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John Fetterman Body Doubles, also known as John Fetterman Clones, is a conspiracy theory that suggests United States Senator John Fetterman died during his hospitalization back in February 2023 and was replaced with a body double who was possibly also replaced with a clone in September 2023. As the theory spread online in 2023, it resulted in a series of memes using the catchphrase This Is Not John Fetterman trending on X (Twitter) in mid-September 2023 that drew humorous comparisons to famous people and characters that looked similar to the senator.

Origin

During February 2023, U.S. Senator John Fetterman went to the hospital on two separate occasions, with his extended stay starting on February 16th raising eyebrows among some online. After two weeks, Fetterman was said to be recovering and was released, causing a wave of conspiracy theorists to declare that the extended time in the hospital was meant to find a body double.[9]

On February 26th, 2023, X user @DrewSav[1] posted one of the earliest mentions of the body double conspiracy in a tweet that joked for the next six years (the length of Fetterman's Senate term) people would be claiming that it's a body double in place of Fetterman (shown below).

Drew Savicki @DrewSav There's gonna be six years of conspiracy theories claiming John Fetterman is actually dead and being played by a body double. 9:49 PM Feb 26, 2023 6,085 Views .

The rumors swirling around Fetterman being a body double continued to grow until Fetterman himself addressed them two months later. On April 18th, 2023, Senator Fetterman posted from his verified X[2] account with a video in which he says that he is back and feeling great after his hospital stays.

He then dives into the talk about the body double conspiracy, saying that it was ridiculous before the camera cuts to him walking into the room wearing a different oversized hoodie and talking to himself as if he truly had a body double. The video, which also features the song "Just The Two of Us," reached over 5.6 million views and 50,000 likes in four months (shown below).

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On September 12th, 2023, John Fetterman was seen reacting to Republican House speaker McCarthy impeaching President Joe Biden, with the video posted to X by the user @lizbrownkaiser[3] being seen over 5.3 million times in one week (shown below).

Due to the way the camera angle was, as well as the low quality of it, Fetterman's prominent arm tattoos were not visible for several parts of the video, causing screenshots to be taken and reposted as another part of the conspiracy emerged online at the time.

For example, on September 15th, 2023, X user @RedWingGrips[4] uploaded a picture of Fetterman during his campaign (the real one) with arrows pointing to his arm tattoos, versus two screenshots from the prior video of Fetterman (the supposed clone) reacting to speaker McCarthy, captioning that they forgot to add the tattoos to the clone (shown below).

John D @RedWingGrips I guess they forgot to add the tattoos to John Fetterman's clone. FETTERMAN LRY FURT EV 15104 270 23

This Is Not John Fetterman Memes

The conspiracy theory quickly generated a counter-meme in September 2023 as it spread, with people purposely posting photos of famous actors or pop culture references and claiming that they are not John Fetterman to contrast against the conspiracy posting of body doubles.

On September 19th, 2023, X user @ParkerMolloy[5] uploaded a photo of John Fetterman next to a photo of Walter White while captioning it "This is not John Fetterman" and earning over 45,000 views in one day (shown below, left). That same day, X user @nycsouthpaw[6] posted another example of the meme featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, receiving nearly 1,000 likes and 100 retweets in roughly 24 hours (shown below, right).

Parker Molloy @ParkerMolloy This is not John Fetterman 12:09 PM . Sep 19, 2023 43.4K Views
southpaw @nycsouthpaw. Follow This is not John Fetterman. +{\ X

Also on September 19th, X user @Eve6[7] posted a variant comparing Fetterman and Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, receiving over 2,200 likes and 100 retweets in 23 hours (seen below, left). Shortly after, X user @RTodKelly[8] shared another example of the meme using an image of Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story, receiving roughly 40 likes in a similar timeframe (seen below, right).

eve6 @Eve6 - Follow This is not john fetterman X
Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @RTodKelly. Follow This is not John Fetterman. O KINGDO X

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Joe Perticone @JoePerticone this is not fetterman 11:45 AM . Sep 19, 2023 134K Views
SUNDAY MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY

Awakened Outlaw* @Awakened Outlaw - 8h There's a new video out today with MIA #JohnFetterman. I believe the switch out to a mustache and no goatee was done to assist with the swap out to v2.0 - and I guess we're not supposed to notice that these aren't the same person. 1,095 FETTERMAN 1.0 Feb 14, 2023 FETTERMAN 1.0 4,233 FETTERMAN 2.0 Sept 12, 2023 10.3K FETTERMAN 2.0 ₁711K ←]
Ben Collins @oneunderscore___ this is not fetterman ...
Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence This is not Fetterman 6:22 PM - Sep 18, 2023 2.9M Views ...

