Kellyanne Conway holds up paper, Twitter fills it in for her
Conclusion? Collusion. Illusion. Delusion. And then internet users created some Photoshop confusion.
Here's another internet lesson to go along with "never let the internet name one of your products." Never publicly hold up a piece of paper that can be easily Photoshopped.
President Donald Trump learned that lesson back in February when he displayed some controversial executive orders for the cameras. That event spawned a Twitter account called TrumpDraws, which edits and re-edits the image to this day. And on Wednesday night, presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" program and pulled a similar gaffe.
Conway addressed the news reports of Donald Trump Jr. meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer by holding up two separate signs, the first reading "Conclusion? Collusion" and the second reading "Illusion Delusion."
This just happened on Hannity..... pic.twitter.com/nOYn7Th2aL
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 13, 2017
Journalist Yashar Ali shared the video, and Twitter grabbed for some virtual pens to redo Conway's signs.
Kellyanne Conway is really getting to the bottom of this, guys. pic.twitter.com/zNhNHEx99w
— Scott McLean (@scottinthe503) July 13, 2017
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) July 13, 2017
— Mother🌎Earth (@TulachArd) July 13, 2017
Was anyone else wearing their sunglasses? pic.twitter.com/MEV48a8ytG
— Matt Bush (@ItsMattBush) July 13, 2017
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) July 13, 2017
— Persistent Woman (@PixMichelle) July 13, 2017
Someone made these flash cards for @KellyannePolls pic.twitter.com/PFL4SFL67U
— Karla Marie (@KarlaMacc) July 13, 2017
— Persistent Woman (@PixMichelle) July 13, 2017
You mean, if she holds up pieces of white paper, the Internet might go wild or something?@KellyannePolls #Resist https://t.co/cQSdQ2UH0T pic.twitter.com/uhYULL5zXR
— Quixotified (@Quixotified) July 13, 2017
— Mary in Ann Arbor (@MaryinAnnArbor) July 13, 2017
— Gwendolyn Gee (@GwennGee) July 13, 2017
— Pinky (@pinklaura) July 13, 2017
This is for @darth. pic.twitter.com/L0u8YUXtJm
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) July 13, 2017
Some left the signs alone, but just found the whole thing funny.
"Collude Your Delusion" is my favorite Guns N' Roses album.
— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) July 13, 2017
very excited for these new Radiohead albums, i guess pic.twitter.com/b0IIo54lBQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 13, 2017
Welcome to the Conclusion Illusion Delusion Lounge. pic.twitter.com/xB339Q7Czl
— Jamie McCarty (@JamieMcCarty) July 13, 2017
tbf, I'm impressed someone in the WH can center align vertically and horizontally
— E W D (@ewmda) July 13, 2017
The Trump administration's replacement for all the children's PBS programming they want to cut https://t.co/escwn2jOjD
— joel tyler (@joeltyler_) July 13, 2017
Actual KellyAnne Quote: "What's the conclusion...collusion? No. We don't have that yet."
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 13, 2017
"YET"............ https://t.co/uYkgf0bn0U
Hannity on the other side while Kellyanne holds up her paper: pic.twitter.com/b64GFycwyL
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) July 13, 2017
I'm jealous of Kellyanne Conway because her printer appears to work.
— John Levenstein (@johnlevenstein) July 13, 2017
Conway herself even weighed in on the reaction to her props.
Apologies to the humorless. Kellyanne Conway Uses Visual Aids to Challenge Russia Collusion Narrative | Mediaite https://t.co/BPSTceybxS
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) July 13, 2017
And some started wondering how long it would take for the Merriam-Webster dictionary Twitter account, known for jumping in to the fray on news events, to start defining the words Conway used.
Can @MerriamWebster please troll her with the meanings of these words she clearly doesn't comprehend?
— Tracy E. Gilchrist (@TracyEGilchrist) July 13, 2017
Naturally, the dictionary was already on it a full day before Conway even held up her signs.
📈 Top lookups in order: collusion, treason, collude, quid pro quo, kakistocracy
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 11, 2017
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