Dark Brandon

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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A meme that mocks President Biden has been transformed by supporters to celebrate his recent wins. But questions about whether he should run for reelection remain. The Washington Post's Matt Viser explains. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	His eyes are laser.
0:05.0	He's getting his policies passed.
0:08.4	He's lower in gas prices.
0:11.9	He's dark brand.
0:14.2	With all his faith, right to much more.
0:18.5	Where this dark brand and guy came from, ahead on today's play.
0:22.5	The United States will find you.
0:48.5	It's dark brand.
0:58.5	It's dark brand.
1:02.7	It's dark brand.
1:04.7	It's dark brand.
1:07.9	Matt Pfizer covers the White House for the Washington Post, so we called him up to talk
1:11.4	about a meme.
1:13.0	Correct.
1:14.0	I can't say that I've seen that many memes of Joe Biden covering him for the past few
1:18.1	years, but now he is known as dark brand in some of these memes.
1:22.8	And for those of our listening audience who do not spend a ton of time online, how do
1:28.3	you spot a dark brand in meme?
1:30.1	How do you know you got the genuine article?
1:31.8	So a lot of times there are lasers coming out of Joe Biden's eyes.
1:36.3	Sometimes his pupils are covered up by bright lights.
1:39.6	There are others where he's bearded or he has an eye patch.
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