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Jill Biden Pushing Away Vegan Protesters
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Jill Biden Pushing Away Vegan Protesters, also known as Lunging Vegans, refers to viral media showing an activist rushing on stage during former Vice President Joe Biden's Super Tuesday speech in early March 2020. Following the incident, video of the encounter and a photograph of Jill Biden pushing the activist away were widely circulated online.
Origin
On March 3rd, 2020, the Bloomberg Politics Twitter account[1] shared the photograph with the caption "Jill Biden trending on Twitter for her moves to defend her husband from protesters." The post received more than 3,200 likes and 1,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).
Hours later, The Washington Post[2] posted the article "Jill Biden’s epic tussle: In split-second blocking maneuver, she protects husband from lunging vegans." The headline is the first to use the expression.
Spread
That day, NBC News published a video of the incident on YouTube. The post received more than 13,000 views in less than 24 hours (shown below).
The expression soon became a trending topic on Twitter, where people joked about the expression. For example, congressman David Cicilline tweeted,[3] "Find you someone who will protect you from lunging vegans like Jill Biden." The tweet received more than 1,000 likes and 175 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).
Throughout the day, others joked about the expression (examples below, center and right).
Several media outlets covered the incident and expression including Daily Kos,[4] The Takeout,[5] Fast Company[6] and more. Twitter[7] published an Events page on the incident.
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External References
[1] Twitter – @bpolitics' Tweet
[2] The Washington Post – Jill Biden’s epic tussle: In split-second blocking maneuver, she protects husband from lunging vegans
[3] Twitter – @davidcicilline's Tweet
[4] Daily Kos – Lunging Vegans? I am So Ready for that Killer Giant Asteroid!
[5] The Takeout – Thank you, journalists, for warning us about the dangers of “lunging vegans”
[6] Fast Company – Here’s the story behind the viral photo of Jill Biden confronting a protester on Super Tuesday
[7] Twitter – 'Lunging vegans': A great band name or a Super Tuesday 2020 headline?
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