Donald Trump Quint From 'Jaws,' Hillary Clinton The Shark? Megyn Kelly Laughs Off Mike Huckabee's Movie Metaphor

After leaked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign for President of the United States revealed some of the limpest sloganeering in presidential campaign history, it’s a relief to see Donald Trump surrogate Mike Huckabee test out something even sillier, live on-air with Megyn Kelly of Fox News.

It didn’t seem possible anything more out-of-touch and Veep-like could be uttered in this year’s campaign than Clinton adman Roy Spence’s proposed messaging, “We will build not the partisan ships. But rather the Ship of State flying the American Dream flag.” Can’t decide to laugh or cry at that nugget of vapid, campaign meaninglessness. But then a distraction came along. Only Huckabee bungling a stupid Jaws metaphor on Fox News could top “American Dream flag.”

Huckabee, perhaps convinced he’d invented the argument that’d win the election for Trump, tested the waters (sorry) on Facebook before his appearance with Kelly, writing:

“To understand the election, think about the movie “Jaws.” There is a real lesson here!

I see Trump as Captain Quint (Robert Shaw) on the boat, Orca, in the movie "Jaws." He's salty, drunk and says incorrect things. He spits in your face. BUT... He's gonna save your rear. You may not like what he says but, in the end, you and your family survive.

Hillary, on the other hand, is the SHARK. She wants to eat your boat (open borders, immigration, failed foreign policy). Her eyes roll into the back of her head. She only cares about feeding herself and protecting her territory. She cares not a whit about the little fishes—she eats them and spits them out. She only cares about protecting the other big fish.

Vote for the fishing boat captain.

Not the shark.

It’s that simple.”

Maybe Huckabee hasn’t watched Jaws in a while, but Quint’s monomania nearly gets everybody aboard the Orca killed. And the shark (Hillary) ate him, as Kelly pointed out. “I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Captain Quint got eaten by the shark at the end of the movie,” she said.

While most everything about this election has been a vulgar national embarrassment, we’ll always have Megyn Kelly’s off-the-cuff rendition of ‘Spanish Ladies.’