--- title: Republican Convention: Watch Delegates Imitate Donald Trump description: Delegates at the Republican national convention were not shy about doing their best Trump impression. canonical: https://time.com/4418444/republican-convention-donald-trump-impressions/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T01:49:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:13.982Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Republican Delegates Imitate Donald Trump og:description: Everyone has an impression. og:url: https://time.com/4418444/republican-convention-donald-trump-impressions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt958f4c8b2960f134/69889ebacf40a87a21c44201/christopher-morris-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-election-photos-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5032 og:image:height: 2831 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL RNC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Republican Delegates Imitate Donald Trump twitter:description: Everyone has an impression. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt958f4c8b2960f134/69889ebacf40a87a21c44201/christopher-morris-donald-trump-republican-national-convention-rnc-election-photos-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Republican Delegates Imitate Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Christopher Morris—VII for TIME by [Diane Tsai / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/) and [Francesca Trianni / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/) Jul 22, 2016 1:49 AM UTC There’s no doubt that Donald Trump’s mannerisms are good fodder. A recent study from that late-night comics make [three times as many jokes](http://time.com/4408080/donald-trump-late-night-jokes/) about Donald Trump as they do about Hillary Clinton. But they’re not the only ones who can have a little fun. Delegates at the Republican national convention were not shy about doing their best Trump impression as they waited to see the nominee himself give a speech. 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