In the immediate wake of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Norwood University became a Twitter trending topic in the U.S. Thing is, the academic institution invoked by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) prior to answering question No. 1 doesn’t exist.
Norwood University, a fake university Mike Pence made up, is trending on Twitter: pic.twitter.com/7rryjCDuQc
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2016
Pence was referring to Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia—the host of the VP debate. He got the “wood” part down, at least.
“Thank you to Norwood University for their wonderful hospitality,” he said. “It’s deeply humbling for me to be here.”
#CNNRealityCheck: Mike Pence calls Longwood University “Norwood University.” FALSE. https://t.co/5GQw8Fvcvh https://t.co/xMhBLnPjH7
— CNN (@CNN) October 5, 2016
I'm preeeeetttttyyy sure it's Norwood University Seth. #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/17oOY0cxT6
— #WAM™ (@adammull) October 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/jennamarshall57/status/783473897090023424
The first person to make a Norwood University Wikipedia page wins the Internet. 💪👏 #VPDebate pic.twitter.com/PbvboMucu8
— Jeff Barrett (@BarrettAll) October 5, 2016
Hey, at least it’s better than that time Al Gore made a dad joke when debating former NFL quarterback and Bob Dole running mate Jack Kemp: “If you won’t use any football stories, I won’t tell any of my warm and humorous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement.” Zing!