Harambe Asks Colgate Republicans to Remove His Name from their GroupMe

HAMILTON, NY—Representatives from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden have reached out to Colgate College Republicans request- ing that the name of their GroupMe be formally changed in the wake of recent campus scandal. The Cincinnati Zoo was home to America’s favorite deceased gorilla, Harambe.

“Given the success of the Harambe write-in campaign this past election cycle, we do not want to mar Harambe’s image with the lewd remarks made in the College Republican’s GroupMe,” a statement from the Cincinnati Zoo reads. “As such, we ask the College Republicans to disassoci- ate themselves with the Harambe 2016 campaign after which they have so boldly named their controversial group message.”

A GoFundMe page has been created by Harambe lovers to support the Cincinnati Zoo in their efforts. All funds raised by this page will go towards developing “Dank Means Dank,” a pilot program at Colgate University that will aim to better educate the community about the ethi- cal use of overplayed memes.

“Harambe was a symbol of hope in the bleak reality that was all of 2016,” posted one Harambe sympathizer in a Facebook post in the Class of 2017 page promoting the GoFundMe campaign. “We cannot allow his death to be in vain. First they came for the memes, and I did not speak out—because I was not dank…”

The College Republicans could not be reached for statement, but an inside source has claimed that the College Republicans’ GroupMe has since been disbanded entirely because, “Fucking duh.”