{"id":13329,"date":"2021-05-07T07:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2021-05-07T07:23:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:23:28","slug":"2015-2019-elections-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13329","title":{"rendered":"Federal Elections Memes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last two Canadian federal elections in 2015 and 2015 have seen increased use of memes on social media platforms &#8212; some funny, but most unkind. Here is a collection of some of the more popular Liberal and Conservative salvos that hit the mark for their partisan audiences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol25-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol25-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol25.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol26-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol26-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol26.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_06-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_06-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_06-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_06-624x352.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_06.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_pol_101-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_pol_101-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_pol_101-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_pol_101.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol23.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol23-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_bgj_zpol23-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/liberals7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/liberals7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/liberals7.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_00ac1-263x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_00ac1-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_00ac1-768x877.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_00ac1-624x713.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_00ac1.jpg 839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n-624x620.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_18379240592_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_55710459904_n-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_55710459904_n-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_55710459904_n-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_55710459904_n-624x418.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_55710459904_n.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_X4AAKMas-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_X4AAKMas-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_X4AAKMas-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_X4AAKMas-624x328.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_X4AAKMas.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer-compact-fascism-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer-compact-fascism-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer-compact-fascism.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Scheer_D4m7BUPXsAIpPQW-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Scheer_D4m7BUPXsAIpPQW-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Scheer_D4m7BUPXsAIpPQW.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer_pantsonfire-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer_pantsonfire-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer_pantsonfire-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scheer_pantsonfire.jpg 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau0-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau0-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau0-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau0-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau0.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Butts-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Butts-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Butts.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_blackface_AETYmm-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_blackface_AETYmm-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_blackface_AETYmm-624x357.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_blackface_AETYmm.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_socks_4WAAA_U-h.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_607900966_n-246x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_607900966_n-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Trudeau_607900966_n.png 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TrudeauC-iNRL_UAAAZyPu-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TrudeauC-iNRL_UAAAZyPu-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TrudeauC-iNRL_UAAAZyPu-624x766.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TrudeauC-iNRL_UAAAZyPu.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05-624x395.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Harper_05.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chris George<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>. Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ChrisG.George@gmail.com\">ChrisG.George@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last two Canadian federal elections in 2015 and 2015 have seen increased use of memes on social media platforms &#8212; some funny, but most unkind. Here is a collection of some of the more popular Liberal and Conservative salvos that hit the mark for their partisan audiences. &nbsp; Chris George\u00a0is an Ottawa-based government affairs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[72,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13354,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions\/13354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}