Yahoo Lifestyle Coconut Tree Memes Are Taking Over Social Media Thanks To Kamala Harris — Here's Why
On Sunday, President Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. Since then, social media has been flooded with coconut tree memes.
Why coconut trees? Well, the VP gave a speech over a year ago at a ceremony for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. Kamala recalled a lesson from her mother: "She would say to us, 'I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?" She laughed before continuing, "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."
The clip went viral before, and now that Kamala is favored to win the Democratic nomination, the coconut tree tweets are back. Here are some of the funniest ones:
1.
are those… coconut trees? pic.twitter.com/UbWheoVbwQ
— Liz Charboneau (@lizchar) July 21, 2024
Warner Bros. / Twitter: @lizchar
2.
Madam Vice President, we are ready to help. pic.twitter.com/y8baSx44FL
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) July 22, 2024
Brian Schatz / Twitter: @brianschatz
3.
Did you fall out of the coconut tree and smack your little head on the context of all in which you live and what came before you? pic.twitter.com/3a9kGhgPSz
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) July 3, 2024
20th Century Fox / Twitter: @TomZohar
4.
YOU THINK YOU FELL OUT OF A COCONUT TREE?! YOU EXIST IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL IN WHICH YOU LIVE AND WHAT CAME BEFORE YOU! pic.twitter.com/Veg7tmq2Ib
— francis wolf 🥥🌴 (@francisxwolf) February 12, 2024
Jamie Squire/Getty Images / Twitter: @francisxwolf
5.
When you just fall out of a coconut tree. pic.twitter.com/8KFmOVDSHG
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 22, 2024
Patrick Semansky / AP / Twitter: @ProjectLincoln
6.
project coconut is a go
— bald ann dowd (@ali_sivi) July 21, 2024
7.
“mr. gorbachev, tear down this coconut tree!” pic.twitter.com/2ZvmfuUWL0
— gregor samsung 𖢥 (@slimjosa) July 3, 2024
Matt Rourke / AP / Twitter: @slimjosa
8.
please let me back into the coconut tree I would no longer like to exist in this context
— April Glick Pulito ⸆⸉ 🥥 🌴🤠 (@aprilglick) July 15, 2024
9.
kamala harris when you think you just fell out of a coconut tree pic.twitter.com/uPZf5zN1bG
— jay (@kendallhosseini) July 16, 2024
HBO / Twitter: @kendallhosseini
10.
and so, the brat girl summer turned back into a joever fall. and i couldn’t help but wonder…did we all just fall out of a coconut tree? pic.twitter.com/7Tb3AhqtOU
— J (@jenythhh) July 21, 2024
New Line Cinema/courtesy Everett Collection / Twitter: @jenythhh
11.
to anybody who thinks it shouldn't be Kamala Harris: you do know a new candidate can't just fall out of a coconut tree, right? they have to exist in the context of all in which they live and what came before them
— DaSkrubKing (@DaSkrubKing) July 3, 2024
12.
RNC staffers looking back on them clipping the coconut tree speech from a year ago pic.twitter.com/rDId5kH288
— James (@GravitysRa1nbow) July 21, 2024
Paramount / Twitter: @GravitysRa1nbow
13.
IF YOU’RE IN LINE TO FALL OUT OF A COCONUT TREE, STAY IN LINE
— Jack (@GayLaVie) July 10, 2024
14.
You think I just fell out of a coconut tree? https://t.co/fAPkYBjwGl
— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) July 22, 2024
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Let’s H-🥥-🌴-🌴-🥥-G-🥥 to the polls
— George🥥🌴 (@gpdr0meter) July 21, 2024
17.
FRODO: I wish I had never fallen out of the coconut treeGANDALF: so do all who think they just fell out of the coconut tree. but you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you. all we have to decide is what do to with the context that is given to us
— JRR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) July 21, 2024
18.
So many people are falling out of the coconut tree today https://t.co/UQeaJHp2PB
— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) July 21, 2024
19.
coconut heads up 1000
— . (@jaboukie) July 21, 2024
20.
every bar in DC is gonna start serving Kamala’s coconut tree piña colada specialty cocktail
— Sydney Halpern ✨ (@Sydney_Halpern) July 18, 2024
21.
ty to the coconut tree shitposters for their service to this country lmao
— kelsey mckinney (@mckinneykelsey) July 21, 2024
22. And finally:
I WILL SERVE THE COCONUT ARMYI WILL FALL OUT OF THE COCONUT TREEI WILL BE UNBURDENED BY ALL THAT HAS BEENOUR TIME IS NOW KAMENCING pic.twitter.com/nf4qj3dhT2
— koofal (@keffals) July 21, 2024
Ethan Miller/Getty Images / Twitter: @keffals
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