Overview
Cardi B and Tomi Lahren Feud refers to Tomi Lahren’s reaction to singer/rapper, Cardi B’s, recent Instagram post regarding the 2018-2019 Government Shutdown which lead to a back-and-forth on Twitter.
Background
On January 16th, 2019, Cardi B posted a video to Instagram voicing her frustration with the federal government shutdown of 2018-2019 (shown below). She defended Obama and criticized President Trump for “ordering and summoning federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid.” The video gained over 10 million views within the first day.
That same night, senators Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy and Chuck Schumer Tweeted in response to Cardi’s post debating whether or not to retweet her video (shown below).
Cardi responded later that night with a Tweet asking, “Why am I trending?” which was retweeted over 9,000 times and liked by 137,000 Twitter users within 24 hours (shown below).
Developments
On January 16th, 2019 Tomi Lahren responded to Cardi B’s Instagram post on Twitter sarcastically labeling Cardi as the perfect spokesperson for the Democratic party (shown below). The tweet garnered 3,000 retweets and 21,000 likes within a week.
Cardi responded four days later on January 20th by saying she would “dog walk” (shown below). The tweet gained over 183,000 retweets and over 780,000 likes within a day.
A few hours later Lahren responded with a tweet that gained over 4,000 retweets and 28,000 likes during that day (shown below).
Cardi’s response gained over 180,000 retweets and 750,000 likes (shown below).
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter to defend Cardi (shown below). The tweet accumulated 22,339 retweets and 173,515 likes that day.
Lahren then attacked Ocasio-Cortez with a tweet that gained 4,320 retweets and 9,257 likes (shown below).
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External References
Source : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/cardi-b-and-tomi-lahren-feud