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Going Out Like Stan Chera

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Going Out Like Stan Chera is a quote reportedly said by former President Donald Trump during his October 2020 bout with COVID-19. According to reports, Trump repeatedly asked those around him if he was "going out like Stan Chera," referring to the real estate mogul Stan Chera who went into a coma and died earlier that year due to the coronavirus. Since the quote was published in late 2020, it has often been used as a catchphrase on Twitter to comment on things that are perceived to be near death.

Origin

On October 3rd, 2020, Vanity Fair columnist Gabriel Sherman[1] reported that while the White House was publicly offering optimism about Donald and Melania Trump testing positive for COVID-19, the situation was more "dire" behind closed doors. Sherman reported that Trump was repeatedly asking aides if he was "going out like Stan Chera," a real estate mogul and friend of his who had passed away earlier that year from COVID.


Gabriel Sherman @gabrielsherman Conversations w Republicans close to WH over last 12 hours indicate it's been far more dire than WH has said. Before being taken to Walter Reed, Trump kept asking aides, "Am I going out like Stan Chera? Am I?" (Chera was Trump's NYC friend who died of Covid in April) 1:21 PM Oct 3, 2020


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Over the following few days, many on social media voiced that they found the quote humorous and began making parodies and memes with it.

For example, on October 3rd, 2020, Twitter / X user @joolsd[2] posted that it would make a good like in a Trump biopic, gaining over 70 likes in three and a half years (shown below, top). That same day, Twitter user @mrmikeyreid[3] joked that they'd use it if their tweets were bombing, gaining over 90 likes in the same timeframe (shown below, bottom).


Beath is Cer joolsd @joolsd it's a shame with lines like "am i going out like stan chera? am i?" we'll never get the al pacino trump biopic we deserve 2:31 PM Oct 3, 2020 ... mikey reid @mrmikeyreid me when my tweets bomb: AM I GOING OUT LIKE STAN CHERA? ...

The catchphrase remained a meme on Twitter over the following four years. On August 25th, 2021, Twitter user @Chinchillazllla[4] joked that they used the phrase if they started feeling like they might have COVID to feel better, gaining over 300 likes in three years (shown below, top).

On March 22nd, 2022, Twitter user @MandelaFace[5] joked about Hillary Clinton contracting COVID with the phrase "Pokémon Go out like Stan Chera" (a reference to her highly memed quote "Pokemon GO to the Polls"), gaining over 70 likes in two years (shown below, bottom).


i bless the rains down in castamere @Chinchillazllla every time i start feeling sorry for myself because i don't feel good and i might have covid, i say "i am going out like Stan Chera" and that makes me laugh instead 8:42 PM • Aug 25, 2021 Goatstein @MandelaFace pokemon go out like stan chera CNN CNN Breaking News BREAKING NEWS @cnnbrk Mar 22, 2022 Hillary Clinton says she has tested positive for Covid-19 and has mild symptoms. cnn.it/3woeCAa 7:12 PM Mar 22, 2022 •

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deathcore_doggy @SAMOYEDWAVE "am i going out like stan chera?" THE SEVEN WORDS OF JESUS ON THE CROSS INRI 9:08 AM Dec 14, 2021 ... jas @j_a155 Tampa going out like Stan Chera. Completely shut down in the 3rd and Kucherov melts down at the bench and some dude crosscheck a linesman. STANLEY CUP FINAL | COL LEADS 3-2 3RD COL 2 E571 17.3 TB 1 EMPTY NET DEX DEA on psi nterprise MassMutual DUNKIN' Great Clip 0:05 BEN 11:02 PM Jun 26, 2022 • AM verizon UNCONVINCING EMO LYRICS lan Cohen @en_cohen "Am I going out like Stan Chera?" • whitney medworth @its_whitney Nov 10, 2022 gotta get these lobs off while we can and im feeling sentimental. what was your favorite day ever on twitter? 7:18 PM Nov 10, 2022 green man @real_green_man also got my second vaccine dose today and while I'm not yet going out like stan chera, we'll see how the next few hours go • 10:59 PM May 8, 2021 ... War Takes @War_Takes We all thought Twitter was going to go down like the Titanic and now its looking more like its going out like Stan Chera. 8:11 PM Dec 18, 2022 ... Mr. Chau @Srirachachau There's still time but him genuinely thinking he was gonna die is hard to beat, even if it didn't happen, he felt fear. "Am I going out like Stan Chera?" is a quote we should treasure 6:28 PM Aug 25, 2023

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External References

[1] Twitter – GabrielSherman

[2] Twitter – joolsd

[3] Twitter – mrmikeyreid

[4] Twitter – Chinchillazllla

[5] Twitter – MandelaFace

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