Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (I-Vt.) brought an oversized printout of a Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE tweet onto the Senate floor, and the internet loved it so much, it became a meme.

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Sanders on Wednesday used the prop as a reference as he called on the president-elect to either veto any legislation to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security or admit that he "lied" to the American people.

"Let me quote somebody who I suspect I will not often be quoting," Sanders said while speaking about planned GOP changes to ObamaCare.

"On May 7, 2015, Donald Trump tweeted, ‘I was the first & only potential GOP candidate to state there will be no cuts to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid.’ "





Bernie just printed out a gigantic Trump tweet and brought it to the Senate floor https://t.co/kl9QbohqGO pic.twitter.com/nNrq4JlZZT — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 4, 2017

The image of Sanders speaking on the Senate floor with Trump's tweet behind him went viral, and social media users began superimposing other tweets and images over the original poster:

bernie continues to speak truth to power pic.twitter.com/dpLQx8nBzr — David Mack (@davidmackau) January 4, 2017

This chart Bernie brought to the Senate floor is wild. pic.twitter.com/8nwXYuFVPr — Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) January 4, 2017