Roll up the home windows, batten down the hatches and gird your loins as a result of Joe Biden mentioned throughout a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday that “Darkish Brandon” is ready for a sequel. For those who keep in mind, the Darkish Brandon meme began on the web early within the Biden administration and Tim Joe tried to make use of it to his benefit to speak up the president’s accomplishments.
Bear in mind this Malarkey?
Dirk Brandon is crushing it pic.twitter.com/w0L8xCzIW8
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) August 7, 2022
Effectively, sadly for all of us, Biden apparently thought it was efficient sufficient that it wanted to be resurrected:
“Darkish Brandon is coming again,” he joked to a Harrisburg supporter who requested him in regards to the meme, which turned a unifying drive early in his marketing campaign to counter issues about Biden’s age. [Yeah, not so much.]
Whereas he confronted rising calls from members of Congress to stop the marketing campaign after a controversial efficiency final month, Biden mentioned he hasn’t seen the identical response from voters.
“We have been drawing large crowds. Because the debate, no kidding, we have had enormous crowds even later that evening,” Biden mentioned.
Voter: We have to get Dirk Brandon again
PRESIDENT BIDEN: Dirk Brandon is coming again
Voter: *bursts into applause* pic.twitter.com/fBPL01ReeK
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 7, 2024
Biden’s journey to Philadelphia went about in addition to may very well be anticipated:
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Did Biden know that the “Brandon” a part of the meme originated from the well-known “Let’s Go Brandon” hilarity, the place spectators at a 2021 NASCAR race have been chanting anti-Biden sentiments and the announcer pretended (or maybe misheard), claiming they have been Brandon the winner of the occasion. Cheering for Brown? “Let’s go Brandon” turned a conservative slogan that also sums up the feelings of many Republicans. (For instance, I’m the proud proprietor of a “Let’s Go Brandon” t-shirt.)
The “darkish” a part of the title additionally has some not-so-flattering origins:
November 14, 2020 – Only one week after Biden gained the 2020 election – Chinese language illustrator Yang Quan uploaded a number of photos to Weibo depicting the forty sixth president as evil, seemingly presiding over zombie-looking creatures on a throne fabricated from assault weapons. Politico. The primary picture within the set is identical picture as Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, 49, later Post on TwitterNow referred to as x.
“Sleeping king ascends throne, satan rises,” reads a Chinese language caption on one picture, based on Politico.
It sounds proper.
Some, nevertheless, attributed the usage of the phrase “darkish” to Donald Trump’s meme:
In the meantime, Darkish Brandon additionally owes a part of its title to “Darkish Maga,” a bunch of hashtags and memes that “depicts a ‘punished,’ extra unspecified model of Donald Trump up for re-election in 2024 who has deserted all optics by changing his slogan. MAGA, with ‘darkish maga’ based on the net meme encyclopedia, know your meme.
Regardless of the origin of the cringe-inducing meme, giving it new life will solely serve to point out the frustration of Tim Biden’s crew as they attempt to salvage his battered marketing campaign. The explanation it is so dumb, in my view, is that it unintentionally highlights the stark (albeit evil)-looking distinction between the laser-eyed man and the black-eyed, blank-faced commander-in-chief we have seen on the talk stage (and elsewhere).
Dirk Brandon? pic.twitter.com/lE0bfw9Jq4
— The Hockington Submit (@PaulHockington) July 7, 2024
They have not supplied me a place on the marketing campaign employees but, but when I do, I’ll inform them to close down this ridiculous meme and all that comes with it and faux it by no means occurred.
