Woman Chugging Coffee in the Audience Is an Accidental Star of the Impeachment Hearings
Public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump are in their second week at the House Intelligence Committee. And while the hearings have featured testimony from Ambassador Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch and — as of Tuesday, officials who directly listened in on Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — a young woman seemingly desperately chugging coffee on camera caught the interest of many people at home.
An eagle-eyed viewer was watching the proceedings on CNN, but when their attention wandered to the audience, they spotted something funny—a woman chugging her coffee, apparently realizing she’s on camera, and then returning to chugging. “Watching this mysterious woman chug her coffee, notice she’s on camera, and then finish chugging it is a lot more interesting than the actual testimony,” tweeted Patrick Ward, sharing a video of the image he captured during the hearing.
Watching this mysterious woman chug her coffee, notice she’s on camera, and then finish chugging it is a lot more interesting than the actual testimony. #ImpeachmentHearing #impeachment #CNN pic.twitter.com/FmdB61vzfH
— Patrick Ward (@Spaz696969) November 19, 2019
Other political watchers caught the footage, too, and headed to Twitter to share the image or their thoughts on the woman’s urgent need for caffeine:
Alexa, could you please find me the best tasting coffee known to humankind?#impeachment#VindmanTestimonypic.twitter.com/ILmzmRPw0f
— Michael Gravesande (@OldBlackHack) November 19, 2019
The woman behind Vinman draining her coffee...#ImpeachmentHearing
— Elizabeth Hilts (@elizabethhilts) November 19, 2019
Watching that girl drink her coffee behind him is more interesting #ImpeachmentHearing
— Kelley Thomson (@kelleyalisa) November 19, 2019
Damn girl, she wants every drop of that coffee. #ImpeachmentHearing pic.twitter.com/BRopInpjMX
— Zainab (@Um_Hamza84) November 19, 2019
Staffers are pounding coffee behind #ImpeachmentHearing #CoffeeGirl pic.twitter.com/aRwF81bYfc
— Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg) November 19, 2019
While there’s no way of knowing, other people weren’t convinced the coffee cup actually contained coffee at all, but perhaps held something a little stronger:
“Coffee.” It’s probably whiskey.
— Dr. Sarah Hanisko (@anothermommess) November 19, 2019
You think that’s coffee?! Lol
— a girl has no name. ☮️ (@spur4trish) November 19, 2019
One thing is for certain, though, whoever the woman is her coffee drinking was very relatable:
That woman drinking coffee is all of us #ImpeachmentHearing
— Cornfieldgirl 🌊🏳️🌈 (@cornfieldgirl) November 19, 2019
The lady downing the coffee behind Lt Col Vindman is my hero. #ImpeachmentHearing
— Cheeto Dust (@PrplPolitics117) November 19, 2019