A photo snapped of 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sitting in adjacent rows on a flight to Miami has become the first good meme of 2020.
The photo, posted by Steve Clemons of The Hill, shows Sanders sitting in a window seat on a plane, Warren sitting in the same seat one row behind him, and a person sitting in the middle seat next to the Vermont senator not looking thrilled about the situation.
Off2Miami! @BernieSanders in Seat 15A Thought Bubble: "Is she going to kick my chair? I know she's going to kick my chair! Elizabeth, don't even think of kicking my chair!" @ewarren in 16A Thought Bubble: "I'm going to kick it the exact moment he thinks I won't." @thehill pic.twitter.com/jOTAJSyIwu
— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) June 21, 2019
Soon enough “Middle Seat Guy” became a meme, with everyone joking about his apparent unenthusiastic feelings about being caught in the photo.
Many people believed his expression was indicative of everyone’s feelings heading into what is sure to be a never-ending, exhausting, 2020 cycle.
https://twitter.com/joshsternberg/status/1142143959189393410
https://twitter.com/ChrisHartline/status/1142144255881895937
Guy in the middle seat is all of us in the middle seat, regardless of whether presidential candidates are in our row https://t.co/3tRlvxB0Mw
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) June 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/1142142801976733697
https://twitter.com/JustinJCMyers/status/1142139440984395776
But there were also quips about the situation in general.
I bet Bernie leans his chair back to take a nap. https://t.co/kyVjl7ZaRA
— Gina Countryman (@gcountryman) June 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/peteschroeder/status/1142135645697138688
they are both seated above the left wing. https://t.co/lQGcn6lquQ
— Jackson Proskow (@JProskowGlobal) June 21, 2019
Both Warren and Sanders will be participating in the first Democratic 2020 primary debates next week, although, because of the amount of candidates, they will be speaking on separate days.
The debates will take place on Wednesday and Thursday next week.
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