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New Trump-Pence logo raises eyebrows on social media

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Trump announces running mate on Twitter 09:04

With the Friday morning announcement of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee unveiled a new logo for team GOP.

The graphic, blasted out on a campaign fundraising email early Friday, featured their last names -- of course -- in a bold red and blue font. Trump's slogan -- "Make America Great Again!" -- also appeared on the redesigned logo.

But social media seized on the logo atop the names: An American flag theme, where the blue area of the flag is composed of a "T" for Trump, embraced by a "P" for Pence.

Here's the new logo:

The social media reaction was swift:

John Dingell, the famously sassy Democratic ex-Congressman from Michigan, had a question about the logo:

Some joked about censoring it.


One user asked, simply, "why"?

Another tweeter provided an alternative interpretation for the letter combo:

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