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Bernie Sanders Writing on a Whiteboard, also known as Bernie Board, is an image edit meme featuring a photograph of 2020 democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders writing a thank you message to supporters on a whiteboard. The image was posted on Twitter in early February 2020.

Origin

On February 2nd, 2020, Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir tweeted^[1] the image with the caption "A note from Bernie to his field staff." In the original photograph, Sanders is writing "Thanks for all your hard work." The post received more than 16,000 likes and 1,400 retweets in less than two days (shown below).

Spread

Hours later, Twitter^[2] user @deceasedbaron shared an edited version of the image, changing the text to read "anime should be illegal". Within two days, the post received more than 18,000 likes and 3,000 retweets (shown below, left). As the meme spread on Twitter, Twitter^[5] user @rafaelshimunov began tagging examples #BernieBoard.^[6]

Throughout the day, the image continued to spread online. That afternoon, Redditor^[3] LampWithNoShade posted the meme in the /r/PresidenitalRaceMemes subreddit, uploading a Yeah, Good. Ok. variation that received more than 800 points (98% upvoted) in less than two days (shown below, center).

The following day, Redditor^[4] ntt2wtt posted a variation in the /r/GamersRiseUp in which Bernie Sanders writes "Despite" on the board. Within 24 hours, the post received more than 11,000 points

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