Says Who?

Says Who?

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Added Aug 18, 2016 at 01:35PM EDT by Adam.

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Says Who? refers to a series of jokes mocking Michael Cohen, lawyer and spokesperson for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, after he responded to CNN's Brianna Keilar telling him Trump was losing in all the polls with "Says who?"

Origin

On Wednesday, August 17th, 2016, Cohen appeared on CNN's The Situation Room to address a recent shakeup in the Trump campaign staff. Host Brianna Keilar observed "You guys are down," to which Cohen interrupted, "Says who?" Keilar responded "Polls. Most of them. All of them?" After a long pause, Cohen repeated, "Says who?", sparking the spread of the joke.



Spread

The Twitter account for CNN's The Situation Room, "@CNNSitRoom"[1] tweeted the video of Cohen's interview at 5:38 PM that day. Shortly after, Twitter users began tweeting jokes and spamming Cohen's Twitter account with "Says Who?"[2] By the end of the day, the "Says Who?" phenomenon became a Twitter moment.[3] A large number of major news outlets covered the story and the spread of the meme, including The Daily Dot,[4] Wired,[5] Vox,[6] Gawker,[7], and New York Magazine.[8]

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Hayley Hudson @hayhud Follow Roses are red My intentions are true You're behind in the polls long pause Says who 8:35 PM - 17 Aug 2016 1,061·2,239 ((Danielle)) @abradacabla 19h 1.8K 3.6K walks up to Michael Cohen's door Knock knock. "Who's there?" "Says. Says who?" THE POLLS. ALL OF THEM." Alp Ozcelik 3250 678 @alplicable 18h "Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." Says who?" "Polls. Most of them. All of them." Alex Bedder @itgetsbedder 18h t3 362 393 Polls Says who All of thenm Vote 8,736 votes 3 hours left Parker Molloy @ParkerMolloy @MichaelCohen212 says who? 8/17/16, 4:53 PM from Chicago, IL Parker Molloy Φ @ParkerMolloy-19h ロ413 1.8K ·.. m going to reply to every Michael Cohen tweet with says who? until he inevitably blocks me WIHIO Lauren Ducalaurenduca-19h 237 651

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