--- title: Bernie Sanders Poster Trump Tweet Memes description: Bernie Sanders' giant printout of a 2015 Doand Trump tweet quickly became a meme canonical: https://time.com/4623724/bernie-sanders-poster-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T15:48:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:12:35.379Z og:title: 6 Hilarious Memes of Bernie Sanders' Giant Donald Trump Tweet Poster og:description: The internet can't stop having fun with Bernie's massive poster og:url: https://time.com/4623724/bernie-sanders-poster-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01f2b4ea0cdd21e/6988b46c86f68e23ba6e3114/sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2773 og:image:height: 1560 og:image:alt: sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 6 Hilarious Memes of Bernie Sanders' Giant Donald Trump Tweet Poster twitter:description: The internet can't stop having fun with Bernie's massive poster twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc01f2b4ea0cdd21e/6988b46c86f68e23ba6e3114/sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are The Most Hilarious Memes of Bernie Sanders’ Giant Donald Trump Tweet Poster > Sponsored content. 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Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge Donald Trump to veto any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid—and used one of the President-elect’s own tweets to prove his point._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 5, 2017 3:48 PM UTC Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge Donald Trump to veto any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid—and used one of the President-elect’s own tweets to prove his point. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jan 5, 2017 3:48 PM UTC Following [Bernie Sanders’ Senate floor speech](http://ti.me/2iJh2Ea) urging President-elect Donald Trump to veto any cuts to Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare, the blown-up printout Sanders used of a Trump tweet from 2015 quickly became a meme. While [Sanders](http://time.com/4621407/free-college-andrew-cuomo-bernie-sanders-new-york/) relied on the giant poster in service of his argument challenging the plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the opportunity spotters of the internet used the photo to find the humor in the situation by turning the canvas into their own lighthearted jokes about everything from shirtless Sting to Cecil the Lion. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/596338364187602944) One user repurposed the Vermont Senator’s poster to teach an important lesson. > [](https://twitter.com/gaviiins/status/816757557482098688) One user imagined a world where they could plan Cecil the Lion and Harambe’s lives together. > [](https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/816754971135852544) There was this choice photo of Sting and a fellow devoted yogi by a roaring fire. > [](https://twitter.com/maggieserota/status/816754093372952576) An important question. > [](https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/816751298632646656) A pun. > [](https://twitter.com/wardell%5Fbot/status/816788951230840833) Another issue of great import. > [](https://twitter.com/zieg/status/816752894573690882) And a tough question. > [](https://twitter.com/thecultureofme/status/816753678996619266) ## Transcript [00:00] Day 7, 2015, Donald Trump tweeted, quote, [00:07] I was the first and only potential GOP candidate [00:12] to state there will be no cuts to social [00:16] security, medicare, and medicate. End of quote. [00:22] On April 8th, 2015, Mr. Trump said and I quote, [00:27] " Every Republican wants to do a big number on social [00:31] security ." 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