--- title: These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union description: Few were safe from becoming a joke on social media canonical: https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-21T17:57:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:08.771Z article:section: Politics og:title: These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union og:description: Few were safe from becoming a joke on social media og:url: https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union twitter:description: Few were safe from becoming a joke on social media twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Marisa Schwartz](https://time.com/author/marisa-schwartz/) Jan 21, 2015 5:57 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Marisa Schwartz](https://time.com/author/marisa-schwartz/) Jan 21, 2015 5:57 PM UTC While pundits and political operatives dissected [President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address](http://time.com/3675623/state-of-the-union-2015-barack-obama/), the quick-witted citizens of Twitter flourished in the abundance of meme-able moments Tuesday night. Here are some of the highlights. ### Biden’s Reaction Not sure if the Vice President knew he was making the face of a rapper’s hype-man as the President spoke. ### Speaker Boehner is Not Impressed > [](https://twitter.com/peterstaley/status/557728741997428737) Like the Vice President’s, House Speaker John Boehner’s facial expressions are always an easy target for critique during the State of the Union ### Secretary Moniz Gets Meme’d > [](https://twitter.com/codeArchie/status/557735499679686656) Neither Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz nor his amazing hair got enough air time during the State of the Union ### First Lady Fashion > [](https://twitter.com/GoodWifeWriters/status/557729991233114114) First Lady Michelle Obama channelled the look of another “First Lady” last night, Alicia Florrick of CBS’s _The_ _Good Wife._ ### The President’s “Drops-Mic” Moment The moment that stole the show gets the Vine treatment, complete with dad-dancing ### Rand Paul Joins In > [](https://twitter.com/SenRandPaul/status/557730801304207362) Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul joined in on the fun, using a Willy Wonka meme to question the President’s plan for free community college ### The State of the Union Is… > [](https://twitter.com/jwoodham/status/557722370597978115) Though Obama said Tuesday the state of our union is “strong,” someone suggested a word that could better connect with the youth ### The Suit Returns > [](https://twitter.com/pfeiffer44/status/557701935793700866) White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer did a little pre-speech trolling, suggesting the President would be wearing his infamous tan-suit during the evening’s address ### Joni Ernst’s Shoes > [](https://twitter.com/HowardCamerik/status/557756946410143746) > [](https://twitter.com/JillianSed/status/557743135418515458) During the official Republican response, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst recalled covering her shoes with bread bags to protect them when she was growing up, which spawned arguably one of the funniest memes of the night ### A Presidential Wink > [](https://twitter.com/micnews/status/557725492858867716) POTUS flashes a wink and a smile _Read next:_ [_The State of the Union Brought Out the Troll in Everyone_](http://time.com/3675694/state-union-twitter-troll/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/"},"headline":"These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union","datePublished":"2015-01-21T17:57:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:08.771Z","description":"Few were safe from becoming a joke on social media","url":"https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/","keywords":["State of the Union 2015","Newsfeed","Congress","Barack Obama","Joe Biden","politics","state of the union","Washington","John Boehner","SOTU"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Marisa Schwartz","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/marisa-schwartz/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/state-of-the-union-2015/","name":"State of the Union 2015"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3676523/state-of-the-union-2015-obama-memes/","name":"These Are the Funniest Memes From the State of the Union"}}]}] ```