Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed

If you're trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris' swift emergence as Democrats' possible nominee this fall, you really need to know your memes.

From “brat summer” to “coconut tree," it's been a timeline full of Harris-related memes for many people since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential race on Sunday and endorsed his No. 2 to lead the party.

Taking to the internet to pledge their support for her candidacy, Harris' backers, much of the time, are crafting new spins on previous online organisms that at one time had been used by Harris' detractors to throw shade.

There are also celebrities getting in the mix, with some of the association seen as a tidal wave of attention on Harris' candidacy that could help turn back American apathy for what had been a largely binary general election between Biden and GOP nominee Donald Trump.

It also could be a way for Harris' campaign to resonate with younger voters, a group Democrats need to turn out in November.

Here's a meme primer for following Harris' newly launched 2024 campaign:

“coconut tree”

Coconuts are everywhere in timeline mentions of Harris, an internet organism that began as Harris criticism and is now being embraced by her supporters.

The @KamalaHQ account bio text on X reads simply “adding context,” a reference to a much-memed speech where the vice president emphatically recalled a turn of phrase frequently used by her mother.

“She would say to us, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’” Harris recollected in 2023 at a White House ceremony, clad in a mauve suit. “You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.”

At the time, the somewhat