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Wolf Spritzer refers to events and memes surrounding CNN's coverage of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential race in late July 2024. About an hour before Biden's announcement was made, news anchor Wolf Blitzer posted from a restaurant in Washington, D.C. where he was enjoying a "Wolf Spritzer" cocktail named after himself. At 3 p.m. EST, viewers saw Wolf Blitzer broadcast about the breaking news on live television. Presumably, CNN called him into work from the restaurant, leading to memes and commentary online about the situation.

Origin

At 12:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 21st, 2024, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer posted a photograph of himself to X / Twitter enjoying a cocktail called the "Wolf Spritzer" at the El Presidente restaurant in Washington, D.C. The post (seen below) received over 32,000 likes in a day.[1] The "Wolf Spritzer" contains aperol, montelobos, mezcal, lemon and cava.

Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer · 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC. WOLF SPRITZER 15 MEZCAL MARTINI 17 CINA SINK 42 552 541 2.4K 32K ili 24M

Joe Biden's announcement that he was dropping out of the race for President was then posted to Twitter / X at 1:46 p.m. and to Instagram at 1:48 p.m., just 59 minutes after the "Wolf Spritzer" post. Wolf Blitzer then appeared on the 3 p.m. block of CNN's coverage with fellow anchor Kaitlin Collins.

The earliest post joking about Blitzer's appearance was made at 3:01 p.m. by X user @hjessy_ and showed a photo taken of a TV with Blitzer on it. The post (seen below) earned over 104,000 likes in a day and 6,600 reposts.[2]

Jessy Han @hjessy_ • 21h they said get your ass back to the studio EAKING NEWS BRE G NEWS AKING NEW 0 EWS BREAKI AKING NEWS ETS JBREAKI LIVE CAN 3:00 PM ET AT TIME A U.S. PRESIDENT HAS DROPPED OUT OF A RE-ELECTION RUN IN DECADES-PRES NEWSROOM NLVV VIZIO Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer. 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC. 124 6.6K 104K lil 3.4M

Spread

News of Blitzer's cocktail hour and broadcast spread rapidly that day. For example, on July 21st, 2024, X user @vodkasnowflake made a post at 3:02 p.m. (seen below, left), which received over 97,000 likes in one day and 12,000 reposts in the same timeframe.[3] The screenshot from this post was later used widely in many others.

looks like #KHive's back on the menu, boys Imao @vodkasnowflal · 21h.. EAKING NEWS e VS BREG NEWS EWS BREAKI KING NEW REAR -40G NEWS KING NEWS: US BREAKP ING NEWS VS BREAK A LIVE CAN 12:00 PM PT THIS IS FIRST TIME A U.S. PRESIDENT HAS DROPPED (NEWSROOM Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC. 322 12K 96K ılıl 4.6M 口

Fans investigated the situation. At 3:47 p.m., with X user @andrewdefrank calculating the route Blitzer had presumably taken from El Presidente to the CNN studio (seen below), earning over 24,000 likes in less than a day.[4]

Andrew DeFrank @andrewdefrank • 21h El Presidente CNN 20 min 18 min 6 min 4 min UXTON CIRCLE New York Ave NF hef doval Roti Mediterranean... 4 min Best route North Capitol ar nian's National ostal Museum M op M Union Market 4th St NE Subway 4 min 5 e <> Net a ty Florida Ave 8th St NE 百 百 百 身 Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer · 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC.

Others made jokes about Blitzer, including X user @jaketropolis, who modified a 4chan green text made about Barron Trump back in 2020 to refer to Blitzer, earning over 4,800 likes in a day on July 22nd, 2024.[5]

FAKING NEWS VS BRE G NEWS EWS BREAKI KING NEW REAR AKUNG NEWS KING NEWS VS BREAKING KING NEWS VS BREAK A.. LIVE CAN 12:00 PM PT THIS IS FIRST TIME A U.S. PRESIDENT HAS DROPPED (NEWSROOM Could you imagine his rage right now for what they did to his Wolf Spritzer. He saw it, he saw it all. I pray the world can handle his wrath

Various Examples

Richard | Spiritscribe Replying to @wolfblitzer I know you're down bad right now @ShogunServicesX - 21h S-BRE G NEW KING NEW REA EWS BREAKI ● AKING NEWS BREAK BREAKING NEWS LIVE BIDEN ANNOUNCES HE IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE CAN 3:00 PM ET LATER IN THE CAMPAIGN @CNN BRK FORMER PRES. TRUMP RESPONDS TO PRES. BII NEWSROC 176 895 ılı 83K
Kirk A. Bado @kirk_bado 21h Instantly on the Mt. Rushmore of top 10 pics taken right before disaster Wolf Blitzer @wolfblitzer · 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC. WOLF SPRITZER MEZCAL MARTINI 17 CINA SINK 42 652 1.8K 58K ilu 1M
Jeff's Feed and Seed @unluckynumber11 · 20h Wolf Blizter finding out after 5 Wolf Spritzers. KE EN MA Cani

Whitney Harding @WhitneyNBC4 • 21h This is why you never let them know how close you are to work when you're not at work S.BRE G NEWS KING NEW REAL 2 ING NEWS- S. BREAKING ING NEWS S-BREAK O EAKING NEWS EWS BREAKI 0 VIG NEWS LIVE CAN 12:00 PM PT THIS IS FIRST TIME A U.S. PRESIDENT HAS DROPPED (NEWSROOM @wolfblitzer 23h Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here in DC. Wolf Blitzer 42 2.5K 28K ill 960K
Eric Geller @ericgeller • 19h maybe my favorite B-plot from today's episode Nooruddean @BeardedGenius ⚫ 20h Never check your work email on a day off WOLF SPRITZER MEZCAL MARTINI CINA SINK G NEWS REAR 20 4.8K 98K 0 EWS THIS IS FIRST TIME A U.S. PRESIDENT HAS D lil 2.2M
anthony musa @anthonydmusa ⚫ 21h My mans got a buzz going on at the three pm news hour G NEW EWS NEW BREAKING NEWS LIVE BIDEN DROPS OUT OF THE RACE, ENDORSES KAMALA HARRIS TO BE NOMINEE CAN 12:06 PM PT TIAL NOMINEE BIDEN WRITES IN POST ON X THAT PICKING HARRIS AS HIS RUNNING NEWSROOM CHAPAL

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