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412 The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why the Biden campaign has embraced it — explained

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Aja Romano @ Vox · 04/25/2023 17:08 EDT

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why the Biden campaign has embraced it — explained

Dark Brandon, as memed across the internet. | Collage by Vox featuring Yang Quan and tweets from @redwoodk8, @josecanyousee_, @SundaeDivine, @tobinjstone.How “Let’s Go Brandon” and “Dark MAGA” combined to celebrate Joe Biden’s policy wins. At first, the rise of “Dark Brandon,” President Biden’s cooler, laser-eyed internet alter ego, presented us with a number of complicated questions about memes and their origins.
Who gets to decide what a meme means? Can a meme born in darkness — say, for instance, the rac

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