Bernie Sander's Flailing Arms at the Democratic Debate Produced the Best Memes
The first night of CNN’s Democratic debates aired on Tuesday evening and it truly divided Americans (between those who tuned in and those who opted to watch the Bachelorette finale).
It was a long night of moderator interruptions, Bernie Sanders slights, and nervous John Delaney smiles — perhaps the “dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred” is at play here? — but we persevered, and our labor was not in vain. With the sheer volume of memes last night generated, we really all walked away winners.
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As per usual, Marianne Williamson was doing the most:
Marianne Williamson is the only Democratic candidate tonight at the #DemDebate that will save us from the dark psychic forces. pic.twitter.com/GFjO9dkh4p
— Augustus Caesar (@Caesar63BC) July 31, 2019
“Racism” and “bigotry” and “dark, psychic force” all said in the same breath #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate pic.twitter.com/5P6c4W8lZ3
— Jessica Moulite (@JessicaMoulite) July 31, 2019
HELL YES, DARK PSYCHIC FORCE!!!! Yessssss my crystal queeen!!!!! Yesssss!!!! @marwilliamson pic.twitter.com/qBoNPdvy8w
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 31, 2019
And Bernie Sanders likely attracted even more millennial supporters when he sparked the night’s quintessential meme:
— Flarvik Knürdmann (@Flarvik) July 31, 2019
#DemDebate
Hickenlooper: Throw your hands up! Bernie: pic.twitter.com/2Gteo04ZQI— Cailin Rickman (@cailinchristine) July 31, 2019
Throw your hands in the ayuh / wave 'em like ya don't cayuh pic.twitter.com/uIxshxk0xl
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) July 31, 2019
#DemDebate
Hickenlooper: "Alright, throw your hands up, Bernie"
Bernie: pic.twitter.com/cLgN1pPCIn— Jeremy Werner (@MegaFooboy) July 31, 2019
Elizabeth Warren put Delaney squarely in his place:
But, like, did you see his Wikipedia? pic.twitter.com/fEL1Wx1LKg
— Eliza Orlins (@eorlins) July 31, 2019
Omg. When you get slapped around so hard during the debate that you have to put out a press release about it. #DemDebates #DemocraticDebate pic.twitter.com/fY3Ynr6C7N
— 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 (@miketheidealist) July 31, 2019
But he just kept on smiling:
Who invited Homer Simpson to the #DemDebates? pic.twitter.com/acyIu0mZ3x
— Arab C Nesbitt (@_buckfaster) July 31, 2019
john delaney’s smile is what keeps me up at night.. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/9KgTUqwhZX
— 𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙖 (@sienaszeto) July 31, 2019
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Warren and Amy Klobuchar ~may~ share a stylist:
#AmyKlobuchar and #ElizabethWarren during the #DemDebates pic.twitter.com/67h1hksL9C
— Divina Li 黎晴暉 (@DivinaKano) July 31, 2019
Here’s hoping night two gives us half the social media rewards reaped from night one’s cocktail of presidential optimism.
