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Lisa Kudrow's Viral MAGA Impression Stuns Viewers
A resurfaced clip of Lisa Kudrow doing a satirical impersonation of a far-right Republican spokesperson failing to debunk claims against the party is going viral thanks to a new tweet insisting she "nailed" the character.
The impersonation comes from Kudrow's role in the Netflix mockumentary Death to 2020. And though the film released in that same year, people online can't help but feel striking similarities between Kudrow's character and the Trump administration today.
To start, in the video, Kudrow, aka "Un-Official Spokesperson" Jeanetta Grace Susan, tells cameramen, "The whole impeachment thing was baseless, OK? So, the Democrats claim that Trump pressured Ukraine into digging up dirt on the Biden family. And their only real evidence of that is a transcript of him doing it."
Someone offscreen asks Jeanetta what was said on the transcript, to which the character replies, "What transcript?" She's then pressed about the transcript she just mentioned, but Jeanetta doubles down by insisting, "Check your tape, I said no such thing."
Later, she's asked, "In March, the president said the pandemic would simply get out of the way, didn't he?"
By the end of the video, which has been viewed nearly one million times since it was shared on X, Kudrow claims she has "never supported Trump."
In light of recent flip-flopping on the 'Epstein files' — you know, when Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed to have a "client list" of Jeffrey Epstein's on her desk, ready for review, only for the Department of Justice to release a memo stating there is no evidence of a client list — internet users latched on to the clip.
The original tweeter said the clip reminded them of "literally every Republican."
Others thought the clip reminded them of a very specific Republican: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Mostly, people thought the similarities between the satire and real life were "hysterical and depressing at the same time."
On person wrote, "Oh my God! This is my experience of trying to reason with a MAGA, fact-check with a MAGA, and even trying to do some critical thinking with a MAGA. I have given up. I don't know what is up in their heads, but it is not brains or the gift of reason. I am beginning to believe that they are not just stupid and ignorant, but they just do not take in any information that is going to challenge their current mindset."
"We literally listen to this everyday. MAGA believe and stake their lives on memes, but call any reporting or data into question and often see document records as a compelling reason to believe the opposite of what they indicate," another agreed.
Overall, life felt better when this was all just a parody.
What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.
