Kid Mewing at Trump Rally

Submission 1,539

Part of a series on 2024 United States Presidential Election. [View Related Entries]

About

Kid Mewing at Trump Rally refers to viral videos of people doing the Bye Bye Mewing Shh gesture at various Donald Trump rallies in early October 2024 during the U.S. Presidential Election. Videos of young men mewing and holding their fingers to their lips before dragging them across their jawlines were shared online by Trump supporters that month who didn't recognize the gesture as a reference to a meme and were concerned that the men were making a threatening gesture instead. The confused and concerned reactions were then mocked by others online as the clips continued spreading on social media.

Origin

On October 4th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @taboopuzzle posted a video of a news broadcast of a Trump rally, supposedly held in Michigan. The video focuses on a young man in the audience behind former President Donald Trump holding his finger to his lips and then dragging it across his jaw. The video gathered over 3 million plays and 70,000 likes in two days.

@taboopuzzle What the hell was this ? #trump #kamala #2024elections #tizzyent #genz #millennial #michigan #trump2024🇺🇸 #republican #vote ♬ The X Files Theme – John Beal

Also on October 4th, X^[2] user @patriot_savvy posted another video of a young man mewing at a Trump rally, writing, "Would anyone like to explain this to me pls??? Concerning to say the least," and gathering over 37,000 likes in two days.

Would anyone like to explain this to me pls??? Concerning to say the least. pic.twitter.com/Aporta53h5

— The REAL Politically Savvy 🇺🇸 (@patriot_savvy) October 4, 2024

On October 4th, X^[3] user Matt Wallace reposted the aforementioned video on his account, gathering over 63,000 likes in two days.

⚠️⚠️⚠️ PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE MAN IN THE RED SHIRT ⚠️⚠️⚠️ pic.twitter.com/3cJjxD1G5z

— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) October 4, 2024

Spread

On October 4th, 2024, X^[4] user @cerealcrowns quoted the aforementioned post by Matt Wallace, writing, "im crying this random ass guy is mewing and right wing people think he’s plotting to assassinate trump or something 😭," gathering over 197,000 likes in two days.

im crying this random ass guy is mewing and right wing people think he’s plotting to assassinate trump or something 😭 https://t.co/WnhSSjjjhZ

— cerealkiller (@cerealcrowns) October 4, 2024

On October 5th, 2024, X^[5] user @Jarbys_ then quoted a post in which someone used a video of The Rizzler to explain the young men's actions, gathering over 98,000 likes in a day.