Former Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Mocks McConnell’s Hospitalization With Video of Turtle Falling Down Stairs

Sarah RumpfMar 9th, 2023, 6:02 pm
 
Jenna Ellis

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.

Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, fresh off admitting in a disciplinary proceeding by the Colorado Bar that she made multiple misrepresentations about the 2020 election, posted a video on Twitter that was sharply denounced for its heartless mockery of an octogenarian’s injury, along with a side dish of animal cruelty.

Ellis, pictured above with fellow fabulist attorney Sidney Powell, was reacting to the report that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had been hospitalized.

Wednesday evening, McConnell “tripped at a local hotel following a private dinner,” according to a statement from the senator’s communications director, David Popp. A second statement from Popp Thursday afternoon added that McConnell, 81, was “being treated for a concussion” and was “expected to remain in the hospital for a few days of observation and treatment.”

McConnell, who speaks with a Kentuckian drawl, has been mocked online by comparing him to a turtle, but Ellis took it to a new low. Her tweet Thursday morning included a video of a pet turtle attempting to go down a stair and then tumbling down a staircase as the person filming does nothing except chuckle as the unfortunate reptile finally lands with a thump in a basket at the bottom of the stairs.

“BREAKING: Camera footage from last night’s McConnell dinner obtained,” tweeted Ellis with the video.

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1633863803581415424?s=20

Her tweet drew swift and vociferous criticism, from Twitter users denouncing both the ghoulish mockery of McConnell’s injury and the careless pet owner who let their turtle take a possibly dangerous — at minimum, stressful — fall.

Ellis showed no signs of regret, posting a reply to another user who wrote that he “laughed way too hard at this” that she felt the “same,” and then retweeting conservative commentator Carmine Sabia’s tweet that prayed for a “quick recovery” for McConnell and then asked American voters “When are we going to stop electing elderly or feeble people?”

Jenna Ellis retweet of Sabia

Screenshot via Twitter.

A sampling of reactions to Ellis’ tweet:

https://twitter.com/StephenGlahn/status/1633924793312346112?s=20

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