#NotMyPresident trends on Twitter during Biden inauguration
By
Emily Jacobs
January 20, 2021 | 12:21pm |
Updated
The hashtag #NotMyPresident began trending on Twitter just moments before President-elect Joe Biden took to the stage for his inauguration ceremony Wednesday. The term “not my president”…
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The hashtag #NotMyPresident began trending on Twitter just moments before President-elect Joe Biden took to the stage for his
inauguration ceremony Wednesday.
The term “not my president” became a rallying cry for liberals in the wake of President Donald Trump’s surprise 2016 victory, used regularly in protest chants and hashtags on social media.
Biden took to the steps of the inaugural stage at 11:18 a.m. ET to cheers from the crowd.
By 11:30 a.m. ET, there were over 21,000 tweets that included the hashtag about Biden.
“In about 40 minutes, His Fraudulency Joe Biden will become #NotMyPresident,”
user @NolteNC wrote on the social media platform.
User
@trumpingitup, meanwhile, shared a photo along with the hashtag encouraging others to shut down their “televisions, cell phones, tablets, computers, radios, etc.” from noon ET to 2 p.m. ET to make sure Biden’s inauguration had “the lowest ratings in history.”
User
@emsmithtr90 called it a “Sad day today! A corrupt career politician is getting sworn in! #NotMyPresident.”
The tweet also included a digitally altered graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping controlling the movements of Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi puppets.
User
@unknown_patriot kept their message straightforward, writing, “Joe Biden is #notmypresident.”
User
@santiagomayer_, who did not identify as a Trump supporter, had some choice words for those who were tweeting the hashtag.
“I’ll tell them what they told us four years ago: F–k your feelings,” he wrote.
Like his predecessors, Biden is being inaugurated on the steps of the US Capitol.
The hashtag #NotMyPresident began trending on Twitter moments before President-elect Joe Biden took to the stage for his inauguration ceremony.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Trump, however, is not in attendance at the inauguration, making him the first president to skip the ceremony in over 150 years.