The DNC Is Over, but the Memes Continue

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History was made at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and the internet had no chill.

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To say that Hillary Clinton, as the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major political party, has broken barriers might be a gross understatement. And for four nights, social media watched, listened and tweeted.

Thank you, internet gawds, for your ingenuity! You’ve kept us rolling. We’d expect the classic Michael Jordan-crying meme (one of which made it to our list), but this went above and beyond. Note to future presidential candidates: When Morgan Freeman narrates your campaign video that Shonda Rhimes has produced, you’re asking for black Twitter to go in (but in a great way).

Thursday closed out the Democratic National Convention, and the social media buzz continues. Here are some super-funny GIFs and memes inspired by #DNC2016.

https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/758864906972114944
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/758872719077191680

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DemsInPhilly&src=tyah

https://twitter.com/robyn_ravenclaw/status/758830413833875462

Felice León is multimedia editor at The Root.

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