WTF is with this woman standing behind Deval Patrick FANNING HERSELF while Deval discusses a BLIZZARD? It's 25 degrees outside!
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Melissa ⚓ (@MLB724) February 07, 2013On Thursday, as Massachusetts prepared for “swift, heavy and dangerous” snow, Gov. Deval Patrick held a press briefing to issue warnings and safety advice about winter storm Nemo. But it was someone else who got most of the attention — a woman with a fan.
Standing behind Patrick, fan lady distracted viewers almost to the point of hypnosis.
I think the lady fanning herself behind @devalpatrick yesterday needs her own hash tag. #fanlady. What can you come up with? So distracting.—
Terri Da!ton (@bivange) February 08, 2013
Live press conference? Ain't nobody got time for that. This lady fanning herself is killing me. #devalpatrick http://t.co/kAJ5N8BS—
Stephanie Marie* (@smbresnahanx) February 07, 2013
There's a lady just fanning herself behind Deval Patrick. #nemo #snowpocalypse http://t.co/J5nic2j8—
LisaKaw (@kawlisa) February 08, 2013
Twitter users identified “fan lady” as Andrea Cabral, Secretary of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
Love it. Watching @MassGovernor hold a press conference about storm prep & am distracted by Andrea Cabral fanning herself.—
Betty (@coolcancer83) February 07, 2013
Cue the Andrea Cabral memes. Was @MassGovernor speaking? I couldn't hear him with that fan going. #magov—
Rob Beland (@rbeland) February 07, 2013
Did Deval Patrick just give me a snowday? I'm too distracted by the big woman behind him fanning herself—
Erin Leith (@ErinKLeith) February 07, 2013
who is this woman fanning herself with an actual hand fan behind deval patrick's podium—
gehenna (@naufraga) February 08, 2013
Who is the woman fanning herself like it's August behind Deval Patrick while he tells everyone to stay home because of snow??—
Michele Connors (@MichConnors) February 07, 2013
@MassGovernor who is the woman fanning behind the podium NOT speaking and every speaker had to get around her. VERY distracting to see her—
Laura Joseph (@HealingWSpirit) February 07, 2013
@MassGovernor have that woman stop fanning herself. It's distracting.—
Jessie Lee (@jessielee79) February 07, 2013
Watching the news with Gov. Deval Patrick talking… The black lady in the background is just fanning her fan… It's fucking February…—
Jonathan N. (@JonathanLulzSec) February 07, 2013
@MassGovernor thanks, I was watching but distracted by that woman fanning herself. It was almost hypnotic.—
Alex Belisle (@abelisle4) February 07, 2013
@MassGovernor who is the woman fanning behind the podium NOT speaking and every speaker had to get around her. VERY distracting to see her—
Laura Joseph (@HealingWSpirit) February 07, 2013
Why is there a woman fanning herself behind Deval Patrick? Did she grab her Heatwave press conference accessories? lockerz.com/s/282025003—
Brian Clarke (@Bclarke255) February 07, 2013
@MassGovernor so much chatter about the woman behind you fanning herself during the pressed. Who is she and why was she there?—
Susan Frazier (@suevfraz) February 07, 2013
Gov. Patrick also played second fiddle to an extremely enthusiastic sign language interpreter.
@MassGovernor I couldn't concentrate during the press conference yesterday with the women fanning herself and the sign language woman—
Rome Miano (@RomeMiano) February 08, 2013
looks like everyone thinks the sign language woman & other woman with the fan @ Deval Patrick's presser could make a great @nbcsnl skit—
Courtney Swift ✩ (@courtswiftstar) February 07, 2013
that lady that did the sign language for Deval Patrick was goin HAM—
Marc Budd (@M_Budd44) February 07, 2013
And then the governor's sign-language interpreter worked it. She worked it good. @MassGovernor #Nemo—
Christopher Monks (@crmonks) February 07, 2013
The person doing sign language for Deval Patrick right now…. #WayEnthusiastic—
Molly DelGreco (@MahvelousMahly) February 07, 2013
I cannot take this lady standing next to Govenor Deval Patrick doing sign language seriously 😂😂😂—
Jamie (@JamiePals) February 07, 2013
Wow sign-language really can emphasize Gov. Deval Patrick's warning about the snow storm—
Feathersword (@John10e) February 07, 2013
Hat tip: @Delmonico_OK