‘Strayans Have Been Memeing The Shit Out Of Jeb Bush’s “America” Gun Tweet

Middle America. It’s a reasonably simple part of the US audience to capture once you figure out that pandering to them basically boils down to mentioning Jesus, the troops, families, guns, and leading the crowd in an occasional U-S-A chant. Think of it as something of a modified-Kang & Kodos platform: “Abortions for none, miniature American flags for all!“

America. pic.twitter.com/TeduJkwQF3

— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) February 16, 2016

Yikes.

.@JebBush pic.twitter.com/o7N8DhnWPx

— Ryan Scott Graham (@RyanScottGraham) February 16, 2016

Uhhh pic.twitter.com/DnojxtFHik

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) February 16, 2016

pic.twitter.com/ew1YYm7LSk

— Rupert H (@rpy) February 16, 2016

America. pic.twitter.com/RDcdLOQZns

— Matt Quirion (@mquirion) February 16, 2016

@JebBush I see you’ve played knifey spoony before

— Slade Sohmer (@Slade) February 16, 2016

Then it got magnificently nerdy.

.@JebBush Tatooine. pic.twitter.com/xnQDE7bVGh

— John Joseph Adams (@JohnJosephAdams) February 16, 2016

@JohnJosephAdams @JebBush Romulus. pic.twitter.com/uC1LkRKBLN

— Lisa N. Morton (@lnmorton) February 16, 2016

@lnmorton @JohnJosephAdams @JebBush Melniboné. pic.twitter.com/w49sBHcOzX

— Evan Goer (@evangoer) February 16, 2016

.@evangoer @lnmorton @JohnJosephAdams @JebBush Qo’noS pic.twitter.com/DwhAu7vRZJ

— Asymptotic Binary (@asymbina) February 16, 2016

@jayowenreturn @asymbina @evangoer @lnmorton @JohnJosephAdams @JebBush Hogwarts pic.twitter.com/81wrAvNZEb

— Drunk Cobata (@GarciaHortolano) February 16, 2016

Corellia. pic.twitter.com/hSDJadxful

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 16, 2016

And finally, because it’s morning here and fucken oath why not, Australia got well involved.

Australia. pic.twitter.com/Zs0myUW0X4

— thomas violence (@thomas_violence) February 16, 2016

Australia. pic.twitter.com/vrki9lfnAR

— Mark Pesce (@mpesce) February 16, 2016

Australia. pic.twitter.com/EU7TPxQcB6

— Jo Thornely (@jothornely) February 16, 2016

Australia pic.twitter.com/A0UlbF7aaR

— Rhys Anthony McCaig (@mccaig) February 16, 2016

Australia. pic.twitter.com/oEoGRNY39J

— colley (@JamColley) February 16, 2016

Australia ping @JebBush pic.twitter.com/LrGkux48hc

— Bernard Keane (@BernardKeane) February 16, 2016

‘Course, none of us got as blisteringly savage on the whole thing as Edward Snowden did.

Delete your account. https://t.co/UT19AT3Qyg

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 16, 2016

But then again none of us have ever dropped a mixtape so fire that we had to flee to Russia.