What’s the Kamala Harris ‘coconut tree’ meme and why is it going viral?

You think this meme just fell out of a coconut tree?

With Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the new Democratic front-runner after President Biden suddenly dropped out of the race on Sunday, her coconut tree meme has resurfaced and gone viral, with members of her own party getting in on the action. NY Post reporter Ronny Reyes shares this story.

In the last 24 hours, Democratic governors, senators and PACs have voiced their support for Harris while mentioning coconut trees or adding coconut emojis to their posts.

The meme stems from a random moment in a speech Harris gave in May last year as she was swearing in commissioners for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics.

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[maxy-spcn]

What can be unburden by what has been 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[onehundredpercent_ke]

Boy, their P.R. was looking to grab at ANYTHING. LOL 😅😅😅

[zed]

I've never heard of it. Only Fox and The NyP are trying to make it go viral.

[tramer]

People at the NYP actually spent time putting together a story about a meme. Let that sink in for a minute. A meme.

[willardchi]

Do the democrats want to change candidates or change problems?

[introvert]

But her latest great line is "unburdened by what has been." So which is it we come out of what happened before us or we don't?

[vidpie]

The report didn't tell the whole story. That "Brat" album is a big hit.* A great many young people--that's primarily who is on TikTok--mashed together this clip of Kamala with other clips of her dancing, etc using the music as a backing track. The fun and energetic videos are spreading virally on the platform. This youthful exuberance is new to this presidential race.

*According to Metacritic, (the album) is the highest-rated album of 2024 and the 16th-highest-rated album of all time as of July 2024.

[Leonitus]

This is awesome! Thanks for explaining!

[TheHolyMongolEmpire]

The media propaganda for her in the past 2 days has been absolutely gross.

[jtonahrmdabaymayne]

Think about how the people that loved ones died by getting hit with a coconut by standing under it

[arekingi]

Brown outside, white inside, and nuts?

[mile]

she prove she is goofball everytime she speaks

[kluneberg]

i dont get it. does she mean if you find a coconut on the ground it didnt come out of nowhere, it fell out of a tree? sounds like she butchered what her mother said.

[stevenjamison]

That's the best you can come up with? I will gladly vote for Harris over the convicted felon.

[tommyisderanged]

The fact you even have to ask the question of why this is trending tells me everything I need to know about the New York Post.

[jak]

Why does she think everything is funny?

[Godaboveall_]

That's gotta be a blonde in disguise 🤣

[jamalshamah]

That's the genius that thought, when Reagan said I'm with the government here to help. He didn't realize he was making fun of them. He's the education top guy 😂

[ReiGon-kr]

Unburden by what can be a coconut tree

[aaronlafleur]

Democrats:Coconuts are ethnic right???