Jeb Bush's "America" Tweet

Overview

Jeb Bush’s “America” Tweet refers to a tweet shared by Republican candidate Jeb Bush, featuring a picture of a personalised gun followed by the words “America”. Shortly after the image was posted, the tweet received a number of parodies by other Twitter users.

Background

On February 16th, 2016, Jeb Bush’s official Twitter account^[1] tweeted out a picture of Jeb Bush’s personalised handgun, followed by the words “America”, receiving over 10,000 retweets and 7,000 likes in the same day