Jeb Bush's "America" Gun Tweet
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About
Jeb Bush's "America" Gun Tweet refers to a photograph of a personalized handgun engraved with the name Jeb Bush that was posted on Twitter by the Republican presidential candidate in mid-February 2016. Shortly after Bush tweeted the image, which was simply accompanied by the word "America," it quickly became a target of Murica-themed parodies and satires on the microblogging platform.
Origin
On February 16th, 2016, Jeb Bush's official Twitter account[1] tweeted out a picture of Jeb Bush's monogrammed handgun, along with a one-word caption reading "America" (shown below). According to the news reports, Bush posted the photograph of his newly engraved .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol after conducting a business tour and town hall meeting at FN America, a firearms manufacturer based in Columbia, South Carolina and the U.S. subsidiary of the Belgian firearms corporation FN Herstal. Within the first 24 hours, the tweet received over 10,000 retweets and 7,000 likes from his supporters and followers on Twitter.
Spread
Throughout the afternoon, several celebrities and influential users on Twitter responded to Jeb Bush's tweet with satirical commentaries and parodies, with many people mocking it as an epic failure at social media campaigning while others condemned the former Florida governor for trying to rally up support and pander to pro-gun voters in poor taste.
Parodies
In addition to some of the more genuine commentaries aimed at the Republican presidential candidate's undisguised endorsement of the right to bear arms in the United States, Jeb Bush's "America" tweet also prompted dozens of satires and parodies featuring other controversial and negative stereotypes of the American culture under the one-word slogan "America."
News Media Coverage
Jeb Bush's "America" tweet and the social media backlash that ensued thereafter were picked up by virtually all major U.S. news outlets and viral media blogs, including CBS, CNN, TIME, USA Today, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed and Mashable, as well as other English-language news outlets overseas, such as BBC News, The Telegraph, CBC, ABC Australia and The Daily Mail, among others.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – Jeb Bush's Tweet
[2] Twitter – Edward Snowden's Tweet
[3] Twitter – Piers Morgan's Tweet
[4] TIME – Twitter Won't Stop Making Fun of Jeb Bush's 'America
[5] CBS – Twitter users make fun of Jeb Bush's gun photo
[6] CNN – Twitter reacts to Bush's gun tweet
[7] BBC News – Jeb Bush's gun tweet backfires
[8] The Telegraph – Jeb Bush ignites Twitter storm by posting picture of his engraved handgun
[9] CBC – Twitter disagrees with Jeb Bush over the definition of 'America'
[10] ABC Online – Jeb Bush gun tweet: US Republican presidential hopeful sparks controversy on Twitter
[11] USA Today – Jeb Bush's gun pic blows up Twitter
[12] The Daily Mail – Jeb Vs Web: Twitter mercilessly mocks Bush after he posts 'macho' picture of his new gun engraved with his name and captioned 'America'
[13] Mashable – Australians are also making fun of Jeb Bush's new gun on Twitter
[14] New York Magazine – The Internet Was Not Kind to Jeb Bush or His Monogrammed Gun Today
[15] The Washington Post – That gun Jeb Bush tweeted? Its maker has a long and fascinating history
[16] BuzzFeed – Everyone Is Freaking Out About Jeb Bush’s Gun Tweet
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