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(It's) Joever (/ˈdʒoʊ.vər/ JOH-vər)[lower-alpha 1] is a colloquialism and internet meme related to the Presidency of Joe Biden which has been used humorously to refer to the debate around his age and withdrawal from the 2024 presidential election.
The meme is a portmanteau of Joe and over.[1][unreliable source] It resurged in popularity after Joe Biden responded to pressure and decided to withdraw from the presidential election.[2]
History
Bipartisan pressure existed in the form of Democratic concern about Biden's health[3] and Republican mockery after the June 2024 United States presidential debate.[4] Vice President Kamala Harris, the alternative candidate, polled more popularly than Biden and has received a great number of memes.[5] According to The Washington Post, which mentioned the gloating meme as early as June, "as some Democrats raised the possibility of replacing Biden on the ticket, Trump aides and allies gloated and said it was too late. “IT’S SO JOE-VER,” one campaign email exulted".[4]
Mounting pressure on Joe Biden focused on his loss at the presidential debate and his days of isolation spent after his diagnosis of COVID-19.[2] After Biden swiftly dropped out and nominated Harris, the news caused much commotion on social media.[6] The surge of passionate memes bidding Biden farewell also attracted some satire.[7] Earlier speculation since the presidential debate about the timing of the change in the 2024 Democratic party ticket became validated and mainstreamed.[8] The fact that the medium is a meme quickly disseminated Biden's announcement because the main sources of information for many voters are accounts like Pop Crave instead of traditional media such as radio and newspapers.[9]
A previous meme from 2023,[10] which included a photograph of Barack Obama alongside Biden overlayed with the text "IT'S JOEVER WE'RE BARACK", reappeared during the surge of memes.[7] It was correlated with other resurgent memes about Kamala Harris being nominated as Biden's replacement such as Kamencing[3] picturing her heading towards the White House,[2] as well as what can be, unburdened by what has been.[6] The reaction on Twitter was emotional.[6] Despite the memes, there is uncertainty among Democrats about the election.[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Though sometimes written as Joe-ver, the original meme spells it without a hyphen.
References
- ↑ Richard, Isaiah (Jul 22, 2024). "Memes Flood in as President Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race for the Democratic Party". Tech Times.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ""It's Joever": Meme Fest On Social Media As Biden Exits Presidential Race". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Addison, Brandi D. "'It's just Kamencing': The Kamala Harris memes are in now that Biden is out". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Knowles, Hannah; LeVine, Marianne; Arnsdorf, Isaac (2024-06-28). "'JOE-VER': Trump team gloats over debate it views as knockout". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Koul, Scaachi (2024-07-21). "Thank God. But Also, Oh My God?". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Squires, Bethy (2024-07-21). "With All These Memes, Will It Ever Truly Be Joever?". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "'It's Joever': Internet's 'memeful' goodbye as Biden drops out of race". The Times of India. 2024-07-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ Sada, Cristina (2024-07-23). "Social Media gets fully coconut-pilled for Kamala Harris". Glamour UK. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ Squires, Bethy (2024-07-21). "Which Pop-Culture Twitter Account Told You Biden Was Dropping Out?". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ↑ @sirDangel (April 19, 2023). "The duality of a man. Inside you there are two presidents. It's so over or we're so back? #meme #joebiden #BarackObama #shitpost" (Tweet). Retrieved July 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
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