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John Fetterman Body Doubles, also known as John Fetterman Clones, is a conspiracy theory that suggests United States Senator John Fetterman died during his hospitalization back in February 2023 and was replaced with a body double who was possibly also replaced with a clone in September 2023. As the theory spread online in 2023, it resulted in a series of memes using the catchphrase This Is Not John Fetterman trending on X (Twitter) in mid-September 2023 that drew humorous comparisons to famous people and characters that looked similar to the senator.

Origin

During February 2023, U.S. Senator John Fetterman went to the hospital on two separate occasions, with his extended stay starting on February 16th raising eyebrows among some online. After two weeks, Fetterman was said to be recovering and was released, causing a wave of conspiracy theorists to declare that the extended time in the hospital was meant to find a body double.[9]

On February 26th, 2023, X user @DrewSav[1] posted one of the earliest mentions of the body double conspiracy in a tweet that joked for the next six years (the length of Fetterman's Senate term) people would be claiming that it's a body double in place of Fetterman (shown below).


Drew Savicki @DrewSav There's gonna be six years of conspiracy theories claiming John Fetterman is actually dead and being played by a body double. 9:49 PM Feb 26, 2023 6,085 Views .

The rumors swirling around Fetterman being a body double continued to grow until Fetterman himself addressed them two months later. On April 18th, 2023, Senator Fetterman posted from his verified X[2] account with a video in which he says that he is back and feeling great after his hospital stays.

He then dives into the talk about the body double conspiracy, saying that it was ridiculous before the camera cuts to him walking into the room wearing a different oversized hoodie and talking to himself as if he truly had a body double. The video, which also features the song "Just The Two of Us," reached over 5.6 million views and 50,000 likes in four months (shown below).


Spread

On September 12th, 2023, John Fetterman was seen reacting to Republican House speaker McCarthy impeaching President Joe Biden, with the video posted to X by the user @lizbrownkaiser[3] being seen over 5.3 million times in one week (shown below).


Due to the way the camera angle was, as well as the low quality of it, Fetterman's prominent arm tattoos were not visible for several parts of the video, causing screenshots to be taken and reposted as another part of the conspiracy emerged online at the time.

For example, on September 15th, 2023, X user @RedWingGrips[4] uploaded a picture of Fetterman during his campaign (the real one) with arrows pointing to his arm tattoos, versus two screenshots from the prior video of Fetterman (the supposed clone) reacting to speaker McCarthy, captioning that they forgot to add the tattoos to the clone (shown below).


John D @RedWingGrips I guess they forgot to add the tattoos to John Fetterman's clone. FETTERMAN LRY FURT EV 15104 270 23

This Is Not John Fetterman Memes

The conspiracy theory quickly generated a counter-meme in September 2023 as it spread, with people purposely posting photos of famous actors or pop culture references and claiming that they are not John Fetterman to contrast against the conspiracy posting of body doubles.

On September 19th, 2023, X user @ParkerMolloy[5] uploaded a photo of John Fetterman next to a photo of Walter White while captioning it "This is not John Fetterman" and earning over 45,000 views in one day (shown below, left). That same day, X user @nycsouthpaw[6] posted another example of the meme featuring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, receiving nearly 1,000 likes and 100 retweets in roughly 24 hours (shown below, right).


Parker Molloy @ParkerMolloy This is not John Fetterman 12:09 PM . Sep 19, 2023 43.4K Views southpaw @nycsouthpaw. Follow This is not John Fetterman. +{\ X

Also on September 19th, X user @Eve6[7] posted a variant comparing Fetterman and Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, receiving over 2,200 likes and 100 retweets in 23 hours (seen below, left). Shortly after, X user @RTodKelly[8] shared another example of the meme using an image of Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story, receiving roughly 40 likes in a similar timeframe (seen below, right).


eve6 @Eve6 - Follow This is not john fetterman X Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @RTodKelly. Follow This is not John Fetterman. O KINGDO X

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FETTERMEN Joe Perticone @JoePerticone this is not fetterman 11:45 AM . Sep 19, 2023 134K Views SUNDAY MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY

Awakened Outlaw* @Awakened Outlaw - 8h There's a new video out today with MIA #JohnFetterman. I believe the switch out to a mustache and no goatee was done to assist with the swap out to v2.0 - and I guess we're not supposed to notice that these aren't the same person. 1,095 FETTERMAN 1.0 Feb 14, 2023 FETTERMAN 1.0 4,233 FETTERMAN 2.0 Sept 12, 2023 10.3K FETTERMAN 2.0 ₁711K ←] Ben Collins @oneunderscore___ this is not fetterman ... Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence This is not Fetterman 6:22 PM - Sep 18, 2023 2.9M Views ...


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