Published 17:01 IST, March 12th 2020
Coronavirus: Quarantined US Congressman's tweet on life and death triggers memes
US House Representative Paul Gosar’s tweet on the novel coronavirus pandemic started a meme trend after he shared his thoughts while being in self-quarantine.
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US House Representative Paul Gosar’s tweet on coronavirus pandemic started a meme trend after he shared his thoughts while being in self-quarantine. The Congressman tweeted an image of warriors from the 2018 movie The Great Battle and wrote a convoluted sentence which many called “existential crisis”.
At first, social media found the tweet “weird” but it suddenly took off and everyone pitched in with their memes and hilarious interpretations.
Slammed over 'Wuhan virus'
Gosar and Senator Ted Cruz have been under self-quarantined after they came in contact with a man, at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), who was later tested positive of the novel coronavirus. The Republican politician had earlier drawn criticism for referring COVID-19 as “the Wuhan virus” and many called the tweet racist and xenophobic.
Updated 17:01 IST, March 12th 2020