Just when you think Liz Truss has hit peak cringe, she rolls out a novelty shower head anecdote
Just when you think Liz Truss has reached peak cringe – and, personally, we’ve thought that at least half a dozen times – she pulls a new level out of the bag.
During her recent trip to the US, she addessed Republican National Convention Pennsylvania delegates on the topic of novelty shower heads – or rather, one in particular.
Brace yourself.
Liz Truss has been discussing shower heads at a breakfast event of the Republican National Convention
Truss disclosed that she recently acquired a “Liberty Bell” shower head, created in the image of the famous, cracked bell in Philadelphia pic.twitter.com/zdZ2LJD9By
— The i paper (@theipaper) July 18, 2024
“I have to confess, I’ve never been to Pennsylvania, but I do have, in my possession, a Liberty Bell shower head, which is an exact replica of the shower head that President Reagan has in his ranch in California, which I recently visited.”
Has? Not had? Someone needs to sit her down and give her the bad news.
The pork-obsessed Liz Truss of ten years ago seems almost competent by comparison. Well, maybe not quite that.
What a difference a decade makes…
2014: Liz Truss, "In December I'll be in Beijing opening up new pork markets"
2024: Liz Truss, "I do have a Liberty Bell shower head which is an exact replica of the shower head that President Reagan has at his ranch in California.. And I… pic.twitter.com/76ZXavBi2Y
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 19, 2024
We’re not sure Liberty Bell Liz will have quite the same meme potential, but it gave Twitter/X some prime fodder.
1.
Oh big Christ! https://t.co/JvyWsxE34m
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) July 19, 2024
2.
Come on @Aiannucci – I'm a big fan of your work and love your idea of a Borat style parody ex UK prime minister film being made in real time, but the showerhead skit really should have stayed in the writers room …. https://t.co/zrYLOvxPsv
— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) July 20, 2024
3.
Imagine the cringiest thing you could ever see. Imagine something even cringier than that. Times by ten. Then watch this and know you were nowhere near:pic.twitter.com/7ysw17ivRt
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 19, 2024
4.
I used to despair that this loon was born in the North of England (Leeds) , but just checked, and she was actually born in Oxford, so I can rest easy once again. It's ALL ON YOU LOT DOWN THERE. AGAIN! https://t.co/0G61Dg4PNY
— Fac63 (@FAC_63) July 19, 2024
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I bet you she takes it home, unpacks it, then calls the company and tries to return it, because it looks cracked. https://t.co/Bf46RV3AqZ pic.twitter.com/6chSb93tM8
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) July 19, 2024
6.
I've just discovered cringe muscles I didn't know I had. pic.twitter.com/7IYVuBbSOY
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) July 19, 2024
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Exclusive image of #LizTruss in the shower pic.twitter.com/RHPTF97gIe
— Michael Manoel Chaves (parody) (@qandamazon) July 20, 2024
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The Liberty Bell a famously cracked old relic https://t.co/BjIlRSkgSv
— BLTP (@Gargarin) July 19, 2024
9.
Liz Truss tells us how a shower head can be a symbol of liberty & democracy.
Well she is an expert in trickling down!
But she’s right you know…
My tractor is a symbol of fertility & eroticism.
My wife Bunty’s unwanted hairs a symbol of Jonathan Gullis.
❤️pic.twitter.com/K3woKYk46D— Sir Michael Take CBE (@MichaelTakeMP) July 20, 2024
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Move over, pork markets. You've finally been eclipsed.
This speech by Liz Truss hits new heights of cringe. Your innards will twist into a pretzel just watching it.pic.twitter.com/HCfBSXFjOd
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) July 19, 2024
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Isobel wondered why “they” hadn’t got a Liberty Bell Showerhead…. pic.twitter.com/PlcLkrLvMw
— T-Rexit! (@ItRecks) July 19, 2024
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Liberty Bell shower head for an absolute lettuce head
America, keep her #DisasTrusspic.twitter.com/Rx9cIyNMEX— Chirps (@ChirpyChet) July 19, 2024
13.
JFC just make it stop. Can't we write a clause into PMs' terms and conditions that says: if you continually and wilfully embarrass the country, you lose all payments, pension benefits, and security? https://t.co/Bf46RV32Br
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) July 19, 2024
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Sometimes I am scared for the future, other times I wonder if these people are so fucking dense that eventually they will just collapse under their own density and create a SuperMAGA black hole: https://t.co/gWKISfg0Pr
— Shaun Keaveny (@shaunwkeaveny) July 20, 2024
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She's done more canvassing for Trump than she did for her own seat !!
— Seán Mahon (@badseamus) July 18, 2024
New nickname just dropped.
Liberty bell-end https://t.co/8QlA3LefLH pic.twitter.com/PeUoo87iRG
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) July 19, 2024
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