--- title: Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post Is Twitter's Latest Meme description: Jeb Bush instantly created a meme on Twitter after he tweeted a vague photo of a gun with the one-word caption: “America.” canonical: https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-16T22:43:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:14:24.147Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post Is Twitter's Latest Meme og:description: It inspired dozens of amazing responses og:url: https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/ 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: Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post Is Twitter's Latest Meme twitter:description: It inspired dozens of amazing responses twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Twitter Won't Stop Making Fun of Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 16, 2016 10:43 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Feb 16, 2016 10:43 PM UTC Jeb Bush instantly created a Twitter meme on Tuesday after he [tweeted a vague photo of a gun](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/699706718419345408) with the one-word caption: “America.” [The Florida governor](http://time.com/4224735/jeb-bush-south-carolina-george-w-bush/) didn’t immediately explain his post, which featured a handgun with his name engraved on it. Social media users immediately rushed to mock the Republican presidential candidate with their own doctored versions of the photo, including one with the lawmaker’s engraved name substituted for “[Please clap](http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/02/03/please-clap-jeb-bush-pleads-new-hampshire-crowd-saddest-moment-2016-campaign)” — a reference to a moment when Bush asked his supporters to clap for him after a stump speech in New Hampshire. Here is the tweet, followed by some of the best Bush-inspired memes: > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/699706718419345408) > [](https://twitter.com/mashable/status/699713785951625218) > [](https://twitter.com/reetamac/status/699715514436870146) > [](https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki/status/699717015020433409) > [](https://twitter.com/SarcasticRover/status/699716950331527169) > [](https://twitter.com/mpventura/status/699716942182146048) > [](https://twitter.com/leeukmsp/status/699717356625358848) > [](https://twitter.com/DemocratMachine/status/699717317085646848) > [](https://twitter.com/ErikDavis/status/699717246629900289) > [](https://twitter.com/mpesce/status/699714711433011200) > [](https://twitter.com/AdamSinger/status/699715994642550785) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/"},"headline":"Twitter Won't Stop Making Fun of Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post","datePublished":"2016-02-16T22:43:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:14:24.147Z","description":"It inspired dozens of hilarious memes","url":"https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4226677/jeb-bush-america-gun-tweet/","name":"Twitter Won't Stop Making Fun of Jeb Bush's 'America' Gun Post"}}]}] ```