Rudy Giuliani's hair dye trickled down his face at a wild news conference where he quoted 'My Cousin Vinny' to support his claims about the election
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Sonam Sheth
Nov 20, 2020, 04:37 IST
Rudy Giuliani.AP
Rudy Giuliani on Thursday gave a bizarre press conference in which he quoted "My Cousin Vinny," floated unfounded conspiracy theories, and claimed that President Donald Trump won an election that he decisively lost.
In the middle of the press conference, Giuliani's hair dye started running down the side of his face.
At one point, someone who was operating the Trump campaign's official feed of the press conference could be heard saying, "You see f---ing Rudy's hair dye dripping down his face?"
Photos and videos captured the moment for posterity.
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Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal defense lawyer who is spearheading the Trump campaign's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, held a bizarre news conference on Thursday that quickly devolved into chaos.
At one point, Giuliani's hair dye could be seen running down his face. At another, the former New York City mayor quoted the comedy film "My Cousin Vinny" to support his arguments.
Much of the press conference consisted of Giuliani rehashing the same conspiracy theories the president has amplified: that mail-in ballots are fraudulent, that election machines were illegally tampered with, that ballots were secretly dumped, and that Democrats masterminded a vast election-rigging scheme to simultaneously win the White House and get destroyed in down-ballot and state legislative races.
Fact check: There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. This election was among the safest in US history because of the use of paper ballots and voting machines with verifiable paper trails, as well as the efforts of nonpartisan election and cybersecurity officials who worked behind the scenes to secure the vote.
At one point in the news conference, Giuliani did an impression of Joe Pesci's character from "My Cousin Vinny" to back up the Trump campaign's claim that Republican election observers were not allowed to properly watch the ballot counting.
The Trump camp apparently noticed this too. Someone who was running the campaign's official feed could be overheard saying, "You see f---ing Rudy's hair dye dripping down his face?"
Giuliani did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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