2020 Democratic presidential primary

what is the joe rogan crowd? whenever i hear about someone being a guest on his show it's usually someone alt-light

Rogan’s audience is impressionable. More liberals and leftists should go on the program.

ooof

Beto is now the "wow this blew up" second tweet in human form

— Victor Luckerson (@VLuck) March 13, 2019

Better they embrace yang than ben shapiro

LOL. That poor dog.

― Yerac, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:36 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what could he possibly add to this race?

― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, March 13, 2019

He makes Beto human.

He doesn’t have the easy manner of elizabeth warren’s dog, bailey

But maybe america is looking for authenticity

LOL. That poor dog.

― Yerac, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:36 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hello. yes. this is dog

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18256622/andrew-yang-2020-president-meme-yanggang

“Andrew Yang supporters, be SMART with your memes.”

The post appeared on the Yang For President subreddit on Thursday, warning supporters against creating anything that might reflect poorly on the candidate. “I get it,” the author warned, “you want to show off how dark your sense of humor is.” Pro-Yang memes are fine, the post argued, but the latest flood of Pepe and Trump-adjacent rage comics “reinforces the stereotype we are trying to avoid.”

“Seriously,” the message closed, “the memes being spread right now are sabotage.”

A tour through 4chan’s notoriously toxic /pol/ forum shows what the poster was so worried about. Yang is a minor player in the Democratic primary so far, an entrepreneur and political outsider with no traditional base of support. But on /pol/, he’s the only candidate that matters. The boards are full of Yang-related memes, including familiar faces like Wojak and Pepe. One reworked the Virgin / Chad meme (contrasting a dejected virgin with a carefree and popular Chad) to show Yang triumphing over a humiliated Trump.

More to the point:

Yang’s supporters — known online as the “YangGang” — seem to be drawn from across the political spectrum. According to the Daily Beast, Yang saw a surge of new supporters after an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience in February, often a crossover point between mainstream culture and the fringe right. At the same time, his Universal Basic Income proposal has proven genuinely popular with younger voters disenchanted with conventional politics.

“He feels like someone who forms his own ideas and knows what he’s talking about,” one online supporter told me. “And YangGang sounds like a dope group to be a part of.”

Anyway, I'm starting to see a lot of #YangGang bros in the replies of random politics tweets.

#NangGang

https://www.ktsm.com/news/politics/beto-o-rourke-is-running-for-president-in-2020-ktsm-confirms/1846804405

Just remembered the last time a Conde Nast publication dressed a young Democratic hopeful in smart-casual workwear and posed them next to a dog and pickup truck in a cover story shot by Annie Leibovitz. pic.twitter.com/qvOzjdaUkw

— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) March 13, 2019

nobody remembers John W. Davis.

tbf, if Calvin Coolidge hadn't won no one would remember him, either, .

beto's dog looks scared in that photo :(

if only he could go back to where he belongs: Greenwald's ranch.

i hate glenn greenwald, but his pallazzo with his twelve dogs or whatever seems sort of idyllic

He also doesn’t know how many dogs he has

c’mon the dog doesn’t look scared in that Beto picture. It’s more like yeah whatever

the dog has been oppressed by late capitalism

That dog was paid a cool mil to help Beto look more authentic, he's doing just fine.

what's a dog gonna do with a million simoleons

I like how in that Beto documentary he supposedly just makes his entire family cry constantly. I assume that includes the dog.

The dog cries on command, truly a master thespian

i've got no issues with beto. He seems like an earnest person. My only reservation is (perceived) lack of experience but clearly that is no barrier to entry to the presidency these days. In fact, now, I really don't care who runs in the primary; the more the merrier. I'm sure four or five will drop out by summer (Gabbard, Hickenlooper...I don't see these campaigns going anywhere).

watching this dude stumping in a cafe rn and not sure I can handle his constant emphatic arm-flailing

looks like he's trying to flag down a rescue plane

O'Rourke seems like a perfectly nice person. But he still believes that the Republicans can be trusted and dealt with, so fuck him.

On O’Rourke, remember: “it worked before” doomed a lot of poker games and marriages.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) March 14, 2019

I find it a bit odd in the woke age that the discourse around Mayor Pete has had little to do with him being an Out Gay Presidential Candidate and 100% to do with him having the word "Butt" in his name.

It’s not pronounced “butt gag,” it’s pronounced “booty-judge”

But he still believes that the Republicans can be trusted and dealt with, so fuck him.

Trusted, no, but you have to deal with them. Hence our current situation, where the Dems took back the house ... and we still can't surmount GOP bullshit.

Haven’t heard back from @BetoORourke’s team yet on his key policy priorities

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 14, 2019

bringing people together-- what more do you need?

judging from his record, beto's policy priorities are republican until proven otherwise

DIY

Beto O’Rourke speaks in Iowa after launching his 2020 bid: “We have the single greatest mechanism to call forth the genius of our fellow human beings. This democracy … can bring the ingenuity, the creativity, the resolve of an entire country” https://t.co/vjldpxJmP9 pic.twitter.com/Iwfs5Yr7TC

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 14, 2019

why have we not been using this thing?

sure, whatever, dude - just give us an idea of how many poor people both foreign and domestic are likely gonna die of preventable causes on your watch so the voters can make an informed choice pls

that's some "where wings take dream" level shit right there

i like how julian castro is from texas, has cabinet experience, is actually pushing progressive policies, and could be the first mexican-american president, and natl dems are tripping over their dicks to push beto o'rourke

i am enjoying mentally mangling these posts:

the dog has been oppressed by late capitalism
― shoulda zagged (esby), Thursday, March 14, 2019

That dog was paid a cool mil to help Beto look more authentic, he's doing just fine.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, March 14, 2019

what's a dog gonna do with a million simoleons
― j., Thursday, March 14, 2019

The dog cries on command, truly a master thespian
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, March 14, 2019

i think the 'actually pushing progressive policies' part is key there xp

Beto's slogan should be "I look super impressive compared to Ted Cruz."

Beto is a proven fundraiser, which is natl dems care about

Beto's slogan should be, "I look super impressed with myself."

xp all they care about

Beto's slogan should clearly be "you can BETOn me!"

This election has Silent Generation candidates, Baby Boomer candidates, Gen X candidates, and Millennial candidates. If we can get Jimmy Carter to run for another term, we can bring in the Greatest Generation.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 14, 2019