Beto Gets a Shot

About

Beto Gets a Shot is a viral video of democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rouke getting a flu shot which was originally posted to his Instagram stories in October 2019. Many Twitter users mocked the video by photoshopping screenshots, commenting on Beto's reaction to the shot and claiming it was meaningless to post it in the first place.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2019, Beto O'Rouke posted the video of himself getting a flu shot to Instagram stories. That same day, Twitter user @calebJHull reported the video to Twitter saying, "Absolutely no one asked for this content" (shown below). The tweet gained over 5,500 likes and 450 retweets in two days.

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On October 2nd, Twitter user @jason_howerton^[1] tweeted, "At least he's walking the walk and showing he's not in possession of any guns of any kind" (shown below). The comment which refers to O'Rouke's stance on guns gained over 120 likes in two days.

That same day, @JustinWhang^[2] tweeted a screenshot of the video captioned, "Say what you want about Beto, it's kind of fucked up that they euthanized him" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 69,200 likes and 8,900 retweets in two days. The next day @pooldad^[3] tweeted a parody story in which O'Rouke gives Bernie Sanders his heart and attaches a screenshot of O'Rouke getting a flu shot and Bernie Sanders (shown below, right). The tweet accumulated over 24,000 likes and 3,500 retweets in a day.

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