Why is Rudy Giuliani ‘farting’ trending?
RUDY Giuliani “farting” is trending on Twitter after comedy show SNL released a sketch of Trump’s personal lawyer appearing to pass wind last week. Donald Trump’s personal lawyer seemed to let rip twice during a heated hearing in Michigan on alleged voter fraud in the U.S. election on Wednesday, December 2. What was the SNL […]
RUDY Giuliani “farting” is trending on Twitter after comedy show SNL released a sketch of Trump’s personal lawyer appearing to pass wind last week.
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer seemed to let rip twice during a heated hearing in Michigan on alleged voter fraud in the U.S. election on Wednesday, December 2.
What was the SNL sketch with Cecily Strong?
On December 5, US comedy show Saturday Night Live made rich pickings of the Michigan hearing in which Rudy Giuliani appeared to fart during proceedings.
A clip showed Trump’s personal lawyer apparently passing gas on December 2 during a hearing on voter fraud in the U.S. election.
The show kicked off with a cold open parody of the event.
Comedian Kate McKinnon loomed on the screens as flatulent Rudy Giuliani.
After letting rip for the first time in the clip, McKinnon’s Giuliani shouts: “That wasn’t me that was you guys!”
The sketch goes on to show Giuliani telling legislators how he and Trump plan to contest election results “first in Michigan, then in Georgylvania, and then Pennsachusetts and then North Dacanada”.
Cecily Strong took the role of Giuliani’s chief witness at the hearing, Melissa Carone.
With a messy blonde topknot, enormous glasses and glaring red lipstick, Strong’s Carone rolls her eyes and says: “I swear to tell my whole story and nothing but my story, so help me god.”
She then booms at House members: “Excuse me, maybe try losing the attitude first. Just like you lost all those Trump ballots.”
And fumbling over the word affidavit, Cecily Strong as the star witness insists: “I’m not lying. I signed an after-david.”
Fans of the show praised Cecily Strong’s performance, saying she “nailed” the turn as Carone.
Why is Rudy Giuliani ‘farting’ trending?
Twitter fans are delighting in a clip of Rudy Giuliani farting during a fractious hearing on alleged voter fraud in Michigan on December 2.
The New York City Mayor appeared to pass gas twice during the five-hour hearing before the state legislature in Lansing.
Giuliani was in a tense discussion with Rep. Darrin Camilleri when his microphone picked up the unexpected sound loud and clear.
Retweeting the clip, reporter Rex Chapman joked on Tuesday night: “OK, shut it all down.
“Rudy Giuliani just farted. Check out the side-eye from the girl seated next to him the second it happens. You can’t write it…”
What happened at the Michigan hearing?
Giuliani appeared to fart twice during a Michigan hearing on alleged voter fraud in the U.S. election on December 2, 2020.
At one point, while in heated talks with Representative Darrin Camilleri, Giuliani’s mic picks up the unmistakable fart.
In a clip capturing the moment Giuliani can be hearing raging: “The answer that I gave you was that they didn’t bother to interview a single witness.”
But the lawyer appears to pass gas while delivering the final words of his speech in a flourish.
As Giuliani passes wind, Trump’s legal advisor Jenna Ellis spins her head towards him and gives him a suspicious sideways stare.
A smirk creeps over Ms Ellis’ face before she regains her composure and turns her head back to her papers.
During the Michigan hearing, Giuliani called witness Melissa Carone.
Ms Carone said she worked for the Dominion Voting System as a contractor, where she claimed to see poll workers running ballots through voting machines “thousands of times”.
State representative Steve Johnson told Ms Carone she should be testifying under oath.
But the witness archly raised her eyebrows and said: “I know what I saw. And I signed something saying if I’m wrong, I can go to prison. Did you?”
Carone appeared to get angered and raised her voice as she was asked about her fraud claims.
Rep Steven Johnson’s questioned Carone on the thousands of votes that were allegedly counted multiple times, noting: “We’re not seeing the poll book off by 30,000 votes.”
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But Carone snapped back: “What did you guys do? Take it and do something crazy to it?”
She also insisted there were “zero registered voters” in the poll book and questioned about the “turnout rate being 120 percent.”
At one point, Giuliani could be seen leaning over and appearing to “shush” Carone.