Former President Barack Obama took to social media to praise Vice President Harris on the 10th anniversary of the brown suit controversy.
He posted a side-by-side photo of himself wearing the brown suit in 2014 and of Harris wearing it at last week's Democratic National Convention, 10 years after his decision to wear the suit while speaking about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Russia's intervention in Ukraine sparked fierce online debate.
“How it started. How it is now. Ten years later, still looking good!” Obama wrote. In a post On social media platform X and Instagram.
He also shared a link to IWillVote.com, a website funded by the Democratic National Committee that urges Americans to check their ballots. Voter registration status.
Obama's 2014 look became a hot topic, with many social media users posting memes of the outfit while more serious commentators criticized the brown suit for not being serious enough. Since then, social media users and other politicians have mocked the online frenzy that Obama's brown suit sparked.
President Biden appeared to pay tribute to Obama by wearing a brown suit during the former president's birthday week in 2021. Last week, Harris appeared in a brown suit at the Democratic National Convention, just one day before Obama took the stage.
The New York Times Many social media users pointed out that Harris' choice to wear a brown suit on the first day of the party's election was a departure from the traditional colors of red, white and blue. Many linked Harris' decision to wear a brown suit to Obama's decision nearly a decade ago, with some suggesting that Harris was trying to lean into pop culture.
