Memes like "Sad Pepe" and "Smug Pepe" began to flood social media, creating a meme empire around this green frog. Pepe was doing ... twisting the face of this harmless character into propaganda ...

Pepe started his life as a laid-back cartoon frog but memes transformed him into an alt ... an anthropomorphic green frog, began his journey as an innocent cartoon character armed with the ...