President Donald Trump announced the “Patriot Games” will be part of the celebration of America’s 250th birthday next year.
Democrats melted down.
I could end the article here, and you would pretty much get the point. But where’s the fun in that?
Trump explained that the Patriot Games will feature two children, a boy and a girl, from each state who will travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in athletic competitions.
If you’re a fan of young adult fiction, you already know where this is going.
People on the left immediately took to social media to claim that Donald Trump is instituting a form of The Hunger Games, a series of novels by Suzanne Collins. The premise of the story is that the United States in a dystopian future lives under an authoritarian, oppressive regime. The regime stages The Hunger Games, in which two children from each district are selected to compete in a battle to the death.
The meltdown was glorious.
Podcaster and journalist Brad Polumbo posted a video montage of young lefties freaking out because they think President Trump is signaling that we will someday live under the type of regime the book portrays.
It's hilarious, albeit depressing, how TOTALLY left-wing influencers and Democratic Party rapid response fell for Trump's bait with the "Patriot Games."
— Brad Polumbo 🇺🇸⚽️ (@brad_polumbo) December 19, 2025
They're actually unironically comparing high school kids playing sports to dystopian novels where kids are forced to kill each… pic.twitter.com/n1YGcFqWX0
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker posted a picture of President Snow, the evil fictional president of Panem, the dystopian country that replaced the United States in The Hunger Games.
https://t.co/Be412U7jV5 pic.twitter.com/xps5NIRdix
— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) December 18, 2025
Illinois Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (D-3) responded to the announcement in a post on X. “A competition between teenagers created by authoritarians to distract the people from their brutality and corruption? What could possibly go wrong?” she wrote. “If only there were a book that told us exactly what happens next.”
A competition between teenagers created by authoritarians to distract the people from their brutality and corruption? What could possibly go wrong?
— Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (@repdeliaramirez) December 18, 2025
If only there were a book that told us exactly what happens next. https://t.co/bG4s82NtZo https://t.co/rzIJ9DoQTY pic.twitter.com/uHc2kPTS3L
House Democrats replied with a quote from the first novel.
And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice." (The Hunger Games, 2012)
"And so it was decreed that, each year, the various districts of Panem would offer up, in tribute, one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice." (The Hunger Games, 2012) https://t.co/fCx32lUMYb pic.twitter.com/3FJw4boQLv
— Democrats (@TheDemocrats) December 18, 2025
Trump’s Rapid Response account clapped back at Democrats over their unhinged reactions.
Of course, Democrats hate this — it doesn’t involve confused men stealing medals from women and calling it “equality.”
Celebrating elite young men and women who earn their recognition through hard work and talent is what real patriotism looks like.
Of course Democrats hate this — it doesn’t involve confused men stealing medals from women and calling it “equality.”
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 18, 2025
Celebrating elite young men and women who earn their recognition through hard work and talent is what real patriotism looks like. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/yEXOfLViWr
Of all the ridiculous outrage porn proliferating on social media, this ranks among the most insane.
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