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Bernie Sanders took a Trump tweet to the Senate, and the memes are glorious

Bernie Sanders took a Trump tweet to the Senate, and the memes are glorious

Another day, another solid gold Bernie Sanders meme.

On Wednesday Bernie Sanders spoke to the senate about the future of Obamacare, and whether or not the act will be repealed under the Trump administration.

Sanders delivered an impassioned speech to try and convince Donald Trump to veto cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.

Given Trump’s propensity for tweeting, Sanders referenced the President-elect’s 2015 tweet on the subject, where he expressly stated he would not make any cuts to the trio of healthcare services mentioned above.

Sanders did it in a very Sanders-esque way though: He blew up the tweet, printed it off and used it to illustrate his point on an easel.

This is not Photoshop:

Picture: C-SPAN2/screengrab

People on the internet however, did decide toPhotoshop - and here's what they came up with:

There's the never-ending meme that is Harambe:

That tweet reads "Cecile and Harambe fighting in heaven they are enemies," in case you were wondering.

Ted Cruz made an appearance

Seriously, people went wild

Cher, who'd unleashed a Twitter storm against him during Hillary Clinton's campaign, also popped up:

Even Piers Morgan was brought in:

We're five days into 2017 people. Five days. Stay strong.

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