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A member of the press did photograph Dukakis without the helmet when the tank exited the garage at a slow speed, but the rest of the photographers snapped shots of Dukakis wearing a helmet when the tank made a high speed pass. [43] [44] The image of Dukakis wearing a helmet while riding the tank was ridiculed by Bush and the media.
Dukakis and the Tank: 1988 Michael E. Samojeden Detroit, Michigan, United States The infamous photo of Michael Dukakis taken as part of his presidential campaign.
Michael Dukakis on the tank. Dukakis attempted to quell criticism that he was ignorant on military matters by staging a photo op in which he rode in an M1 Abrams tank outside a General Dynamics plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. [47]
The Florida governor's fighter jet advertisement has striking comparisons to 1988 footage of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in a tank.
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From February 8 to June 14, 1988, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1988 United States presidential election. Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1988 Democratic National Convention held from July 18 to July 21, 1988, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ron DeSantis is running for president on his record as Florida governor. That doesn't always work out so well, as 1988 presidential nominee Michael Dukakis learned the hard way.
Jeff Widener's iconic "Tank Man" photo on June 5, 1989, showing an unidentified man standing in front of a column of tanks after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, China. - Jeff Widener/AP