Bernie Sanders Buying Groceries
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Bernie Sanders Buying Groceries refers to a viral photograph of United States Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders purchasing groceries.
Origin
On April 26th, 2019, Twitter [1] user @michaelsayman tweeted the photograph with the caption "Someone just spotted and snapped a photo of @BernieSanders at Hannafords in Burlington, VT and he’s buying his groceries." The tweet received more than 1,800 retweets and 13,000 likes in less than one week (shown below).
Spread
That day, Redditor [2] Gromitthedog posted the image in the /r/SandersForPresident subreddit. The psot received mroe than 800 points (98% upvoted) and 100 comments in less than one week.
Several days later, conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro mocked Sanders for purchasing food at a grocery store, joking that it goes against Sanders' politics. He wrote,[2] "Bernie in the 1980s: 'It’s funny, sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, that people are lining up for food. That is a good thing! In other countries people don’t line up for food: the rich get the food and the poor starve to death.'Bernie today." The post received more than 800 retweets, 5,800 likes and 3,000 comments (shown below, left).
Many criticized and mocked Shapiro's tweet, stating that they did not understand the connection between the quote and the photograph, as people must purchase food for sustenance, even politicians, like Sanders. Twitter[4] user @shaun_jen retweeted Shapiro and wrote, "genuinely no idea how this quote and picture are supposed to be related. help me out, folks." The tweet received more than 365 retweets and 5,200 likes in 24 hours (shown below, center). Others ironically commented on how effective Shapiro's insult was (example below, right).
Shapiro seemed to accept issues and criticism with the joke by responding to a comment "Eh, all the jokes can't be winners" and acknowledging the "possibility" that he is "just not funny" (shown below).[5]
On May 1st, The Daily Dot [6] published an article about the tweet.
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External References
[1] Twitter – @michaelsayman's Tweet
[2] Reddit – Look who was just at Hannafords in Burlington, VT!
[3] Twitter – @benshapiro's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @shaun_jen's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @benshapiro's Tweet
[6] The Daily Dot – Bernie Sanders buying food becomes conservative rallying cry
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