The ‘Presidential Alert’ Quickly Became a Meme
Twitter users were quick to riff off the test alert.
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President Trump’s nationwide FEMA “Presidential Alert” system made its debut Wednesday afternoon, and it quickly became a meme that metastasized on Twitter, with users riffing jokes about it. Comedians took the chance to poke fun at the president, midterm candidates used it to boost their profiles, and some social-media users made it look like the president was sliding into their messages. Others were simply dismayed they didn’t receive Trump’s alert. “There are lots of things to worry about right now, but this test is not one of them,” Sen. Brian Shatz (D-HI) said in a statement.
Did anyone else get this? #PresidentialAlert pic.twitter.com/BXiuLoVgGj
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) October 3, 2018
Wtf is this pic.twitter.com/dqbxnL71mj
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 3, 2018
DID YOU GET MY PRESIDENTIAL ALERT pic.twitter.com/u3bP7jIf3q
— kelly cohen (@politiCOHEN_) October 3, 2018
congrats to tiffany trump, who just received her first ever text from her dad!
— Johnny LaDeadnik 💀 (@jlazebnik) October 3, 2018
I just got this text does anyone know what it means#presidentialalert pic.twitter.com/fCyKO8xLZ8
— Alex R (@Dr_Dastardly) October 3, 2018
Am I the only one that didn’t get the Presidential Emergency Alert? pic.twitter.com/Bm1jzoH0jy
— Jessica Chobot 🧛🏻♀️ (@JessicaChobot) October 3, 2018
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