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Joe Biden's "I'm Sick" Tweet
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About
Joe Biden's "I'm Sick" Tweet refers to a post by U.S. President Joe Biden's official account on Twitter / X following a coronavirus diagnosis in mid-July 2024. The tweet set up a fundraising appeal, with Biden clarifying he was "sick" of Elon Musk in a reply, but users turned the initial two-word tweet into a caption and exploitable for various memes and jokes, making Biden appear to say things he had not said.
Origin
On July 17th, 2024, Joe Biden was reported to have been diagnosed with COVID-19. [1] As the news spread, Biden tweeted "I'm sick."[6] He followed up with a fundraising appeal to clarify that he meant he was "sick" of Elon Musk and other rich donors trying to buy the 2024 Presidential Election. The first tweet gained over 146,000 retweets and 475,000 likes in one day (both tweets shown below).
![Biden's I'm Sick tweet Joe Biden @Joe Biden I'm sick 7:22 PM Jul 17, 2024 139.2M Views 94K 146K Post your reply 475K 30K ↑ Joe Biden @Joe Biden · 16h • of Elon Musk and his rich buddies trying to buy this election. And if you agree, pitch in here. Reply](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/197/309.png)
Spread
The tweet was instantly the subject of jokes on social media as it spread. Some users made jokes taking the tweet out of context. For example, on July 17th, 2024, X / Twitter user @sexwithuruncle[2] quote-tweeted the post with a doctored image of Biden on a skateboard, gaining over 13,000 retweets and 184,000 likes in one day (shown below, left).
The same day, Twitter user @jbenmenachem[3] posted the same joke, gaining over 220 retweets and 3,300 likes in a similar timeframe (shown below, right).
![Biden Skateboarding Shaun Johnson @sexwithuruncle Joe Biden @Joe Biden 16h I'm sick Last edited 9:01 PM Jul 17, 2024.5.1M Views • ENT OF THE UNITED](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/199/8d9.png)
![More Biden skating jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem Joe Biden @Joe Biden 16h I'm sick 7:26 PM ⚫ Jul 17, 2024 144.2K Views •](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/202/ce6.png)
Others joked about the tweet as a duo, editing the second, Musk-focused tweet to joke about a separate issue. For example, Twitter user @snowingsal[4] edited the tweets to read "I'm sick… of these f-----ts," gaining over 5,100 retweets and 79,000 likes in one day (shown below, left). The same day, user @wabdoteth[5] edited the second tweet to read "sick as f---," gaining over 90 retweets and 2,600 likes in one day (shown below, right).
![not a nice thing to say joe K Joe Biden ⭑ @Joe Biden Post I'm sick • 7:22 PM 7/17/24 5.5M Views • 9.6K Reposts 18K Quotes 46K Likes 3.2K Bookmarks 27 Joe Biden @JoeBiden. 30m of these fagónts. Follow ... <]](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Sick AF Joe Biden @JoeBiden I'm sick 12:22 AM - Jul 18, 2024 - 250.6K Views 2.2K tz 4K Post your reply Joe Biden ...sick as f--- @JoeBiden. 1m 216 291 3 7.6K ☐ 408 ↑ 1.8K lil 26K Reply](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Various Examples
![Don't Go Through His Phone Lauren 2 @decent shittalk I told you not to go through his phone girl Joe Biden @JoeBiden 17h I'm sick 7:39 PM Jul 17, 2024 5.9M Views Of](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/223/ac1.png)
![Momala I Frew Up clintoris @clintoris Momala I frew up Joe Biden @JoeBiden 17h I'm sick 7:31 PM Jul 17, 2024 1.5M Views ⠀](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/225/0c6.png)
![Mandy Moore In AWTR Frank Costa @feistyfrank Mandy Moore in A Walk to Remember: Joe Biden @JoeBiden 17h I'm sick . 7:50 PM Jul 17, 2024 313.9K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/226/847.png)
![Phantom Thread hunter harris @hunteryharris Joe Biden @Joe Biden 17h I'm sick • 9:29 AM Jul 18, 2024 47.2K Views •](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/227/95e.png)
![Little Women Sam Herbst @smhrbst Jo: I'm going to be a famous writer Amy: I'm going to be an artist Meg: I'm going to be a wife Beth: Joe Biden @JoeBiden · 17h I'm sick 8:13 PM ⚫ Jul 17, 2024 2M Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/228/93c.png)
![Arrested Development Joke That Baby Is Not White @PrettyBadLefty I GOT THE WORST [bleep] CAMPAIGN STAFF Joe Biden @JoeBiden 17h I'm sick 7:44 PM ⚫ Jul 17, 2024 35K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/864/229/d9f.png)
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External References
[1] NBC – Biden tests positive for Covid, cancels speech in Las Vegas
[2] Twitter – sexwithuruncle
[3] Twitter – jbenmenachem
[4] Twitter – snowingsal
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