The Brief: As Joe Biden moves towards victory in the 2020 presidential election, his supporters are celebrating online with memes about his likely win.
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Official sources haven’t called the 2020 presidential election yet, but according to many memes, Joe Biden is the winner. With Biden in the lead and showing promising results in several remaining states, many supporters have begun celebrating online via memes.
Biden wins memes include posts honoring the swing states that voted blue, jokes about an end to “malarkey,” and remarks on Donald Trump’s impending loss.
It’s a big moment for Delewareans:
Of course, memes referenced Joe Biden’s notorious love for ice cream.
Why don’t we just put all this malarkey behind us with a nice blizzard treat? pic.twitter.com/3ufhooEg88
— chip (@fractalcounty) November 6, 2020
“You can’t win the Democratic nomination while losing the first three contests.”
Joe Biden: Hold my ice cream.
“You can’t win the electoral college while losing Florida and Ohio”
Joe Biden: Malarkey!
— Federico Chispas (@dfsparks) November 6, 2020
Malarkey found dead in Philly pic.twitter.com/0VfeYK4AJg
— Carina Julig (@CarinaJulig) November 6, 2020
Goodbye, malarkey!
malarkey is on the ropes
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) November 4, 2020
A popular sentiment among the “settle for Biden” crowd:
watching biden win the nom/watching trump lose pic.twitter.com/kdiruTuGqT
— Emma Berquist (@eeberquist) November 6, 2020
On TikTok, the hashtags #BidenWins and #PresidentBiden have been viewed over 5.3 million times.
@snailtok.com This #election season has really been a blast guys 🥰 #biden2020 #bidenwins #trump2020 #democrat #left #conservative #justiceforall #fyp #foryou #lol
A profile picture-changing TikTok:
@whosourpresident see your tmrw guys #fyp #foryou#president #biden2020voteblue #trump2020inacage #bidenwins #trumploses2020 and follow @waitingonmydog
Brace yourself, Joe Biden fancams are here:
@saradomin7 AND NEW 🇺🇸 #newpresident #joebiden #bidenpresident #uselections #presidentelect #bidenharris2020 #trumplost #bidenwins #americaunited #uspresident
As the election results continue to roll in, it’s likely that “Biden wins” memes will keep circulating online. And, if Biden does in fact win, they’ll be followed with many more “President Biden” memes.