Bernie Sanders' phrasing choice for referring to YouTube during Sunday night's Democratic debate was quick to illicit reactions from internet users - and YouTube itself.
Sanders and Joe Biden faced off in the first one-on-one debate of the cycle on Sunday. During the debate, Sanders challenged Biden's record on Social Security, and encouraged viewers to "go to the YouTube" for video proof.
Viewers were quick to latch onto the odd phrasing: YouTube, as well as popular social networks like Facebook and TikTok, isn't frequently preceded by "the," although it's used ahead of online-related terms like "the internet." (Facebook famously dropped the "the.")
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The video that Sanders directed Twitter users to watch shows Biden during a 2007 interview in which he says that Social Security is "absolutely" something that could be sacrificed during budget cuts. The video goes against accusations Biden made Sunday night that Sanders aired inaccurate TV ads about the former vice president's Social Security record.
But it didn't long for jokes and memes about "the YouTube" to take over social media, and for users to get the phrase trending Sunday night on Twitter.
But regular users and debate viewers weren't the only ones to take notice of Sanders' quirky phrasing. YouTube changed its name on Twitter to "The YouTube," although the name had been changed back to just "YouTube" by Monday morning.
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