Cynthia Nixon, the actress known for playing career-driven Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City, announced Monday she’s running for governor of New York. The internet responded in the only way it knows how—with memes and jokes.
Nixon’s campaign will focus on inequality in New York and public education, but her fans can’t help but focus on the iconic Sex and the City moments that perfectly encompass the mood following her announcement.
https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/975815762848829440
And the missed opportunity.
Too bad Cynthia Nixon isn’t running for police commissioner because she’d be great at reading people their [lowers designer shades] Miranda Rights.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) March 19, 2018
People also reminisced on Samantha Jones’ infamous line about politics.
https://twitter.com/socarolinesays/status/975795627044016128
And all the times they asked themselves, “Which Sex and the City character am I?”
https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/975845652428132353
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running for reelection, reportedly with a lead in polls over Nixon, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t worry about the fresh candidate’s cultural influence.
Andrew Cuomo gets his Miranda warning. https://t.co/SM5GDFyks2
— Robert X George (@RobGeorge) March 19, 2018
There’s one campaign issue of particular importance to New York’s city dwellers, who are fed up with the decay of public transportation. But is successful cosmopolitan wonder woman Miranda—ahem, Nixon, the hero the Metropolitan Transit Authority needs? Twitter sure hopes so.
https://twitter.com/lizzieohreally/status/975803967736303616
more like,,, Miranda Transit Authority
— Olivia Craighead (@oliviacraighead) March 19, 2018
Me: Celebrities running for political office should be approached with healthy skepticism, and held to high standards
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) March 19, 2018
Also me: MIRANDA’S GONNA FIX THE MTA https://t.co/8Qnko2XR4I
Miranda coming to fix the trains pic.twitter.com/dqocIUOvQM
— AB (@AlannaBennett) March 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/shani_o/status/975800098427940865
https://twitter.com/ethiopienne/status/975806964755324930
Voters have plenty of reason to be weary of celebrities entering the politics ring, but if Nixon’s gubernatorial run is anything like a good episode of Sex and the City, at least we’ll all be learning about ourselves along the way.
“…I couldn’t help but wonder…could Miranda fix the subway? Or was it me that needed fixing?” pic.twitter.com/xpE9EjSqqp
— Dami Lee (@dami_lee) March 19, 2018
