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Greg Evans
Aug 25, 2020
Monday saw the first night of the Republican National Convention and what a night it was.
After the Democrats were widely praised for their convention which was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic people were eagerly anticipating what the Republicans would do in response. Let's just say that if night one was anything to go by we are in for a hell of a week.
Speakers on the night included Charlie Kirk, Nikki Hayley and Tim Scott but the show was stolen by Donald Trump Jr and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle who both gave equally enthusiastic but bizarre speeches praising the president and deriding Joe Biden.
Of the two, Guilfoyle spoke first and at one point began shouting to an empty that 'the best is yet to come.'
Kimberly Guilfoyle is ***!!!!!!!!!SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!*** https://t.co/0gzoSPySQG— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1598320405
She also claimed that 'Human Sex Drug Traffickers' should not be allowed to cross the US border.
"Human sex drug traffickers should not be allowed to cross our border" -- Kimberly Guilfoyle #SexDrugTraffickers https://t.co/UPL7Qn9cwL— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1598320938
Her over-exuberance, which was both impressive and unnerving was ripe for memes and photoshop.
this is a photograph from this evening that i am now sharing on twitter https://t.co/FPwAeyPrNJ— Charlie Warzel (@Charlie Warzel) 1598323600
In honor of the Republican Party she mimics eating an elephant’s asshole. https://t.co/CfhNwWz0jp— Jesse McLaren (@Jesse McLaren) 1598326343
"time to conquer earth!" https://t.co/VDQLKQscaW— ziwe (@ziwe) 1598323700
“The traveler has come” https://t.co/ddP56OWXCV— Acyn (@Acyn) 1598333183
https://t.co/vWPefH7wOm— The Lincoln Project (@The Lincoln Project) 1598330136
gillfoya #findsomethingnew https://t.co/faxm95b0aH— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@ᑕᕼᑌᑎK) 1598330055
@OhNoSheTwitnt @Acyn https://t.co/2HRyyuwoam— Paul Leigh (@Paul Leigh) 1598331506
@christophurious @Acyn @TheWarMonitor @HarlemFlipper @DonaldJTrumpJr https://t.co/GV0905dTsM— Friday Jams (@Friday Jams) 1598330976
https://t.co/opefAGRqKh— Acyn (@Acyn) 1598328481
It would be so laughable that anyone buys into this sort of stuff, let alone almost half the country, if not for th… https://t.co/WY6INHD4qz— Sami Zayn (@Sami Zayn) 1598330300
This is the worst trailer for Hunger Games 5, I have ever seen! It's like they replaced the Mocking Jay with Don… https://t.co/7UGXMG3Xrz— Grant Stern is boosted! (@Grant Stern is boosted!) 1598321184
ICYMI here’s Kimberly Guilfoyle’s #RNC speech. https://t.co/IBaQiXmAoN— JerriLynn (@JerriLynn) 1598329908
Kimberly Guilfoyle former Fox News host and Donny Jr’s current girlfriend gave a bizarre speech at the GOP convent… https://t.co/8KmIkdifOL— Cape47 (@Cape47) 1598331651
Next, it was Trump Jr's turn to shine and he had some pretty odd things to say about Joe Biden, who he compared to the Loch Ness Monster. Yes, you read that correctly. During his speech, he said:
Joe Biden is basically the Loch Ness monster of the swamp. For the past half-century, he’s been lurking around in there.
He sticks his head up every now and then to run for president, then he disappears and doesn’t do much in between.
Trump Jr probably thought that this was a good comparison but he will most likely regret using a metaphor that can be so easily ridiculed, especially as the mythical creature clearly doesn't live in a swamp.
Saying Joe Biden is "the Loch Ness Monster of the Swamp," Donald Trump, Jr. says Biden emerges every few years to r… https://t.co/0d86zbu5vH— David Gura (@David Gura) 1598322751
Why is Donald Trump Jr trying to demonise the Loch Ness monster? In *Scotland, or so I’m told, she is considered to… https://t.co/9JSarctSIO— Tara McKelvey (@Tara McKelvey) 1598324735
The Republican platform for 2020 has been revealed. It's The Loch Ness Monster. https://t.co/dqNM9Vo38y— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow) 1598322810
Look, Don Jr. called Biden "the Loch Ness Monster of the Swamp" and I just need to correct the record here. Nessie… https://t.co/xmhih7gUK5— Jane Lytvynenko (@Jane Lytvynenko) 1598323030
Elsewhere, Trump Jr's speech, which included him claiming that his father represents "a bright and beautiful future" was so unusual that people didn't quite know what to think.
Donald Trump Jr. looks like he’s been crying. Did Kimberly G. yell at him?— bettemidler (@bettemidler) 1598322813
Think Don Jr. shot a tad too much bleach. https://t.co/9nbfzv4AHM— Morgan J. Freeman (@Morgan J. Freeman) 1598323481
CLEAR EYES FULL HEARTS, BABY https://t.co/G95NKXhSSc— Ashley Feinberg (@Ashley Feinberg) 1598322825
It’s amazing that Don Jr went to the best schools and is still this dumb.— Young Daddy (@Young Daddy) 1598322926
I think Don Jr. just said Robert E. Lee helped build up our nation. That's not the way most of us remember it. It was a civil war Jr..— Joe Lockhart (@Joe Lockhart) 1598322774
Come on, Don Jr., just break into L to the OG.— Matthew Miller (@Matthew Miller) 1598322684
I wish Don Jr. and Kimberly G had done this as a duet.— Julie Cohen (@Julie Cohen) 1598322781
Stephen Colbert didn't pull any punches in his review of their speeches, saying of Trump Jr:
Either he’s high or that’s what happens when you live in the splash zone of Screamin’ Guilfoyle. Just bring a poncho!
If this was just night one we can't wait to see what Trump and the rest of the Republicans have in store for us.
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