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OREM — In the wildly popular YouTube series "Will it Blend?" Orem Blendtec founder Tom Dickson takes aim at presidential candidates.
The Will it Blend? series shows off the power of the Blendtec by blending up unusual items such as Justin Bieber CDs, Bic lighters, iPads, iPhones and the fan favorite paint balls. In the infomercials, Dickson always has a new button to press — the iPhone 6 Plus (Newton button) and the Galaxy Note 3 (Who's Copying Who? button).
The viral marketing campaign first delved into the presidential race in April by attempting to blend Hillary Clinton's emails by blending a Blackberry for Clinton, a golf club for Obama, Maple syrup for Ted Cruz's Canadian heritage and "Boehner's unused sunscreen."
And now Dickson is taking on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, by not only announcing his candidacy, but blending up Trump's (no) filter, a USB drive of additional Clinton emails and Bernie Sander's unsuccessful "This Land is Your Land" record.
"So the real question isn't 'Will I win?' Instead, it's 'Will they blend?'" Dickson asks in the video. "I think I'll press the Patronize button."
Will the @realDonaldTrump have a filter in tonight's debate? No, here's why! https://t.co/UF4dkWh7MC#republicandebate#Tom4Prez#cnn — Blendtec (@Blendtec) September 17, 2015
The Blendtec once again proves itself and [doesn't catch on fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4QgK_xEfE), but, Dickson notes, it does "smell like broken promises."
None of the candidates have yet responded to their Blendtec debut.
