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About

Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green Joe Biden, refers to an imaginary third-party candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election who's depicted as a photoshopped version of President Joe Biden with a green tie, said to be the leading candidate for the Gleeks party (unaffiliated with the term "gleek" to describe fans of the TV show Glee). The character originally surfaced after the June 2024 Presidential Debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. A three-panel split-screen showing Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate onstage went viral on Reddit and Twitter / X in the following days. The original creator said that the meme came to them in a dream. Going into the latter half of 2024, the Gleeks candidate was named "Godfrey G. Golden" by Redditors and X users, while "Joe Glubbin" was his name for meme creators on TikTok.

Origin

On June 28th, 2024, Redditor[1] Shawakamigo posted to the subreddit /r/thomastheplankengine, writing, "Had a dream after the debate that there was a third party called the 'gleeks.'" The image showed former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden during the June 2024 Presidential Debate with a third candidate onscreen who was pictured as a photoshopped version of Biden with a green tie and grey suit. The post received over 6,200 upvotes in five months (shown below).

The original meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

Spread

In the following days, Redditor Shawakamigo's June 28th, 2024, image was reposted to other subreddits as it began to spread on the platform.[2][3]

On July 18th, 2024, X[4] user @334_sandi tweeted the image, joking about how the third candidate was like the third Mario Brother, gaining over 78,000 likes in four months (shown below).

A meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

Later on July 18th, X[5] user @geomaniac_ quote retweeted the abovementioned post, amassing over 108,000 likes in four months (shown below).

A meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

On September 11th, 2024, X[6] user @DRAXOMOSPHERE resurfaced the meme, captioning the original image with the question, "What ever happened to this guy?" Over two months, the tweet gained over 93,000 likes (shown below).

A meme asking, "What ever happened to this guy?" concerning Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

On October 1st, TikToker[7] @cantwiperight posted a video in which they wrote, "Definitely voting for joe glubbin this election! #JoeGlubbin2024." In a month, the TikTok amassed over 309,500 plays and 71,800 likes (shown below).

@cantwiperight Definitely voting for Joe Glubbin this election! #JoeGlubbin #cantwiperight #peak #election #2024 #tiktok #nature #photography #heysweetness ♬ original sound – cant wipe right

Closer to Election Day in the U.S., X[8] user @Trey_Explainer tweeted on November 5th, 2024, "We’ll have to see what happens today…" captioning a fake Wikipedia article about the Presidential Election that showed the primary candidates as Donald Trump and Godfrey G. Golden, gaining over 11,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

The fake Wikipedia article was originally posted by Redditor[9] Ouedouardo to /r/AlternateHistoryMemes on July 22nd, where it received over 550 upvotes in four months.

A fake "Wikipedia":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/wikipedia article about the "2024 United States Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 showing former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump up against Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden.

Various Examples

A meme about a "Gleek Sweep" (a variation of "Jeb Sweep":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeb-wins-jeb-bush-flawless-victory) showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.
A meme asking, "Where is he when you need him?" showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden. The meme concerns "Joe Biden Dropping Out Of 2024 Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/joe-biden-dropping-out-of-2024-presidential-election.
A fake "Wikipedia":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/wikipedia article about the "2024 United States Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, up against Fard Mushen, a version of "Elon Musk":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/elon-musk.
A "fake news article":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fake-news-article-screenshots about Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, saying, "I have blown up 26 white picket fences today."
The GLEEK Act, which is an imaginary congressional act passed by Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden.
A meme that inserts a fourth candidate into the original Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden meme, showing the Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The fourth candidate is a version of Trump with a yellow tie.

Templates

The original image showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.
The original image showing the "photoshopped":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/photoshop "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden character Godfrey G. Golden who's a "2024 Presidential":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 candidate for the imaginary Gleeks party. Golden is Joe Biden with a green tie and grey suit.

