Nearly two weeks since the winner of the 2020 US presidential election was known, and Donald Trump remains in a state of denial about the results. While his all-caps proclamations have given some cause for concern, for many others they have—as with so many of the president’s tweets—become fodder for memes.
On Sunday, POTUS tweeted—just a day after giving some hope that by acknowledging Joe Biden’s victory for the first time—“I WON THE ELECTION!”.
Twitter immediately flagged the tweet with the disclaimer “Official sources called the election differently”. And, a host of Twitter users replied to it with their own versions of unsubstantiated all-caps claims.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I WON THE LOTTERY!<br><br>2 OF MY NUMBERS HIT, BUT WHEN I CALLED IN FOR THEM TO STOP THE COUNT THEY TOLD ME TO SHUT UP!<br><br>ITS RIGGED I TELL YOU!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/jadzNqAtEV">https://t.co/jadzNqAtEV</a></p>— Ricky Gutierrez (@Rgutierrez2019) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rgutierrez2019/status/1328207403851124736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fixed it <a href="https://t.co/IQwLiDusiV">pic.twitter.com/IQwLiDusiV</a></p>— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) <a href="https://twitter.com/skolanach/status/1328206355941924864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Some celebrities also jumped into the fray, including Mark Hamill.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YOU WON AN EJECTION! <a href="https://t.co/dR8kAN1Ayn">https://t.co/dR8kAN1Ayn</a></p>— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1328277578436657155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am the Batman. <a href="https://t.co/5vssfi8VQ0">https://t.co/5vssfi8VQ0</a></p>— Justin Amash (@justinamash) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1328202327761838080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
YouTube streamer videogamedunkey also chipped in.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is extremely fake and wrong, i actually won <a href="https://t.co/dfFyfckH4R">pic.twitter.com/dfFyfckH4R</a></p>— dunkey (@vgdunkey) <a href="https://twitter.com/vgdunkey/status/1328258213364502530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
You too can participate in the trend by letting your phone keyboard’s auto-suggest algorithm fill in the blanks.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I WON THE LOTTERY!<br><br>(The game is to type 'I WON' and then let auto correct finish the sentence, right?) <a href="https://t.co/KCG0epZW4I">https://t.co/KCG0epZW4I</a></p>— Doctor Roshan R 🌍 (@pythoroshan) <a href="https://twitter.com/pythoroshan/status/1328206977156014080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
