But the left appeared to love it, too. So they co-opted the idea. Now, Democrats employ Dark Brandon images to tout Biden's policy victories. And that's how one ends up here — with an official ...

Deep-fried Dark Brandon memes filled the timeline when news broke that a drone strike killed al-Zawahiri, a key plotter of the September 11 terrorist attack and Osama bin Laden’s successor.

In reality, the meteoric rise of the Dark Brandon meme — a liberal effort to reclaim the already-lame “Let’s Go Brandon” shibboleth popular among MAGA conservatives — is a cautionary tale.

In reality, the meteoric rise of the Dark Brandon meme — a liberal effort to reclaim the already-lame “Let’s Go Brandon” shibboleth popular among MAGA conservatives — is a cautionary tale.

Basically, “Dark Brandon” memes are images of Joe Biden, except scary and powerful; and they have risen in popularity as the president recovers from COVID-19 and advances his legislative agenda.

Dark Brandon is a play on "Let's Go Brandon," a popular right-wing political meme that originated when an NBC Sports reporter interviewing NASCAR racer Brandon Brown in October 2021 seemingly ...

In an inverse of the online right’s QAnon-tinged paranoia and absurd hypermasculine meme energy, the online left began Dark Brandon: Joe Biden in dark grays and reds, with intentionally low-res ...

The meme ironically combines “Let’s Go Brandon” and “Dark MAGA” to celebrate Joe Biden’s policy wins.

Dark Brandon memes intially leaned into leftists’ despair, facing threats of far-right violence, voter suppression, a growing climate crisis, and the US Supreme Court’s string of devastating ...