
Former Vice President Joe Biden (Facebook)
The second night of the Democratic National Convention kicked off with an impassioned defense of the Affordable Care Act's protections for pre-existing conditions — and the opening speakers described it as a "Big Effing Deal" — a reference to Biden's original quote heralding passage of the law.
Commenters on social media noticed — and cheered.
"That's a big effing deal" -- Michigan state Rep. Mari Manoogian, in #DNC2020convention talking Biden health care p… https://t.co/8kWZqthglS— Jonathan Oosting (@Jonathan Oosting) 1597799633.0
Was not expecting “That’s a big effing deal” to be a rallying cry in tonight’s keynote.— Anastasia Tsioulcas (@Anastasia Tsioulcas) 1597799366.0
"that's a big effing deal!" let the democratic national convention say fuck— rimi 🍌🐟 @ hyrule warriors! (@rimi 🍌🐟 @ hyrule warriors!) 1597799364.0
I’m stuck at “that’s a big effing deal” #DemConvention #GoJoe https://t.co/UHkmWxKbZR— kristina la cava (@kristina la cava) 1597799619.0
Who knew that "That's a big effing deal" would become a slogan? Love it.— Dan Sloan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (@Dan Sloan 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️🌈) 1597799585.0
“And that’s a big effing deal!” This is THE quote to open the #DNC2020 https://t.co/7qnh3uu7aG— Monica Babiuk (@Monica Babiuk) 1597799515.0
They just said "big effing deal" on the Convention broadcast. That's a big effing deal. This is so much better than… https://t.co/DHBvWiYX17— Charlotte Keys (@Charlotte Keys) 1597799456.0
This opening of the second night of the DNC Convention is 🔥🔥🔥🔥. THAT'S A BIG EFFING DEAL. 😎— lariat - 😷🤚🏼🧼✋🏼 #306 (@lariat - 😷🤚🏼🧼✋🏼 #306) 1597799499.0
I love any callback to "big effing deal" 😂👏 #DemConvention— Kevin at ho-ho-home 😷 (@Kevin at ho-ho-home 😷) 1597799577.0