout out my main inspirations:
@KevinMKruse 's Bond villain thread gave me my format, style and execution. @ditzkoff has been doing the best Simpsons work on here for years. Give them a follow!

Also, very important correction: Newt Gingrich is NOT Plopper:

he is Sir Oinks-a-Lot, the pig with very powerful friends:

Trump talking point Andrew Jackson is Jebediah Springfield, aka Hans Sprungfeld

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