Just when you think you’ve seen it all, someone creates something that makes you facepalm.
And it can be summed up in this few words: Make Dating Great Again!
I’m not kidding:
This dating site is for Trump lovers only https://t.co/zWixC4Alcd pic.twitter.com/jvStYb5a3u
— New York Post (@nypost) June 9, 2016
Lifelong Republican David Goss, 35, was hanging out with his conservative friends in February when he came up with the idea of TrumpSingles.com, a dating website for supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Goss’ female pal, who’s a die-hard Trump fan, told him that when she revealed her political leanings to a male Hillary Clinton supporter in the middle of a dinner date, he got up and left her with the check.
“I think there’s a special stigma when people say they’re supporting Trump, because of some of the brash things that he’s said,” Goss, an associate TV producer based in Santa Clarita, Calif., tells The Post. “That immediately gets [projected] on his supporters, and it makes it hard for them when trying to date.”
More than 500 Trump fans have joined since TrumpSingles went live in May. Goss says most of his users are from New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Like with most online dating services, users can search matches by age, location and interests. While it’s free to sign up, users can only send one message a day unless they cough up a $4.95 monthly subscription.
“At first I was concerned that people would think this was a parody site,” says Goss, whose wife, Tonya, is also pro-Trump. “But people have told me that they’re so happy they can finally go on dates without worrying about political differences.”
TrumpSingles user and libertarian Richard, who asked that his last name not be used for privacy reasons, agrees.
“Trump is bastardized and demonized in the media, so I kind of keep to myself that I’m a Trump supporter because people can have a violent reaction to it,” Richard, a 27-year-old retail associate from Oxnard, Calif., tells The Post. “It’s hard for me sometimes to meet new people.”
I went to the website and it’s currently down. It can’t handle all the traffic it’s getting right now from their newfound media attention.
But I’m sure they’ll make it great again and get it up and running soon.