Harris vs. Trump: The Battle of Memes in the U.S. Presidential Race

12.08.2024

Propastop provides a brief overview of the meme war that has erupted during the unexpectedly tense U.S. presidential election, featuring the Republican duo of Donald Trump and JD Vance against the Democratic team of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. If you’ve come across any interesting memes, please send them to Propastop—we’ll gladly include them in our post!

It all started with the fierce attacks from Republicans, triggered by the decision to nominate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the vice-presidential candidate.

WANTED: Lockdowns, mandatory mask-wearing, school closures, etc. Republicans, some of whom are anti-vaxxers, are now criticizing the former Minnesota governor for his actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Screenshot.
TAMPON TIM: Last year, Governor Walz signed a bill requiring Minnesota public schools to provide free menstrual products, including tampons, in restrooms for all students in grades 4-12. Source: screenshot.
DEMOCRATS MADE THE WORD “WEIRD” GO VIRAL. Dems successfully popularized the term “weird” to ridicule Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This simple and widely understood adjective has been much more effective in the final days of the election campaign than the warnings about the “threat to democracy” often expressed in political rhetoric. Even fellow presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy complained: “This whole ‘they’re weird’ argument from the Democrats is silly and childish. These are presidential elections, not a high school beauty contest.” On the other hand, Carlos Turnbull notes that labeling Republicans as “weird” has been incredibly effective. Source: Screenshot.
DON’T CALL US WEIRD! “Real men wear diapers,” declares the message on a Trump supporter’s T-shirt. Some time ago, a rumor began circulating that the 78-year-old Trump was forced to wear adult diapers. In response, his supporters started defiantly wearing diapers at campaign events. Source: Screenshot.
PROSECUTOR AGAINST A CONVICTED CRIMINAL. Democrat Kamala Harris built her career as a prosecutor, while Donald Trump was found guilty of document fraud in court this year. Source: Screenshot.
Republicans keep on using anti-vaxx agenda in their memes against Harris.
Do you think the security team shouted “Donald Duck!” during the assassination attempt on Donald Trump? (A play on words – “Donald, duck!” means “Donald, get down!” but sounds like the name of Disney’s legendary character, Donald Duck). Thanks to our reader Kristjan Kostabi for this meme! We welcome clever and timely memes from other readers as well. Source: Screenshot.
A hint to the fact that at Trump’s Florida home, classified documents were stored for an uncertain reasons.