Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC Speech

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Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC Speech refers to Trump campaign official and former Fox News host Kimberly Guifoyle's August 2020 Republican National Convention Speech made on night one. The speech was criticized on Twitter for her tone and for her passionate delivery.

Origin

On August 24th, 2020, Kimberly Guilfoyle made a speech during the Republican National Convention. Twitter user @TeamTrump shared a video of her "full remarks" which received over 1.4 million views and 4,500 likes in a day (shown below).

Kimberly Guilfoyle's full remarks at the GOPconvention</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RNC2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RNC2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/C0lTDs8Ptu">pic.twitter.com/C0lTDs8Ptu</a></p>— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (TeamTrump) August 25, 2020

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On August 24th, 2020, Twitter users began comparing the speech to other impassioned television speeches or moments. Twitter user @MelsLien compared the speech to one given by The Office character Dwight Shrute and accumulated over 730 likes in a day (shown below).

No one: Kimberly Guilfoyle: pic.twitter.com/nSdSAeV0uM
— MelsLien (@MelsLien) August 25, 2020

That same evening, Twitter user @albz^[2] reposted a clip of her speech and added, "I have watched enough Looney Tunes to know this is the moment where a piano drops from the sky" (shown below, left). The next day, The New Yorker reposted their article on Twitter^[3] saying, "On the first night of the Republican National Convention, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality turned Trump campaign official, delivered a shouting speech whose tone might be described as high-key dystopian" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 580 likes in a day.

albertina rizzo @albz I have watched enough Looney Tunes to know this is the moment where a piano drops from the sky. Aaron Rupar Kimberly Guilfoyle is ***!!SCREAMING!!" @atrupar 13h Show this thread WASHINGTON, DC TRUMP PENCE 20 C-SPAN 0:00 5M views * REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION S 10:09 PM · Aug 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

The New Yorker @NewYorker On the first night of the Republican National Convention, Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality turned Trump campaign official, delivered a shouting speech whose tone might be described as high-key dystopian. TRUMP PENCE Kimberly Guilfoyle's High-Volume Trumpism at the Republican National Convent. On Monday, the former Fox News personality turned Trump campaign official and girlfriend to Donald Trump, Jr., delivered a short speech whose tone might be . P newyorker.com 9:10 AM · Aug 25, 2020 · SocialFlow

That same day, Twitter user @jeremynewberger^[4] tweeted, "Kimberly Guilfoyle gave a very powerful screech" which acquired over 1,600 likes in a day. Mashable^[1] published an article on Twitter user's reactions.

#GuilfoyleChallenge

After Guilfoyle's speech, Twitter user @DBF_NYC posted a video of himself screaming her last line in the street. The video, titled #GuilfoyleChallenge, gained over 20,000 retweets and 84,000 likes (shown below).