Bernie Sanders channels Cardi B on Social Security

One of America's most well-known politicians cited one of America's most popular hip-hop stars in a tweet today.

The subject of Sen. Bernie Sanders' tweet? Not music or the state of pop culture or even a topic directly affecting Cardi B's fan base of Millennials and Generation Z teens and young adults.

Nope, Sanders tweeted about Social Security.

The independent senator from Vermont was referencing a statement Cardi B had made in a recent GQ interview comparing President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrat who earned four terms during the Great Depression and World War II, to Republican President Donald Trump.

"He's the real 'Make America Great Again' president because of it weren't for him, older Americans wouldn't even get Social Security," Cardi B (twitter handle @iamcardib) said about FDR.

In his tweet late Wednesday morning, Sanders appropriated Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan to make the point that "Cardi B is right. If we are really going to make America great, we need to strengthen Social Security...."

Four hours later, Sanders tweeted a video of himself saying much the same thing:

Politics being politics, the tweets met with a wide range of response.

Sanders, whose support among African-Americans has been lacking at times, saw his tweet met with some skepticism:

Other liberals seconded the Sanders sentiment:

And more than one tweeter saw a bit of absurdity in the whole thing:

If Sanders succeeded at one thing, it was generating quite a bit of online media coverage of his Cardi B tweet: here, and here, and again here.

And, of course, right here.