After Vice President Kamala Harris declared her intention to run for president, her supporters began to post emojis of coconuts and trees on social media Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Kamala Harris in 2023.

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Ever since President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection and instead threw his support behind his VP, the Kamala Harris memes have been flooding in — particularly one ...

Brandon Bell / Getty Images In the weeks before President Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection, some Democrats online rallied behind Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party's ...

How did the coconut tree emerge as the emblem of the vice president's most devoted, or at least most-online followers? It's a story more than a year in the making. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks ...

For more on Biden's decision and the now open 2024 race, head to the NPR Network's live updates page. In the weeks before President Biden announced he would not be seeking reelection, some Democrats ...