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Meghan McCain coins universal clapback with ‘Denise’ meme: ‘My gift to the internet’

by Avery Anapol - 03/26/19 5:26 PM ET

Meghan McCain, known for her fiery responses to President Trump’s criticism of her father, has coined the internet’s new favorite clapback after responding to a critic on Twitter.

On Monday night, conservative commentator Denise McAllister shared an article criticizing “The View,” of which McCain is a co-host.

{mosads}“Can someone explain to me the purpose of The View?” McAllister wrote. “It seems to me to be a roundtable of delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation.”

McCain was quick to respond with the now widely memed line “you were at my wedding Denise.”

you were at my wedding Denise….

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 26, 2019

McAllister, a contributor for the conservative website The Federalist, run by McCain’s husband, later walked back her criticism, saying that her comment was not pointed at McCain directly.

But “you were at my wedding Denise” took on a life of its own, with Twitter users applying it to their personal lives, films and hypothetical scenarios.

“you were at my wedding Denise” is my new response to every person who can’t remember our plans https://t.co/uJVnkVS8m5

— Jason Wells (@JasonBretWells) March 26, 2019

McCain acknowledged the sentence’s popularity in a tweet, saying it “can be everyone’s clap back to everyone, everywhere, forever.”

“My gift to the internet,” she wrote. “Thank you for the support.”

“You were at my wedding, Denise…” can be everyone’s clap back to everyone, everywhere, forever. My gift to the internet. Thank you for the support. ♥️ https://t.co/CiqsFUHLDI

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 26, 2019

*when I get my credit card statement and see what Sophia from a month ago spent her money on*

YOU WERE AT MY WEDDING DENISE

— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) March 26, 2019