Teen nails impersonations of presidential candidates in 8th grade graduation speech

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Jack Aiello recently graduated the from eighth grade, and while that's an important accomplishment, the speech he delivered at graduation is stealing the spotlight.

In honor of the election year, Aiello tested out his best impersonations of presidential candidates. From Donald Trump to Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and even a little Obama, Aiello nails each person's cadence and wraps their personalities into a speech about the school. 

According to NBC Chicago, all 350 people in the graduating class were given the assignment of writing a speech, but it was clear that Aiello was the winner.

"He was hands down number one because it was going to speak to the kids," principal Brian Kaye told NBC.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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