On Sunday, July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he wasdropping out of the presidential race.
He then endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, as the new Democratic candidate.
You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.
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Why?Its a good questionand one that many whoarentchronically online are likely wondering.
Below, the origin of the coconut-tree meme and why its become a rallying cry for Kamala Harris supporters.
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.
Like so much on the internet, its origins are murky.
However, clips from that particular speech began appearing on X as early as this past winter.
(One tweet in particulargot more than one million views.)
But it really gained traction in late June.
On June 27, President Biden disastrously underperformed in a debate against former president Trump on CNN.
And if hediddrop out, who would replace him?
Harris emerged as the front-runner.
Her supporters, known as the KHive, began recirculating the clip.
Soon, it was getting remixed and memedparticularly on TikTok, where a number of videos went viral.
You think you fell out of a coconut tree?
is a bit of an earworm, yes, but the phrase likely caught on for other reasons too.
(See:We did it, Joe.)
I think it gained traction because its the kind of motherly advice meets therapy-speak the internet is obsessed with.
Then, Charli XCX herself decided to get involved: kamala IS brat, she tweeted on July 21.
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