Dark MAGA

Tweet from a "Dark MAGA" account: "gay brandon or #DarkMAGA the choice is yours. #groomers #pedophiles #lgbt" Attached are two images. One shows Joe Biden overlayed with a trans pride flag and "trans rights". The other is red and blue filtered still of Donald Trump with laser eyes and the text "expel the jew".

Dark MAGA is a style of design that emulates fashwave aesthetics but applies them to images of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Though Dark MAGA memes emerged from hateful online environments, they have since become normalized in mainstream politics. This includes an equivalent meme in "Dark Brandon", in praise of Trump's opponent in the 2020 US election, Joe Biden. As such, not all memes using this aesthetic are necessarily hateful.

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