Elizabeth Warren's Dog Bailey Eating a Burrito

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Elizabeth Warren's Dog Bailey Eating a Burrito is a viral video of a group of people attempting to pry a burrito from the mouth of Senator Elizabeth Warren's dog Bailey.

Origin

On March 5th, 2020, following the announcement that Warren would be exiting the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, Twitter user @FarrellGabriell tweeted the video with the caption "Bailey legit just swiped someone’s burrito." The post received more than 6 million views, 175,000 likes and 19,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

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Following the post, others began commenting on the video. Twitter^[1] user @darth tweeted, "BAILEY IS INNOCENT THAT BURRITO HAD BAILEYS NAME ON IT." The post received more than 20,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left). Twitter^[2] user @stampepk tweeted, "Turns out Bailey and I have the exact same coping mechanism." The tweet received more than 7,100 likes and 1,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, center). The official Chipotle fast food restaurant Twitter^[3] account wrote, "Bailey 2024." The post received more than 7,300 likes and 900 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

That day, Warren discussed the incident on Rachel Maddow, joking that Bailey was "stress eating" (shown below).

Several media outlets covered the video, including Mashable, ^[4] The Hill,^[5] People,^[6] USA Today^[7] and more.

Sen. Warren talks about Bailey snagging a burrito! "I think it was stress eating… Bailey is mostly a good boy."@MaddowBlog pic.twitter.com/bEbEtCmU4F

— Haleigh Hoffman (@HaleighHoffman) March 6, 2020

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