National Journal’s Fournier Apologizes for Eric Garner Biden Caption

If you’ve been plugged in at all over the past weekend, then you’re incredibly familiar with this instant classic of Joe Biden:

This photo of Joe Biden staring out a window will haunt the Internet forever (from @j_fuller) http://t.co/kMllHGlNGu pic.twitter.com/PkEeCve5q6

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) December 8, 2014

Yes, “Sad Joe Biden” has taken the internet by storm, and lots of people have been attaching humorous captions to it:

"I coulda been in the solange wedding pic" pic.twitter.com/DOmKwQG44N

— Aaron Edwards (@aaronmedwards) December 8, 2014

But it's so nice outside!!! MOM!!! #SadBiden pic.twitter.com/rQLqsmFdOE

— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 24, 2014

when will Obama return home to watch anime with me pic.twitter.com/aSeHjdsvyY

— Amber (@missambear) December 8, 2014

And then there’s this somewhat-cringeworthy offering from National Journal reporter Ron Fournier:

I can't breathe pic.twitter.com/TDX2GmzvhS

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) December 8, 2014

Yeah, Fournier soon thought better of using Eric Garner‘s last words to caption a funny picture of Joe Biden and apologized:

What happened to #EricGarner was not funny. It was horrible. I was wrong to use his last words in a Joe Biden meme. I am sorry.

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) December 8, 2014

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