Come on, Come on, What Now, What Now: How a Slogan Switched Sides in the Great Recall and Entered the Taipei Mayoral Race

30-Second Overview: "Come on, come on, what now, what now" (來來來，怎麼樣、怎麼樣) typically refers to a set of political performances involving spreading one's hands, shrugging, or exaggerated rhetorical questioning. Existing public records confirm that the recall group "Shan Chu Wei Hai" (山除薇害) and its supporters used the slogan "Come on, come on, what now, what now, great recall, great success" on the streets on June 28, 2025. Wang Hung-wei herself and some commentators claim this set of gestures originated from Wang's provocations in the Legislative Yuan; however, there is currently no independently verifiable full original video or transcript that proves she was the sole creator of the complete slogan and gestures. This meme later extended into the 2026 Taipei mayoral election, becoming a piece of political memory cited by both the Blue (KMT) and Green (DPP) camps.

"Come on, come on, what now, what now" is not a song with a fixed author, but a combination of a rhetorical question and a set of physical gestures. The speaker spreads their hands, accompanied by shrugging, slight squatting, or exaggerated facial expressions, to convey the provocation "So, what do you want me to do about it?" to an opponent. Because the words are short and the movements are easy to imitate, it quickly moved beyond the original site of conflict to become political material used in street rallies, political talk shows, and social media shorts.

Origin: A Controversial "Original"

The 2024 Legislative Yuan conflict is the background, not a proven source of the slogan's origin

The conflict between Wang Hung-wei and Lin Chu-yin in the Legislative Yuan is often placed in the backstory of this meme. On July 8, 2024, during the Internal Affairs Committee's review of the proposed amendments to the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, the two engaged in a physical confrontation over the podium and seating, subsequently filing lawsuits against each other. Central News Agency reported that day that Lin Chu-yin accused Wang Hung-wei of slapping her, causing injury; ¹ Wang Hung-wei stated she was merely trying to push away the other party's hand while passing by because Hsu Chiao-hsin was being choked. Both sides accused each other of assault, with differing accounts of who moved first. ²

While this conflict illustrates the high tension during the 2024 Legislative Yuan election and recall battles, there is currently no reliable public data proving that "Come on, come on, what now, what now" first appeared on July 8, 2024. Therefore, while this event serves as political background, it should not be recorded as the definitive birth date of the slogan.

Wang Hung-wei as the creator: Political self-narrative and social media claims

The claim that "the original version was Wang Hung-wei dancing in the Legislative Yuan for the DPP" has circulated primarily through social media posts and subsequent political discussions. The commentator Gua Ji (邱昱凱) wrote on Threads that the so-called "recall dance" began when Wang Hung-wei used dancing postures to provoke in the Legislative Yuan, which DPP politicians and supporters found ridiculous and began to imitate. ³ This is an interpretation of the video and event by a commentator; it proves the claim was publicly made, but does not independently prove the earliest time, complete lines, or the creator of the movements.

Wang Hung-wei herself later claimed "originality" on Threads, questioning why imitators would leave a "stigma of shame" by imitating this dance. ⁴ This is the subject's own self-positioning, which is valuable for showing how she understands this meme battle; however, it is not an independent third-party verification of the origin.

Therefore, the most accurate description currently is: Wang Hung-wei is widely viewed as the original referent of these provocative gestures, and she herself claims to be the creator; however, a complete origin lacks independently verifiable original audio-visual records. Distinguishing between "a politician's self-narrative" and "a verified origin" is necessary to avoid writing social media memory as historical fact.

The 2025 Great Recall: Slogans Brought to the Streets

In April 2025, the recall group "Shan Chu Wei Hai" announced that they had collected over 35,000 second-stage signatures, exceeding the legal threshold of approximately 28,000 at the time. Wang Hung-wei stated she would face the challenge with a positive attitude and called on supporters to vote "no" on the recall. ⁵

On June 28, 2025, Shan Chu Wei Hai and DPP politicians campaigned in Wang Hung-wei's constituency. Liberty Times reported that Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che went to Dazhi to meet with Legislator Shen Po-yang and Taipei City Councilor Lin Liang-chun, chanting along with the recall group: "Come on, come on, what now, what now, great recall, great success!" The report described this performance as a mockery of Wang Hung-wei. ⁶

This is a key timestamp that can be directly verified. It proves that the phrase had been used publicly by recall groups and supporters by late June 2025, and shows that "Come on, come on, what now" and "Great recall, great success" were tied together as a single slogan on the streets. It does not, however, prove whether Wang Hung-wei originally uttered the full sentence during an earlier Legislative Yuan conflict.

