--- description: Democrats could hardly contain their excitement at the news that reality TV star Donald Trump may run for the GOP presidential nomination. title: Democrats On Trump: 'Everything Is Awesome' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84cbd3ac2e91389a/6987702b0b72e37f096dcc4b/2015-movies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Democrats On Trump: 'Everything Is Awesome' by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 3:49 PM CUT  The Lego Movie The Lego MovieWarner Bros. by [Zeke Miller](/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2015 3:49 PM CUT The Democratic National Committee could hardly contain its excitement Wednesday amid news that reality television star Donald Trump has launched a presidential exploratory committee. Holly Shulman, the DNC press secretary, issued a brief video statement summing up the party’s position on Trump’s entrance into the race: For those who haven’t seen it, that’s the [Oscar-nominated song](http://oscar.go.com/nominees/music-original-song/the-lego-movie "undefined") “Everything is Awesome” from last year’s “The Lego Movie.” The DNC statement followed with links to some of Trump’s most controversial statements, including his continued questioning of the place of President Obama’s birth, opposition to immigration reform and blaming military sexual assaults on allowing women to serve alongside men. While Democrats are laughing, the GOP is fretting about Trump’s ability to seize the spotlight with outlandish comments. His announcement comes on the two-year anniversary of the Republican Party’s 2012 autopsy which encouraged the GOP to project a more welcoming face to voters. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3749212/donald-trump-democrats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3749212/donald-trump-democrats/"},"headline":"Democrats On Trump: 'Everything Is Awesome'","datePublished":"2015-03-18T15:49:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:15:12.092Z","description":"Democrats could hardly contain their excitement at the news that reality TV star Donald Trump may run for the GOP presidential nomination.","url":"https://time.com/3749212/donald-trump-democrats/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84cbd3ac2e91389a/6987702b0b72e37f096dcc4b/2015-movies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84cbd3ac2e91389a/6987702b0b72e37f096dcc4b/2015-movies-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lego Movie","caption":"Lego Movie","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3749212/donald-trump-democrats/","name":"Democrats On Trump: 'Everything Is Awesome'"}}]}] ```