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How Democrats are born: Daughter likes music. School has class. She plays with guitars funded by NEA. GOP guts NEA. No class. No guitar.
Here's how Democrats are born: explain that the $2.01 will help poor people with serious basic needs, like food and shelter. She'll get it.
How Republicans are born.. Daughter, 35, has been looking for Italian shoes Finds them for $650. Steals design. Makes them in China for $2
How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been saving to buy her first house Found it for $350K. She had $350K exact Then...property tax
How socialists are born: she realises taxes pay for roads to drive you to hospital after she wraps guitar around your head in 5 years time. Grover NorquistGroverNorquist How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then..sales tax
How socialists are born: Daughter realizes that politics are not simply about the consequences for one's own finances Charles Clymer @cm... 12h How Democrats are born: Daughters gets straight As. Graduates top college. Hired for great job. Finds out she makes less than male peer.
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About

How Republicans Are Born is a snowclone popular on Twitter made in mockery of a tweet by conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist that imagines his daughter being denied the purchase of a guitar because she does not have the money to cover the sales tax on the object.

Origin

On June 25th, 2017, Grover Norquist tweeted:[1]

How Republicans are born…
Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar.
Found it for $35. She had 35 exact.
Then…sales tax

Grover Norquist @GroverNorquist How Republicans are born. Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then...sales tax 2017-06-25, 2:26 PM

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Immediate responses joked about how it appeared Norquist denied his daughter the guitar to teach her a lesson about the U.S. tax policies (a claim he denies) and made jibes about how some things he enjoys, such as paid roads, are paid for by taxes (examples shown below).

Johnny McNulty @JohnnyMcNulty Follow Replying to @GroverNorquist So, you intentionally let your daughter walk in without money for tax so you could give an 8-year-old a speech about why gubmint is evil?
John Schwartz @jswatz Follow Replying to @GroverNorquist Did you mention that you drove her to the guitar store on roads that were partly funded by sales taxes?

Other Twitter users began to turn the tweet into a snowclone, changing either the details of "how Republicans are born" or applying the tweet to other political ideologies. An hour after Norquist's tweet, @Pixelatedboat[2] tweeted an example of the former, gaining over 660 retweets and 3,800 likes (shown below, left). Twitter @cmclymer[3] tweeted a more serious variation, making a point about the wage gap in a tweet that gained over 1,000 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Huffington Post[4] and Bustle.[5]

Pixelated Boat @pixelatedboat Following How Republicans are born Daughter, 8, has saved to buy first Guitar. Bought it for $35. I then made her club a sick child to death with it RetweetsLikes 664 3,861
Charles Clymer @cmclymer Follow How Democrats are born: Daughters gets straight As Graduates top college. Hired for great job. Finds out she makes less than male peer.

Various Examples

How socialists are born: Daughter realizes that politics are not simply about the consequences for one's own finances Charles Clymer @cm... 12h How Democrats are born: Daughters gets straight As. Graduates top college. Hired for great job. Finds out she makes less than male peer.
How socialists are born: she realises taxes pay for roads to drive you to hospital after she wraps guitar around your head in 5 years time. Grover NorquistGroverNorquist How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then..sales tax
How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been saving to buy her first house Found it for $350K. She had $350K exact Then...property tax
How Republicans are born.. Daughter, 35, has been looking for Italian shoes Finds them for $650. Steals design. Makes them in China for $2
Here's how Democrats are born: explain that the $2.01 will help poor people with serious basic needs, like food and shelter. She'll get it.
How Democrats are born: Daughter likes music. School has class. She plays with guitars funded by NEA. GOP guts NEA. No class. No guitar.

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External References

[1] Twitter – @GroverNorquist

[2] Twitter – @Pixelatedboat

[3] Twitter – @cmclymer

[4] Huffington Post – Conservative’s Story About ‘How Republicans Are Born’ Backfires Spectacularly

[5] Bustle – This Guy's Story Of "How Republicans Are Born" Didn't Go Down Well With Twitter

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About

How Republicans Are Born is a snowclone popular on Twitter made in mockery of a tweet by conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist that imagines his daughter being denied the purchase of a guitar because she does not have the money to cover the sales tax on the object.

Origin

On June 25th, 2017, Grover Norquist tweeted:[1]

How Republicans are born…
Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar.
Found it for $35. She had 35 exact.
Then…sales tax


Grover Norquist @GroverNorquist How Republicans are born. Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then...sales tax 2017-06-25, 2:26 PM

Spread

Immediate responses joked about how it appeared Norquist denied his daughter the guitar to teach her a lesson about the U.S. tax policies (a claim he denies) and made jibes about how some things he enjoys, such as paid roads, are paid for by taxes (examples shown below).


Johnny McNulty @JohnnyMcNulty Follow Replying to @GroverNorquist So, you intentionally let your daughter walk in without money for tax so you could give an 8-year-old a speech about why gubmint is evil? John Schwartz @jswatz Follow Replying to @GroverNorquist Did you mention that you drove her to the guitar store on roads that were partly funded by sales taxes?

Other Twitter users began to turn the tweet into a snowclone, changing either the details of "how Republicans are born" or applying the tweet to other political ideologies. An hour after Norquist's tweet, @Pixelatedboat[2] tweeted an example of the former, gaining over 660 retweets and 3,800 likes (shown below, left). Twitter @cmclymer[3] tweeted a more serious variation, making a point about the wage gap in a tweet that gained over 1,000 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Huffington Post[4] and Bustle.[5]


Pixelated Boat @pixelatedboat Following How Republicans are born Daughter, 8, has saved to buy first Guitar. Bought it for $35. I then made her club a sick child to death with it RetweetsLikes 664 3,861 Charles Clymer @cmclymer Follow How Democrats are born: Daughters gets straight As Graduates top college. Hired for great job. Finds out she makes less than male peer.

Various Examples


How socialists are born: Daughter realizes that politics are not simply about the consequences for one's own finances Charles Clymer @cm... 12h How Democrats are born: Daughters gets straight As. Graduates top college. Hired for great job. Finds out she makes less than male peer. How socialists are born: she realises taxes pay for roads to drive you to hospital after she wraps guitar around your head in 5 years time. Grover NorquistGroverNorquist How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been savings up to buy her first Guitar. Found it for $35. She had 35 exact. Then..sales tax How Republicans are born... Daughter, 8, has been saving to buy her first house Found it for $350K. She had $350K exact Then...property tax How Republicans are born.. Daughter, 35, has been looking for Italian shoes Finds them for $650. Steals design. Makes them in China for $2 Here's how Democrats are born: explain that the $2.01 will help poor people with serious basic needs, like food and shelter. She'll get it. How Democrats are born: Daughter likes music. School has class. She plays with guitars funded by NEA. GOP guts NEA. No class. No guitar.

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Twitter – @GroverNorquist

[2] Twitter – @Pixelatedboat

[3] Twitter – @cmclymer

[4] Huffington Post – Conservative’s Story About ‘How Republicans Are Born’ Backfires Spectacularly

[5] Bustle – This Guy's Story Of "How Republicans Are Born" Didn't Go Down Well With Twitter

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How cynics are born:
Oh look, another political figure is trying to further their own agenda by using their own child in a grossly-oversimplified metaphor that can be easily digested by a crowd too apathetic to actually research the policies that control their lives. This is what our world has become.

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How independents are born: Republicans screaming about lowering taxes while also supporting wasting taxpayer money on wars and bases overseas and democrats pretending to care about poor people but only focusing on the interests of their wealthy donors.

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