He may not be old enough to vote, but a precocious eighth grader from IL knows a thing or two about the president and the candidates competing to take his place in the Oval Office.
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Jack Aiello, of Chicago, channeled the candidates in his middle school graduation speech, and video of the performance has gone viral. Ted Cruz, President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sen. President Barack Obama; and Sen.
Jack Aiello, 14, along with his graduating class, had to write a graduation speech as part of an English assignment. So far, it’s gotten over 94,000 views.
“Let me just tell you, Thomas has been a great school, quite frankly, it’s been fantastic”, Aiello said as Trump. “You know, people say I don’t like China, I love China”.
He then launches into his impression of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. “They both have very distinct hand gestures”, he said.
“Thank you for allowing me to speak to you today”, Aiello said as Sanders. And now we’re going to take those skills and apply them to high school, ‘ he said.
But the speech was rounded off by a rousing rendition of Bernie Sanders in which he praised the school’s canteen and particularly the cinnamon rolls but added that they needed to be free, adding: ‘We need a cinnamon roll revolution’.
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“He started with impressions of his parents of course”, John said.
