Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan "Beavis and Butt-head" Photo

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Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan "Beavis and Butt-head" Photo is an image macro of United States congressional representatives Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan. Due to their style of dress and body language, many compared the pair to various culture figures, including the cartoon characters Beavis and Butt-head as well as characters from various gangster and crime movies.

Origin

On July 9th, 2020, former U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman appeared before congress in regards to his firing by Donald Trump. ^[1]

Twitter ^[2] @alizaslav tweeted the image with the caption "GOP members leave Berman interview with a different view "'It was a lot of nothing. He talked about his removal from the position as creating delays and disruptions yet he would not cite any delays or disruption,' said Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking Republican on Judiciary." The post received more than 270 retweets and 140 likes in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Spread

People began responding to the image by posting who they believe they resemble. For example, Twitter^[5] user @thor_benson retweeted the image with the comment, "They literally look like Beavis and Butt-Head." The tweet received more than 7,200 likes and 985 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, left).

That day, Twitter^[3] user @MattGertz tweeted the image and the caption, "Legitimately curious about whether Jim Jordan is paying Matt Gaetz to dress this way in order to make himself look stylish by comparison." The post received more than 9,100 likes and 1,600 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, center).

Twitter^[4] user @maxberger tweeted the image with the caption "who are these two? wrong answers only." The tweet received more than 5,400 likes and 2,600 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below, right).

Matt Gaetz responded to the comments, writing,^[7] "He gave me $100. Enough to buy two more of these suits…" The tweet received more than 11,000 likes and 1,500 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

That day, The Daily Dot ^[6] published a report on the meme.