President Joe Biden had conspiracy theorists in a tizzy after posting what appeared to be his reaction to the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl win on Sunday night.
“Just like we drew it up,” Biden posted on X alongside a photo of “Dark Brandon,” the meme created by hardcore—and very online—supporters of Donald Trump that Biden and his team loved so much they adopted it as their own.
The post was apparently referencing far-right conspiracy theories which posit the NFL and high-level government operatives conspired to rig the Super Bowl in Kansas City’s favor to give maximum exposure to a yet-to-be-announced endorsement from Chiefs star Travis Kelce and his girlfriend Taylor Swift.
Say what you will, but the libs single handedly destroyed fashwave as an aesthetic with the Dark Brandon stuff.
thankfully
There’s probably a lesson there, that co-opting and humor are really good ways to castrate fascist messaging.
i’d be inclined to agree if it wasnt something new being used by another fascist. this is just meant to target different kind of people.
Biden calling himself Dark Brandon with fashwave imaginary is like if the emo kid parents started listening to MCR, dressed in tight black and pink clothes, and planned trips to go see them in concert.
It just obliterates any coolness the scene would have.