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About

Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green Joe Biden, refers to an imaginary third-party candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election who's depicted as a photoshopped version of President Joe Biden with a green tie, said to be the leading candidate for the Gleeks party (unaffiliated with the term "gleek" to describe fans of the TV show Glee). The character originally surfaced after the June 2024 Presidential Debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. A three-panel split-screen showing Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate onstage went viral on Reddit and Twitter / X in the following days. The original creator said that the meme came to them in a dream. Going into the latter half of 2024, the Gleeks candidate was named "Godfrey G. Golden" by Redditors and X users, while "Joe Glubbin" was his name for meme creators on TikTok.

Origin

On June 28th, 2024, Redditor[1] Shawakamigo posted to the subreddit /r/thomastheplankengine, writing, "Had a dream after the debate that there was a third party called the 'gleeks.'" The image showed former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden during the June 2024 Presidential Debate with a third candidate onscreen who was pictured as a photoshopped version of Biden with a green tie and grey suit. The post received over 6,200 upvotes in five months (shown below).


The original meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

Spread

In the following days, Redditor Shawakamigo's June 28th, 2024, image was reposted to other subreddits as it began to spread on the platform.[2][3]

On July 18th, 2024, X[4] user @334_sandi tweeted the image, joking about how the third candidate was like the third Mario Brother, gaining over 78,000 likes in four months (shown below).


A meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

Later on July 18th, X[5] user @geomaniac_ quote retweeted the abovementioned post, amassing over 108,000 likes in four months (shown below).


A meme showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

On September 11th, 2024, X[6] user @DRAXOMOSPHERE resurfaced the meme, captioning the original image with the question, "What ever happened to this guy?" Over two months, the tweet gained over 93,000 likes (shown below).


A meme asking, "What ever happened to this guy?" concerning Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate.

On October 1st, TikToker[7] @cantwiperight posted a video in which they wrote, "Definitely voting for joe glubbin this election! #JoeGlubbin2024." In a month, the TikTok amassed over 309,500 plays and 71,800 likes (shown below).

@cantwiperight Definitely voting for Joe Glubbin this election! #JoeGlubbin #cantwiperight #peak #election #2024 #tiktok #nature #photography #heysweetness ♬ original sound – cant wipe right

Closer to Election Day in the U.S., X[8] user @Trey_Explainer tweeted on November 5th, 2024, "We’ll have to see what happens today…" captioning a fake Wikipedia article about the Presidential Election that showed the primary candidates as Donald Trump and Godfrey G. Golden, gaining over 11,000 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

The fake Wikipedia article was originally posted by Redditor[9] Ouedouardo to /r/AlternateHistoryMemes on July 22nd, where it received over 550 upvotes in four months.


A fake "Wikipedia":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/wikipedia article about the "2024 United States Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 showing former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump up against Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden.

Various Examples


A meme about a "Gleek Sweep" (a variation of "Jeb Sweep":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeb-wins-jeb-bush-flawless-victory) showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate. A meme asking, "Where is he when you need him?" showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden. The meme concerns "Joe Biden Dropping Out Of 2024 Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/joe-biden-dropping-out-of-2024-presidential-election. A fake "Wikipedia":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/wikipedia article about the "2024 United States Presidential Election":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, up against Fard Mushen, a version of "Elon Musk":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/elon-musk. A "fake news article":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fake-news-article-screenshots about Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, saying, "I have blown up 26 white picket fences today." The GLEEK Act, which is an imaginary congressional act passed by Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden. A meme that inserts a fourth candidate into the original Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden meme, showing the Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The fourth candidate is a version of Trump with a yellow tie.

Templates


The original image showing Gleeks Candidate Godfrey G. Golden, also known as Joe Glubbin or Green "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden, onstage at the "June 2024 Presidential Debate":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/june-2024-presidential-debate between President Biden and former President "Donald Trump":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/donald-trump. The three-panel split screen shows Trump, Biden and the green Gleeks candidate. The original image showing the "photoshopped":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/photoshop "Joe Biden":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/joe-biden character Godfrey G. Golden who's a "2024 Presidential":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2024-united-states-presidential-election--3 candidate for the imaginary Gleeks party. Golden is Joe Biden with a green tie and grey suit.

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