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Man Bun Ken™ truly arrived at the perfect moment. On Tuesday, Mattel unveiled a slew of new Ken dolls that are more diverse than ever, and one in particular captured the heart of the meme-obsessed Internet: Man Bun Ken.

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With political hot takes flying faster than the speed of light yesterday, Man Bun Ken™ became a perfect stand-in for every obnoxious, mansplaining dudebro that you’ve ever had to suffer through conversations with.

“I just don’t like Hillary, and we really need a 3rd party in this country. That’s why I voted for Gary Johnson.” pic.twitter.com/4K87CuLGoC — Devon Handy (@DevonHandy) June 21, 2017

Democrat Jon Ossoff losing a closely-contested special election in the deeply-red Georgia 6th? Man Bun Ken™ has thoughts!

“Ossoff should’ve won this seat easily.” pic.twitter.com/RM3m92lopo — Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) June 21, 2017

“A 1.5% special election loss by a Dem in a heavily GOP district obviously means the people are pining for socialism” pic.twitter.com/Vigo0Qm1lV — E (@RealEthanHolmes) June 21, 2017

“We Democrats must put up my kind of dogmatic insufferable candidate to stop losing in GOP districts (although I’m not a Democrat).” pic.twitter.com/Vda8yBCoWB — Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) June 21, 2017

Weird how I don’t see any man-bun pundits arguing that Parnell’s strong showing means Dems should run more anti-tax Goldman Sachs alums. — Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) June 21, 2017

But why go in hard on Ossoff when you could just blame a woman instead?

“Since neither Hillary or Chelsea are running for office, Ossoff’s thin loss in a 40-year GOP district means we have to scapegoat Pelosi.” pic.twitter.com/5WsDP2WCZd — Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) June 21, 2017

“We will win easily. All we have to do is throw aside every woman and person of color in existence” https://t.co/yKomzJV2AP — JeremyConstantinople (@smartflexin) June 21, 2017

If you hadn’t already observed, Man Bun Ken™ hates “identity politics!”

“Black Twitter is weaponizing identity politics to take focus away from the only issue that really matters, class solidarity” pic.twitter.com/hsAJViICuC — Marcus H. Johnson (@marcushjohnson) June 20, 2017

Let’s try for an anti-abortion Democrat next time, the deluded guy said. That way we can repel our base and lose by even more. pic.twitter.com/tzOw8T3H2k — Erin Matson (@erintothemax) June 21, 2017

“Check out my piece over at Salon about the menace of neoliberal identitarianism.” pic.twitter.com/vlQtK9bjT9 — Donna Gratehouse (@DonnaDiva) June 20, 2017

“I TOTALLY want a woman President, just not *this* woman. You’ve already waited 241 years, what’s 4 more?” pic.twitter.com/NJJoUWT6G1 — Molly (@isteintraum) June 20, 2017

And is convinced that the man who lost the Democratic primary could have won the general election (the logistics of electoral politics be damned!).

I don’t even own Mattel’s new man bun Ken Doll but he already told me the dangers of processed food and how Bernie would have beaten Trump. pic.twitter.com/rjxQQFiEfI — Sully Sullivan (@Mikey_Sul) June 20, 2017

Man-bun Ken doll just interrupted me to tell me that Bernie would have won. pic.twitter.com/Mnu8pAXV7F — J.D. Altman (@NicCageMatch) June 20, 2017

Through it all, Man Bun Ken™ assures you he’s definitely a feminist.

Man-bun Ken thinks having a mother makes him a feminist pic.twitter.com/mW5tOavC6G — Ziwe (@ziwe) June 20, 2017

https://twitter.com/stellabugbee/status/877251787954282496

“I’m not a feminist. I’m a humanist.” pic.twitter.com/eMqqBSe6Su — Candice Aiston (@CandiceAiston) June 20, 2017

Never change, Man Bun Ken.™ We have too much fun satirizing you on Twitter dot com.