Have you ever heard of Underground Transgender Mafia? Neither have we until a fake quote recently ascribed to former UK Prime Minster Liz Truss went viral this week thanks to a satirical political account. Who posted the fake quote and what are people's reactions? Find out more in our brief explainer.

What Is ‘Underground Transgender Mafia’?

Our best efforts to discover any traces of the real underground transgender mob have borne no fruit, so we can confidently say that the "Underground Transgender Mafia" is a catchphrase that has been used in a satirical post about British conservative politician Liz Truss by X / Twitter account Politics For You (@PoliticoForYou) on September 30th, 2024. The post by the 29,000-follower-strong account marked "🚨🚨🚨 SATIRE" on its profile page managed to gather over one million views before it got a community note, and expectedly not everyone bothered to check if the quote was real as long as it sounded plausible.

What likely made the quote even more believable was the recent real quote by Donald Trump, who during his debate with Kamala Harris spoke accused her of trying to perform "transgender operations on illegal aliens" in prisons.

What Are 'Underground Transgender Mafia' Memes?

As the fake quote went viral on X and quite a few users believed it that was real, many took the chance to mock Liz Truss over something she didn't even say. Some of the memes that followed the post cast doubt on Truss' mental health, as the quote, were it real, sounded a little insane.

Others were quick to use the catchphrase in various meme formats, ranging from Dad, Are You in the Mafia from The Sopranos to I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords from The Simpsons.

The wave of memes has been quite reminiscent of two other recent cases when something that politicians didn't even do became a meme thanks to spread of misinformation, namely J.D. Vance's Couch Hoax and Tim Walz Horse Story Hoax.

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For the full history of the Underground Transgender Mafia, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.