EDMONTON -- Twitter users, TikTok stars and K-pop fans alike launched an online attack against the pro-Trump 鈥楳illion MAGA March鈥 in Washington, D.C., Saturday, flooding the hashtag with jokes about pancakes in an effort to draw attention away from the march.
By mid-morning Saturday, the #MillionMAGAMarch hashtag was overwhelmed with pictures of pancakes, fritters, and jokes about blueberry pancakes in honour of Republican states turning blue.
鈥淢ake America pancakes again,鈥 declared one Twitter user, garnering thousands of shares. 鈥淔lipping states, pancakes, and senate seats.鈥
The call to action was mobilized Wednesday by TikTok star Shea Depmore after she urged people to overwhelm the hashtag with 鈥渟yrupy goodness鈥 in a bid to redirect attention away from the protests, planned by pro-Trump protesters echoing unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the U.S. election.
And social media users did not waffle.
Despite the march鈥檚 slogan promising a million protesters, only a few thousand of them took to the streets of Washington Saturday. Far-right and pro-Trump groups including the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and QAnon have said they would be in attendance.
U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 motorcade drove past the crowd Saturday morning after promising on Twitter he would attend. The crowd chanted 鈥淯SA, USA鈥 as he drove by, waving from his car.鈥
