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The “Nodding Lady” wearing a red face mask over the president’s shoulder drew plenty of attention.
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the run-up to voting in November.
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden held competing town hall events Thursday night, but the star of the show may have been … neither candidate. Spectators on social media mostly focused on a woman in the Trump audience who frequently and emphatically nodded her head as the president spoke.
Neither Trump nor Savannah Guthrie, who moderated the Trump town hall, addressed the mysterious woman’s presence during the event itself. But the online commentary and 샌즈카지노신규쿠폰 questions flew, and the Miami Herald later identified her as Mayra Joli, an immigration attorney and pro-Trump activist who ran for Congress in 2018.
Joli, who wore a red face mask during the broadcast, earned the nickname “Nodding Lady” from many viewers — and even has her own Twitter parody account now. Joli shared a video of herself speaking to the president on her Facebook page after the town hall. “We have your back! You see, you see, you are the best,” she’s heard saying.
Is there anything I disagree with the President about?
Nod that I can think of. #TownHall #TrumpTownHall #NoddingLady
— Nodding Lady (@NoddingLady2) October 16, 2020
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Before being identified, Joli earned comparison with other viral scene-stealers, including the fly that landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s head during his debate with Sen. Kamala Harris and “Left Shark” from the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show. “Nodding Lady is the Left Shark of 2020,” one Twitter user wrote.
#noddinglady is tonight’s fly #TrumpTownHall
— Jeff Schlossberg (@jeffschlossberg) October 16, 2020
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Nodding Lady is the Left Shark of 2020. #NoddingLady
— Nodding Lady, aka Il Consigliere (@AShipAtSea) October 16, 2020
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Nodding lady is going to be the Ken Bone of 2020.
— Adot Crawley (@AdotCrawley) October 16, 2020
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#NoddingLady is really NOD-BOT from The Simpsons @imgur
— Suzy_CFL (@CflSuzy) October 16, 2020
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Get somebody to support you like how this Black woman behind Trump was supporting him during the town hall pic.twitter.com/dliK21wRTX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) October 16, 2020
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I chose not to watch @realDonaldTrump on NBC for several reasons, but now I’m regretting my decision as I apparently missed an outstanding performance by “The Nodding Lady”.
— Karen Carzo (@FoodGirl4) October 16, 2020
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Asked if he thinks abortion should be illegal, Trump says “I don’t want to do anything to influence anything.”
nodding lady nods
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 16, 2020
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Everybody needs a sassy nodding lady in the background.#TrumpTownHall
— JJWhitehead (@JJWhitesnake) October 16, 2020
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Journalist Katie Couric and 우리카지노계열 comedian Sarah Cooper were among those who commented on Joli’s frequent nods, which some appreciated and others found annoying. “I’m channel surfing,” Couric tweeted. “The woman to @realDonaldTrump‘s right keeps nodding her head, which I find very distracting.”
I’m channel surfing. The woman to @realDonaldTrump ‘s right keeps nodding her head which I find very distracting. #NBCTrumptownhall
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) October 16, 2020
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Same. This woman is nodding at things before he’s even finished his thought. It’s a psychological trick and 개츠비카지노총판 I cannot believe no producer, no camera person, NO ONE is stopping it
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) October 16, 2020
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The Herald wrote a lively feature story about Joli in 2017, describing her as “a Brickell-based immigration attorney and five-time beauty queen who dabbles as a pundit on Spanish-language television.” She was a lifelong Democrat who ran with no party affiliation, the story reported.
In that article, Joli called herself the “master of selfies,” adding “I take pictures with everyone.” The newspaper called her an “ardent” Trump supporter, and 더나인카지노사이트 she compared herself to the president, saying that like Trump, she was not running for money or for fame, and that like him, 개츠비카지노 she did not drink alcohol. She lost her election to Democrat Donna Shalala, earning just 2.5% of the vote in Florida’s 27th Congressional District.
Before Joli was identified, 에비앙카지노신규쿠폰 many viewers wanted to know her story, while others thought she should be left alone.
Journalists, if you don’t find out who that woman is nodding behind Trump at an “undecided” voter town hall, then I don’t know what you’re getting paid for
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 16, 2020
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Quick! A woman of color is nodding in agreement with Trump at a town hall. Dox her!!! Yeah this is gonna end well Tom.
— Michael Cave (@MichaelCave15) October 16, 2020
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Who is nodding lady? The internet must find out. . .
— Robbie SK (@dcedgemom) October 16, 2020
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No, but seriously – who is the nodding lady?
NBC has to know.
— Ryan Emond 🇺🇸🇺🇲 (@creativelytired) October 16, 2020
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The fly that sat on the vice president’s head ended up starring in a Saturday Night Live skit a few days later. Will Joli make it into an SNL sketch? “Nodding Lady will be on SNL this week … and probably a Halloween costume next week,” wrote one Twitter user.
Nodding lady will be on SNL this week…and probably a Halloween costume next week. 🤣😂
— Mo (@moffie613) October 16, 2020
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Although the dueling town halls replaced a second presidential debate, stay tuned. Trump and Biden are expected to debate one more time, on Oct. 22.
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