'Ladies and gentleman, we got him!': Democrat Squad member Jamaal Bowman celebrates Twitter banning Trump with video announcing moment Saddam Hussein was captured
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) poked fun at President Trump's ban from Twitter, using the popular meme clip of the moment U.S. officials announced the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Bowman took to Twitter on Friday to celebrate the news, sharing the viral meme clip of Paul Bremer, the civilian administrator for Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion.
'Ladies and gentleman, we got him,' Bremer said in the famous clip announcing the capture of Hussein, which is followed by raucous applause.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) took to Twitter on Friday to celebrate the news, sharing the viral meme clip of Paul Bremer, the civilian administrator for Iraq. 'Ladies and gentleman, we got him,' Bremer said in the famous clip
A photo, donated to and made available by www.military.com and reportedly showing former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein moments after his capture by US forces in a farm house outside Tikrit, Iraq, 14 December 2003
The representative's sharing of the clip followed an earlier tweet where Bowman slammed the platform for continuing to allow the president to continue tweeting from his account.
'@Twitter why is Donald Trump still out here tweeting after inciting a fascist mob,' he asked. 'Suspend his account!'
The 79-year-old Bremer is aware that he's become a viral meme, as reported by the Daily Beast in 2018 when the video first began recirculating.
During that summer, people circulated the clip when blasting public figures and celebrities. Most notably, Tekashi 69 and Drake both have their own subgenre of the meme dedicated to allegations of liking underage girls. The clip is often combined with the 2012 pop song Baby I’m Yours by Breakbot.
The representative's sharing of the clip followed an earlier tweet where Bowman slammed the platform for continuing to allow the president to continue tweeting from his account
'@Twitter why is Donald Trump still out here tweeting after inciting a fascist mob,' he asked. 'Suspend his account!'
'Many times I couldn't figure out what the connection was with the announcement,' Bremer explained to the Daily Beast, sharing his initial surprise with their popularity. 'How are the words fitting into the memes?'
Bremer is blamed for helping fuel the Iraq insurgency by disbanding the Iraqi Army and for banning high-ranking members of Saddam's Baath Party from the government.
Twitter announced Friday evening that it was officially banning Trump from the platform after he incited a mob of supporters to descend on the Capitol and wreak havoc.
Following the display of chaos, Trump took to Twitter to ask his supporters to go home while sharing his adoration for them and still promoting baseless claims of voter fraud.
Bremer is blamed for helping fuel the Iraq insurgency by disbanding the Iraqi Army and for banning high-ranking members of Saddam's Baath Party from the government. He is, however, aware of how popular the clip has become
'After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,' Twitter said Friday.
'In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action.
'Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
A pro-Trump mob breaks into the U.S. Capitol on January 06
Following the mob's assault on the Capitol, Trump took to Twitter to offer support to his followers while asking them to stop their attack
But he continued on with more baseless claims of voter fraud
Twitter announced Friday evening that it was officially banning Trump from the platform
'However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.'
President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts remain locked until at least January 20th amid fears that he will incite more violence, after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
The decision was announced by Zuckerberg on Thursday.
Snapchat blocked Trump on Wednesday morning. The platform said their locking of his account was indefinite.
On Thursday, streaming site Twitch announced it had indefinitely suspended the president's account.
