What do coconut trees have to do with Vice President Harris?
Thanks to an anecdote she told about her mother more than a year ago, the tropical fruit plant quickly became an unofficial symbol of support for her presidential campaign.
President Biden made the historic decision on Sunday to forgo reelection and endorsed Harris as his challenger to former President Trump in the November election.
Harris, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, has four weeks to build up her base and make her case to American voters in order to win the party’s nomination at the convention in Chicago in August.
Many Democrats have already formally endorsed Harris after Biden, some even leaning towards the odd symbol: the coconut tree.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (Democrat) Post 3 emojis He showed his support by posting to his X social media feeds: “🥥 🌴 🇺🇸.”
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) Posted a photo of myself Climbing trees to harvest coconuts. “Mr. Vice President, we stand ready to assist,” he wrote.
EMILYs List, a political action committee that supports Democratic women who support abortion rights, Added coconut and palm trees Like several other supporters, he added emojis to his profile.
And a web search:Coconut TreeAccording to Google Trends data, the keyword “” has seen a sharp increase in the past few days.
Harris’ connection to coconut trees began when she spoke at a Hispanic presidential inauguration. A Leader in Educational Advancement.
discussing the importance of family, community and environment in ensuring youth success; She emphasized “None of us live in isolation.”
“My mother would sometimes be harsh on us and say, ‘You young people, you don’t know what’s wrong with you? Do you think you just fell off a coconut tree?'” she said, laughing. “‘You exist in all the situations you’re in and what’s been before you.'”
Harris has frequently spawned viral trends and internet memes.
When Harris ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, her most loyal supporters formed what became known colloquially online as the K-Hive, or #KHive (an homage to Beyoncé’s #BeyHive). They populated their Twitter feeds with bee emojis and “swarmed” to defend the California congresswoman whenever she faced criticism or ridicule.
Taylor Lorenz, a technology columnist for the Washington Post, pointed to Harris’ ability to attract “hyper-online progressive content creators” and her potential to attract younger voters. Recent Posts.
“Harris has attracted significant online attention from people who have transformed her strange and awkward public incidents into memes and video clips, promoting her as approachable and unassuming,” Lorenz wrote.
