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Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign turns to bizarre Instagram memes
nyPOST ^ | 2/13/2020 | jeremy leyton

Posted on 02/15/2020 9:56:59 AM PST by bitt

Michael Bloomberg is channeling some of his $61.8 billion net worth into a new campaign strategy: memes.

The Democratic 2020 hopeful unleashed a flood of posts onto Instagram Wednesday night, partnering with some of the most-followed accounts for a series of bizarre memes.

The posts follow a similar theme, all pretending to be depicting direct messages from Bloomberg himself to the individual accounts. Most of the posts find him taking the persona of an out-of-touch old guy, trying to reach out to a younger audience in a tongue-in-cheek fashion and go viral.

In one, posted by @F–kJerry to its 15 million followers, Bloomberg’s fake DM says his granddaughter showed him the account, and he wants to post a meme that makes him look like the “cool candidate.”

When “Bloomberg” offers a photo of himself wearing deeply uncool duds, Jerry responds by saying it will “cost like a billion dollars.”

In a post on Tank Sinatra’s account, which has 2.3 million followers, the fake Bloomberg says he made his own meme — then reveals an edited Bernie Sanders ad with the caption: “I am once again asking for you to make me look cool.”

An even stranger post on the account @sonny5ideup mentions “sick Tech Deck tricks” — referring to the finger-sized skateboards popular in the early 2000s.

Nearly every posted is captioned with some variation on, “yes, this post really was sponsored by @mikebloomberg.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; getshorty; instagram; instagrammemes; michaelbloomberg; mikebloomberg; newyork
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1 posted on 02/15/2020 9:57:00 AM PST by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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2 posted on 02/15/2020 9:57:15 AM PST by bitt (We, the people, are who they fear will one day awake.)
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To: bitt

Mini-Mike isn’t cool.

He’s like Hillary, another elitist who doesn’t really care for or about ordinary people. How many Bloomberg rallies with cheering crowds do you see?

About as many Hillary rallies ... none

Behind-the-scenes tricks can only go so far before the public realizes they’re being played ... as Hillary found out


3 posted on 02/15/2020 10:07:00 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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4 posted on 02/15/2020 10:20:24 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bitt

I think they are pretty good. Offbeat. We’ll see how they work. They make him into a person.


5 posted on 02/15/2020 10:26:30 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: bitt

The only person that could make mini-Mike look even remotely cool is crazy uncle Joe Biden. Heck, next to him even I look pretty hip. Wait, kids still say hip, right? ;-)


6 posted on 02/15/2020 10:33:20 AM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: bitt

Those memes came from 4channers having a laugh at Mini Mike the other day.


7 posted on 02/15/2020 10:36:25 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
"Every day I'd say, 'what did you do.' And she'd say 'well, I played Scrabble today.' And I said, 'who'd you play with.' 'The housekeeper.' 'And did you win.' 'Yes, of course.' And I said, 'mother, the housekeeper works for us. They're throwing the game to you.' 'That's an outrage,' and she finished by saying, 'if you learn to play Scrabble you'd learn how to spell.' I said, 'mother, at my age I'm never going to learn how to spell.'"

Maybe Bloomberg is trying to relate to ordinary people by claiming that he doesn't know how to spell. That would seem consistent with the contempt Bloomberg clearly has for everyday Americans. The elitist candidate probably thinks, "Americans are stupid, so I'll relate to them by pretending to be stupid too." And what better way to relate to everyday Americans than by telling a story that involves one of his housekeepers?

8 posted on 02/15/2020 10:51:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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9 posted on 02/15/2020 10:53:06 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt
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Mikey, don’t spend all yer money in one place.

But, if you must, buying the Dem nomination is a good place to start.


10 posted on 02/15/2020 10:53:18 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: canuck_conservative

Does Bloomberg still fly to his home in Bermuda every weekend? That is about as elitist as possible.


11 posted on 02/15/2020 11:08:50 AM PST by Freee-dame
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12 posted on 02/15/2020 11:12:25 AM PST by Oatka
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To: canuck_conservative
Mini-Mike isn’t cool.

Not by any stretch of the imagination.

13 posted on 02/15/2020 11:17:28 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Oatka
That is cold. 😂😂😂
14 posted on 02/15/2020 11:23:37 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didn’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: bitt
TO MINI_MIKE:


15 posted on 02/15/2020 11:26:45 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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16 posted on 02/15/2020 11:27:15 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=UeS-Xb5u4-U&feature=emb_logo

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17 posted on 02/15/2020 11:47:15 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: bagster
good one bagster.

only reaction bloomberg will get from his $150 instagram meme campaign is “Loser” & “he's Old”

18 posted on 02/15/2020 12:25:31 PM PST by thinden
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To: bitt

The Left can’t meme.


19 posted on 02/15/2020 12:50:07 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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He thinks he’s being a leftist Trump.

Fail


20 posted on 02/15/2020 1:08:09 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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