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Feel The Bern
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About
"Feel the Bern", a play on the idiomatic expression "feel the burn," is a campaign slogan for the 2016 United States presidential election candidate Bernie Sanders.
Origin
The expression "feel the burn" was originally popularized by actress Jane Fonda in a series of aerobic fitness tapes to encourage viewers to work through exercise fatigue.[14] According to digital strategist Winnie Wong, a co-founder of the Bernie Sanders campaign group People For Bernie, the variation "Feel the Bern" was coined in a Facebook conversation brainstorming various pro-Sanders hashtags.
"We wanted something that would carry his name all across the Internet and be more than just a hashtag. The beauty of the Internet is the way you can express yourself in a very democratic way."[15]
The earliest known tweet using the hashtag was posted by the People4Bernie Twitter[16] feed on May 6th, 2015, featuring an infographic containing campaign donation figures for the Sanders campaign (shown below).
![@People4Bernie Tweet Bernie People For Bernie GO @SenSanders. GO!!! #FeelTheBern Bernie Follow @People4Bernie In less than 24 hours... 2016 100,000+ Have signed up to Join the Campaign 35,000 $43 Donations Average Contribution $1.5 Million Join us. Raised Online national campaign will require the active participation of millions of Americans in every community in our country" BernieSanders.com RETWEETS LIKES 6 8 1:06 PM - 6 May 2015](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/083/277/1a9.jpg)
Spread
On May 27th, 2015, the domain feelthebern.org[17] was registered. On July 1st, the slogan appeared on television during a large Sanders rally in Madison, Wisconsin.[15] On July 4th, MSNBC[19] published an article about the Sanders campaign's social media presence, noting that the #feelthebern hashtag received an average of 6,800 tweets-per-day from June 25th to July 1st. In August, the Sanders campaign began selling official merchandise featuring the slogan (shown below).[18]
![Merch Car Magnet FEEL Take the political revolution with you on the road! Feel the Bern with this magnet to stick on your car.* THE BERN BERNIESANDERS.COM Fridges or helicopters are okay too. Coffee Mug FEEL THE BERN Caution: You'll definitely feel the Bern with this mug. No seriously, be careful. You're gonna need those hands to vote for Bernie Sanders. Bumper Sticker FeelTheBern BERNIESANDERS.COM Take the political revolution on the road! Show off to](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/083/288/e32.png)
On August 9th, YouTuber Tony Tig uploaded a music video for a pro-Sander rap song titled "Feel the Bern" (shown below).
On November 11th, a "Feel the Bern" game was published on the browser gaming website Kongregate.[20] In February 2016, the news site Observer[15] published an interview with Wong about the slogan's origins.
Notable Images
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Search Interest
External References
[1] Wikipedia – Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign
[2] Reddit – feel the bern
[3] Bernie Store – Feel The Bern
[4] Twitter – #feelthebern
[5] Celeb Stoner – Video: Tommy Chong 'Feels the Bern' for Sanders
[6] WCBV5 – Susan Sarandon feels the 'Bern' in Iowa
[7] Daily Globe – Minnesota feels the Bern: More than 20,000 pack St. Paul, Duluth venues to hear Sanders’ hour-long stump speech
[8] zap2it – Ben & Jerry’s co-founder feels the Bern with limited edition flavor, ‘Bernie’s Yearning’
[9] indystar – Cartoonist Gary Varvel: Hillary feels the Bern
[10] Observer – Breaking: Joe Biden ‘Feels the Bern’--Boosts Bernie Against Hillary
[11] Cullman Today – Birmingham Feels The Bern
[12] NBCNews – Bernie Sanders Sits Down With Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show'
[13] People – Bern, Baby, Bern: Bernie Sanders Shows Off His Disco Dance Moves on Ellen
[14] Wiktionary – Feel the burn
[15] Observer – The Surprising Origin of #FeelTheBern
[16] Twitter – People4Bernie
[17] Internic Whois – feelthebern.org
[18] BernieSanders.com Feel The Bern
[19] MSNBC – Feel the Bern
[20] Kongregate – Feel the Bern
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