- T-shirt brand Raygun launched a shirt mocking this year's chaotic Iowa Caucus.
- The garment boasts that it "Was Designed and Printed Faster Than the Caucus Results Were Released!"
- Raygun is based in Des Moines, Iowa, where it designs and prints its in-house t-shirts.
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Raygun, an apparel and merchandise brand based out of Des Moines, released a t-shirt ribbing the widely reported chaos at this year's Iowa Democratic Caucus.
A glitchy app reportedly prompted the eagerly anticipated caucus to descend into confusion Monday night. In a first for the history of the caucus, the Democratic party was left without any official results on Tuesday morning.
And now, shoppers looking to memorialize the mess can purchase a $23 shirt that reads: "Iowa 2020: This Shirt Was Designed and Printed Faster Than the Caucus Results Were Released!"
But if any company is going to poke fun at the caucus, it's a hometown business like Raygun. The company's Iowa roots run deep. Van Meter, Iowa, native Mike Draper founded the apparel outfit - under the name Smash - in 2005. Raygun's website said that Draper was inspired to run a t-shirt shop focused on apparel bearing fun, Iowa-related slogans. The Des Moines Register reported that the unionized business opened a store in Chicago over the summer, its fifth retail location.
Raygun is no stranger to timely t-shirts. Its website currently offers plenty of other shirts with designs pertaining to the Democratic primaries, President Donald Trump's Kansas City gaffe, and "The Bachelor."
According to Raygun's website, its in-house shirts are designed and printed in Des Moines. Its paper and glass products are also printed and finished in Des Moines.
On Tuesday afternoon, a representative for Raygun said that the company couldn't immediately provide comment because most of the staff was "out of the office for anti-discrimination training."
out on the floor in Des Moines. online. a way to remember the last first Caucus. https://t.co/s51owEz8q0 #raygun pic.twitter.com/opvzFaVjWT
- RAYGUN (@RAYGUNshirts) February 4, 2020