On July 26, the vote for Wang Hung-wei's recall was held. The Central Election Commission's official results list showed that the voter turnout in Taipei City's 3rd Electoral District was 59.59%; with 76,463 votes in favor of recall and 86,311 votes against, the recall was defeated. ⁷ Following the vote, Shan Chu Wei Hai spokesperson A-mei stated that although the result was not ideal, the group would not stop monitoring the legislature. ⁸

A common numerical error needs correction: the 2025 Great Recall was not "32:0." According to The Reporter, two waves of great recall votes were conducted in July and August 2025: the first wave involved 24 KMT legislators plus the suspended Hsinchu Mayor Kao Hung-an, totaling 25 cases; the second wave involved 7 KMT legislators, totaling 7 cases, making a combined total of 32 cases. ⁹ Adding the July 13 vote for Nantou County Councilor Chen Yu-ling, which failed because the "yes" votes did not reach the one-quarter threshold of total voters, ¹⁰ the actual total is 33 cases, all of which failed. The "32:0" figure omits the Nantou case.

How the Meme Inverted

Before the recall vote, this gesture transformed from Wang Hung-wei's anti-recall image into a tool of mockery for the recall side; after the results were released, KMT supporters used "Great recall, great success" in reverse to mock the fact that the recall movement failed to remove a single legislator. This is a classic political meme inversion: the same set of words is used without change, but by altering the speaker, the occasion, and the outcome, it turns from a provocation into a boomerang.

However, complete lists such as "Huang Wei-che, Shen Po-yang, Wu Ssu-yao, Lin Chun-hsien, Wang Yi-chuan, etc., have all imitated it" require individual video or news records for every person listed. Existing reliable reports can directly confirm the public use by Huang Wei-che, Shen Po-yang, and Shan Chu Wei Hai on June 28; one should not treat all circulating lists as verified facts based solely on social media edits or reposts.

2026: Entering the Taipei Mayoral Race

In August 2026, DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang announced his campaign slogan "Taipei Flows Smoothly" (臺北順起來) along with a related hand gesture. Wang Hung-wei commented that the gesture reminded her of the Great Recall; KMT Legislator Lo Chih-chiang sarcastically suggested that Shen Po-yang should use "Come on, come on, what now, what now" as his campaign gesture instead. The report also noted DPP Legislator Lin Chu-yin's view that Taiwan Sign Language should not be mocked, and Lo Chih-chiang's rebuttal to this. ¹¹

On October 2, 2026, members of the DPP legislative caucus wore clothing printed with the character "Shun" (順 - smooth) and sang Shen Po-yang's campaign song, "Taipei Flows Smoothly," in the Legislative Yuan chamber. The following day, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an mentioned the "Come on, come on, what now, what now" from the 2025 Great Recall during an interview, saying the activities "brought a lot of joy." ¹² This once again turned the slogan into a piece of political memory cited by both Blue and Green camps in the Taipei mayoral race.

Two things must be distinguished here: that Shen Po-yang's campaign gesture was compared to the Great Recall gestures by Wang Hung-wei and Lo Chih-chiang is a documented fact from 2026; however, claims like "Shen Po-yang inherited the original dance" or "this meme has become a fixed term for all political mudslinging" are interpretive generalizations and cannot be treated as objective statistics proven by news reporting.

What This Phrase Left Behind

The history of the spread of "Come on, come on, what now, what now" is less about a single person's creation being stolen by another camp, and more about the repeated recoding of a political posture. It was first understood as a provocation against Legislative Yuan opponents, then brought to the streets by recall groups, then used ironically by the anti-recall camp following the vote results, and finally brought into the 2026 Taipei mayoral race.

Its humor comes from the posture and tone, while its political effect comes from memory. Those who saw the original controversy can recognize Wang Hung-wei and the Great Recall within a few gestures; those who have not seen the original video may simply treat it as a general "So, what do you want me to do about it?" Precisely because it can be reenacted by different camps, this phrase transformed from a single act of confrontation into a political meme.

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