At a campaign event for Bernie Sanders on Friday in Portland, Oregon, something happened that seemed like it would be more in place in a Disney movie than an election event. A bird landed right on Sanders’ podium, leading to raucous cheers from the crowd.

The clip is endearing–Sanders takes his feathered friend’s visit in stride, claiming that the little bird (which the Audubon Society noted was a female House Finch) landing on the podium is really a dove symbolizing world peace. And because pretty much everything that happens in this campaign ends up going viral, the hashtag #BirdieSanders started trending:

Oh man. I have been laughing at this for 15 minutes now. #BirdieSanderspic.twitter.com/KS6bjPb8jn

— Elias Toufexis (@EliasToufexis) March 26, 2016

#BirdieSanders makes my heart flutter. pic.twitter.com/LqO0vRHwf2

— Shab Asgharnia (@shabdamn) March 26, 2016

The Little Bermaid and his BFF, #BirdieSanders pic.twitter.com/R6XK0v4AMU

— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) March 26, 2016

#BirdieSanders Nature always knows what’s up ❤️ #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/WN94ek4Ps8

— Sunny Bone OH! (@sunnyboneoh) March 25, 2016

Popes have been chosen over less #BirdieSanders

— bernie bro (real) (@anfeardathuil) March 25, 2016

My favorite so far #BirdieSanderspic.twitter.com/cI4tfReOzt

— Bernie Tweeters (@Tehelmin) March 26, 2016

It’s a little ironic that the rally was in Portland, given that the hit sketch show “Portlandia,” which takes a satirical look at the city, once aired a sketch about how you can make an item popular by “putting a bird on it.”

The fact that #BirdieSanders went viral so quickly, again shows the dominance the Vermont Senator has when it comes to millennials. As the Observer put it:

Mr. Sanders dominates his competition on Facebook, and news in favor of him trends more often than any other presidential candidate. A recent Washington Post analysis found Mr. Sanders received over 300,000 more votes from people under the age of 30 than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined.

Sanders also had a good weekend politically speaking, winning some notable victories in Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska–maybe that bird did bring him some extra good luck after all.

Anneliese Mahoney

Anneliese Mahoney is Managing Editor at Law Street and a Connecticut transplant to Washington D.C. She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and a passion for law, politics, and social issues. Contact Anneliese at amahoney@LawStreetMedia.com.

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