Twitter Erupts Over Rudy Giuliani’s Insane Press Conference Filled With Conspiracy Theories, Sweat, Black Ooze, and Movie References
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Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis — the lead attorneys in President Donald Trump’s legal team– held a surreal press conference on Thursday, filled with several moments chaotic enough to break the internet.
At one point Giuliani acted out a scene from the ’90s comedy classic My Cousin Vinny, and even had a mysterious black liquid streaming down his face for a large portion of the press conference.
As if Giuliani didn’t give the internet enough to talk about, Powell, known for representing Michael Flynn before Trump, almost instantly began pushing conspiracy theories while speaking to reporters.
She claimed that the only reason President-elect Joe Biden won the election was due to “massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba, and likely China,” adding that voting systems like Dominion “were created in Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez.”
Powell also insinuated that Chavez, who died seven years ago, conducted a scheme against the 2020 Election, even citing witnesses.
Again, Chavez died seven years ago.
Unable to control themselves while watching the truly bonkers press conference, journalists and pundits — from both sides of the political aisle — erupted on Twitter to call out the absurdity:
This is insane https://t.co/yHcvFn8vfe
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) November 19, 2020
This is next-level crazy. https://t.co/JhS7Z7xXSr
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) November 19, 2020
https://t.co/U0r7KpYgSv pic.twitter.com/l8ZDU352So
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) November 19, 2020
Giuliani’s latest deranged statement: https://t.co/sGxbpyUw5j
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) November 19, 2020
Lie after lie after lie after lie https://t.co/LNRLBT9TOL
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 19, 2020
This is awful.
— Kennedy (@KennedyNation) November 19, 2020
Now Giuliani is recommending “My Cousin Vinny.”
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) November 19, 2020
Rudy Giuliani used My Cousin Vinny to defend the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Sorry to have slighted you, Mad Libs of 1994
— Jeremy Hooper (@goodasyou) November 19, 2020
Free headline for use: Giuliani was so full of shit in his press conference that brown stuff streamed down his face
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) November 19, 2020
And I thought Giuliani unzipping his pants on camera for Borat’s daughter was going to be his peak embarrassment for 2020…
Also how hot is it in that room?!?!
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) November 19, 2020
Rudy Giuliani is the Republican Party: a sweaty, leaking, once-respected dinosaur now completely dying on the stupidest hill that is Donald Trump.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) November 19, 2020
I mean, I mock stuff all the time, I’m sure I sound like a hypocrite. If he’s being ridiculous, treat him as ridiculous! But also, what he’s trying is dead serious. I just don’t think we should be all “They don’t give a Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry!” about this
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) November 19, 2020
The Rudy news conference claims Georgia’s votes are counted in a server overseas. This is false. The paper ballots were just counted again by hand in GA counties, which would have revealed any vast discrepancies between the electronic/machine count and the actual ballots.
— Brendan Keefe (@BrendanKeefe) November 19, 2020
“Clearly you’ve never been court reporters,” Jenna Ellis lectures (can I raise my hand here and say I have been?)
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 19, 2020
Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) November 19, 2020
why are you subjecting me to this
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) November 19, 2020
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) November 19, 2020
omg omg omg
Actual description of the Rudy/Powell/Ellis team by Ellis: “This is an elite strikeforce team that is working on behalf of the President and the campaign to make sure that our Constitution is protected.”
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) November 19, 2020
wait wut
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) November 19, 2020
Looks like Rudy Giuliani’s hair dye is running down his face right now pic.twitter.com/FraRz3SpdX
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) November 19, 2020
“You’re a monster, Zorg.” pic.twitter.com/qWEg4BQC7h
— Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) November 19, 2020
Jenna Ellis calls the Trump legal team an “elite strikeforce team.” HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAH
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) November 19, 2020
“My Cousin Vinny,” is about a personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn who cons a judge into letting him try a case by impersonating someone else, so this tracks. https://t.co/vW9PcNHHgS
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) November 19, 2020
Hi.
Fox News is still covering this farce live, because it’s a propaganda network.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 19, 2020
Rudy Giuliani is lying: “they held the vote back in Palm Beach County & Broward County in order to see if they could steal that election for the Senate & Governor, and then caught manufacturing ballots.”
This didn’t happen. https://t.co/5UrwR5A366
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 19, 2020
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