Twitter Goes Nuts for Rhode Island’s DNC Calamari Shout-Out
The DNC convention roll call was much different than normal, for obvious reasons, with people in all 50 states and U.S. territories featured as they cast their votes to officially nominate Joe Biden.
There were a lot of nice moments and little touches people enjoyed, but one standout moment was a very direct message and visual from Rhode Island state representative Joseph McNamara.
“Rhode Island, the Ocean State, where our restaurant and fishing industry have been decimated by this pandemic, are lucky to have a governor, Gina Raimondo, whose program lets our fisherman sell their catches directly to the public, and our state appetizer calamari is available in all 50 states. The calamari comeback state of Rhode Island casts 1 vote for Bernie Sanders and 34 votes for the next president, Joe Biden,” he said.
And sometimes a direct message like that is all it takes to go viral:
Proud of my home state and its commitment to turning its nomination video into a crab shack ad starring a ninja pic.twitter.com/yexecCrZLo
— Laura Hudson (@laura_hudson) August 19, 2020
THEY HAVE A STATE APPETIZER
IT'S CALAMARI pic.twitter.com/treciNQAd8— Walter Hickey (@WaltHickey) August 19, 2020
Do NOT look up “Calamari Comeback” on Urban Dictionary. #DemConvention
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 19, 2020
Is that dude holding calamari???
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 19, 2020
Rhode Island has a giant plate of calamari because ???
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 19, 2020
"Why's he wearing a mask and gloves and holding a plate of calamari on a beach?"
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 19, 2020
The calamari just got the keynote slot for tomorrow night
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 19, 2020
If you’re wondering who was standing there with the plate of calamari, it was Iggy’s executive chef John Bordieri.
