On Monday, Liz Truss was officially named Britain’s next prime minister after she won an election among Conservative Party members. While it’s hoped that she’ll carry herself with honor and dignity while owning her mistakes, the fact that she’s a Cleveland Browns fan doesn’t inspire any of that.
Eagle-eyed folks on Twitter dug into her feed to find out more about the person who will be in charge of the United Kingdom as of Tuesday and discovered a tweet from 2018 in which she very clearly proclaims herself a big Browns fan.
It must be time for a Browns win… #ClevelandBrowns #NYJvsCLE #dawgs pic.twitter.com/xtyBWS9oRG
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 21, 2018
Truss, adorning a Cleveland jersey and holding up a mediocre hot dog, can be seen attending the September 20, 2018 game between the Browns and New York Jets. That’s notable because not only was she correct, that it was time for a Browns win, but that just so happened to be the win that snapped Cleveland’s 19-game and 635-day losing streak dating back to 2016.
turns out they did win https://t.co/Rog2MebLVN pic.twitter.com/lWdNz7bl43
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) September 6, 2022
Browns win for first time since Dec 2016. Free beer for Cleveland residents released. #NYJvsCLE #mykindatown pic.twitter.com/l73FoAX4wQ
— Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 21, 2018
What does it all mean? Who knows. But while it might have been charming and folksy to be a Cleveland Browns fan in 2018, that tells a very different story in 2022 as the team put its full support behind Deshaun Watson, who was credibly accused of sexually assaulting over 20 women and is about to begin serving an 11-game suspension.
Regardless, the realization that the new Prime Minister roots for the Browns garnered some interesting reactions.
This was the game in which Isaiah Crowell celebrated a TD by pretending to wipe his butt with the ball, for which he was penalized, subsequently fined and, a bit later, offered (and accepted) an endorsement deal with a TP company.
In fairness, the Browns did win. https://t.co/Bati9Dewwy— Greg Krieg (@GregJKrieg) September 6, 2022
The browns of all teams?! https://t.co/sXXelWTiF0
— Rueben Vargas (@ruebenbvargas) September 6, 2022
The UK continues to have the worst taste https://t.co/f3dWUiVc5x
— 🫡 Minoru-kun🫶 (@Minoru79) September 6, 2022
I imagine this will be a key topic of conversation? https://t.co/L7syxbBBFY
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 6, 2022
England is now part of Ohio, I don’t make the rules. https://t.co/AMRMpPWjlZ
— Jerry Dunleavy 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) September 6, 2022
Excited for Parliament to finally debate Deshaun Watson https://t.co/L7syxbBBFY
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) September 5, 2022
