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The re-election campaign for President Joe Biden on Monday joined Truth Social, the social media platform founded by former President Donald Trump, The New York Times reported.

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“Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!” the campaign wrote in its first post on the platform.

The campaign is using the handle @BidenHQ and says it is a “project of Biden-Harris 2024.” The handle includes a banner image that says “the malarkey ends here.”

“There’s very little ‘truth’ happening on Truth Social, but at least now it’ll be a little fun,” Kevin Munoz, a Biden campaign spokesman, said.

First reported on Fox News, the campaign’s profile image is a depiction of Biden as “Dark Brandon.” The likeness shows Biden with laser eyes, an image that grew out of the “Let’s Go Brandon” jab that some used in place of a more crude slogan aimed at the president.

The campaign’s second post on Truth Social showed a video clip of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticizing Trump’s record on the national debt.

“A thing about campaigns is sometimes you just do things for the lolz,” Rob Flaherty, a deputy Biden campaign manager, explained on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

a thing about campaigns is sometimes you just do things for the lolz

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Axios reported in May that the campaign had said it would not join the platform that was founded by Trump and is largely a space for his followers to post comments, memes and videos.

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