Did Over 75,000 People Really Write-In 'Hawk Tuah' For President? The Viral 'Vote Hawk Tuah' Memes Explained
Every year, sports teams that win their respective championship are invited to the White House for a photo opportunity and a chance to meet the President, which is what happened to the Tampa Bay Lightning after they secured the Stanley Cup for themselves again.
During the press conference, President Joe Biden began thanking several people, including the commissioner of the National Hockey League, Gary Bettman — except when he went to thank him, instead of saying "Commissioner Bettman," he purportedly referred to him as "Commissioner Batman," which was immediately picked up on by the players with Victor Hedman having the most notable reaction of the team.
Joe Biden calls NHL Commisioner Gary Bettman “Gary Batman” and one of the players on the Lightning standing behind him starts cracking up.
pic.twitter.com/KHUZrs8Mux— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 25, 2022
Bolts Hedman Laughing After President Biden "Batman" Sliphttps://t.co/nxoLQ6zIkM #hedman #biden #bettman #batman #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/NWZ9iZpG0S
— Doobie Duke Sims ③ (@DoobieDukeSims) April 26, 2022
The gaffe itself was enough to inspire people to create memes about the event and viral video. Unlike other gaffes, in which Biden himself is the subject of the memes, it was more Gary "Batman" who had the meme spotlight, with some people even creating memes of Batman through the perspective of him being a hockey player.
@TBLightning Gary Bruce Bettman… middle name coincidence? I think not. #biden #batman #WhiteHouse #nhl pic.twitter.com/tgaF1sz0D2
— Kobe Samuel (@samuelkobe) April 25, 2022
Gotta be fair to Biden, this sure looks someone named Gary Batman pic.twitter.com/jPbiA7Hv3i
— ThePinkPanther (@1984PinkPanther) April 26, 2022
Y'all making fun of @JoeBiden for calling NHL Commissioner Gary "Batman", but what you don't realize is that Biden is thinking next level on Y'all. #GaryBatman pic.twitter.com/L8rqAo0yro
— Torrey M. Spears 🇺🇸 (@torreymspears) April 26, 2022
Gary Batman when he wants to see Sidney Crosby https://t.co/Pitllh82Jf pic.twitter.com/Cn4Wn5SFkq
— Petrov McGuire (@McguirePetrov) April 25, 2022
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