The re-election campaign for President Joe Biden on Monday joined Truth Social, the social media platform founded by former President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported.
“Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!” the campaign wrote in its first post on the platform.
The campaign is using the handle @BidenHQ and says it is a “project of Biden-Harris 2024.” The handle includes a banner image that says “the malarkey ends here.”
“There’s very little ‘truth’ happening on Truth Social, but at least now it’ll be a little fun,” Kevin Munoz, a Biden campaign spokesman, said.
First reported on Fox News, the campaign’s profile image is a depiction of Biden as “Dark Brandon.” The likeness shows Biden with laser eyes, an image that grew out of the “Let’s Go Brandon” jab that some used in place of a more crude slogan aimed at the president.
The campaign’s second post on Truth Social showed a video clip of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticizing Trump’s record on the national debt.
“A thing about campaigns is sometimes you just do things for the lolz,” Rob Flaherty, a deputy Biden campaign manager, explained on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
a thing about campaigns is sometimes you just do things for the lolz
— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) October 16, 2023
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Axios reported in May that the campaign had said it would not join the platform that was founded by Trump and is largely a space for his followers to post comments, memes and videos.
