The House is expected to take up and pass the legislation on Friday, sending the bill to Biden's desk and giving the administration and congressional Democrats a new political win.īates also drew criticism from Republicans for posting an image that - while reminiscent of the movie poster for "The Dark Knight Rises" - included an image of an eagle that they say is reminiscent of Nazi imagery.īut the original author of the meme, Tobin Stone, told The Daily Dot that the resemblance was not intentional. The bill, essentially the latest version of the previously named "Build Back Better" social spending and climate bill, passed on a party-line 51-50 vote after a "vote-a-rama" that lasted 14 hours, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. The flood of "Dark Brandon" memes came on Sunday evening following the Senate's passing of the Inflation Reduction Act earlier that afternoon. "Brandon," a coded word for "Biden," started when conservatives coined the phrase "Let's Go Brandon" in an effort to covertly utter "Fuck Joe Biden." The meme is the latest example of right-wing online content - after some time - being repurposed by liberals and leftists. The almost nihilistic "Dark Brandon" memes took on a new meaning in recent weeks when mainstream Democrats began to co-opt them, posting the memes in support of Biden and giving his public persona what Slate described as "some long-diminished vigor." The shift largely seemed to occur after online posters used the "Dark Brandon" format to praise the Biden administration's killing of the Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri at the end of July, Know Your Meme said.
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Many of the memes were nonsensical, such as Biden with an eye patch and beard with the caption "it's over, Jack," but they were also different from the extremely earnest online content that's usually associated with centrist liberals. The memes of Biden, which followed a similar editing style to "Dark MAGA," with effects such as laser eyes over the president, served initially as an ironic attempt to criticize the left's idea of Biden's job performance on issues such as the climate crisis, inflation, and high gas prices, Know Your Meme said.
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