Harmon Brothers Choose Abe Lincoln as Social Validatory

Viral video creators the Harmon Brothers (the ad makers behind the Squatty Potty video ) are taking a crack at the 2016 presidential election.The video is funded by the Alternative PAC – a pro-Gary Johnson super PAC – to promote Balanced Rebellion . The movement aims to match voters one-to-one with others who are disappointed in the major-party choices. As Lincoln says, it’s “like Tinder but not gross.”The 5-minute video stars “Dead Abe Lincoln” ranting about how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are wrong for this country. He compares the elections to Gotham City. If Clinton is the mob and Trump is the joker, you lose in either situation. It’s time to vote for Batman, according to Lincoln – which is Gary Johnson.Lincoln also shows how voting for Johnson is not a throw away vote. He’s a “balanced candidate, winning votes from both parties,” and is on track to make it onto the debate stage.“The third party has an actual shot! The only shot I had was at Ford’s Theatre,” Lincoln quips. Too soon, Lincoln.After this video launched last week, it received nearly 9 million views on FacebookDave Vance, the short film's writer-producer, tells AdFreak, "People feel some angst around sharing political ads because they don't want to be that friend on Facebook.”Vance acknowledged that Lincoln wasn’t a Libertarian, but using him helped give the video a hook and create “jokes with a historical reference.”“We wanted it to be funny enough to grab attention and make it shareable,” Vance explained.Did this video grab your attention? Let us know in the comments below.