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"Why Attack Sanders? Why? Why? Why? Why?" is a memorable quote uttered by democratic presidential candidate Vice President Joe Biden in response to questions about his comments on fellow candidate Bernie Sanders

Origin

On January 22nd. 2020, CBS News published a video of CBS' reporter Ed O'Keefe asking about a "feud" with Bernie Sanders. In response, Biden said, "Why attack Sanders? Why? Why? Why? Why? You're getting nervous, man! Calm down, it's OK. He apologized for saying that I was corrupt. He didn't say anything about whether or not I was telling the truth about Social Security."

Within 24 hours, the video received more than 1.4 million views, 3,600 likes and 1,100 retweets (shown below).

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Following the post, critics of Biden began using sharing the video. Twitter user @nathanTbernard tweeted, "Joe Biden short-circuits after being asked routine question about presidential frontrunner, Bernie Sanders." The tweet received more than 150,000 views, 6,300 likes and 950 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

That day, comedian and editor Vic Berger published a remix of the video on Twitter. The tweet received more than 429,000 views, 26,000 likes and 5,000 in less than 24 hours (shown below).

Others made jokes about the video. Comedian Mike Drucker retweeted the video and wrote a joke about the video Mario Kart, "When you hit Wario with a banana peel." The tweet recieved more than 82,000 likes and 12,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

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