Elizabeth Warren meets her lookalike at Minnesota rally

[Kind of Blue]

Stephanie Oyen is not Elizabeth Warren. But try telling that to a crowd of fans gathered to see the U.S. senator and 2020 presidential candidate at a town hall at Macalester College on Monday evening.

Oyen arrived at the rally wearing a blue blazer and clear glasses — her Elizabeth Warren costume from Halloween — as a lark. “I thought it would get some giggles,” said the Edina resident. “Then people started yelling, ‘Senator Warren!’ People were clapping and running up to me to take photos. I kept saying ‘I’m not her!’ but I looked up and hundreds of people were staring at me.”

“It got weird very fast,” said Oyen, whose short blond hair is nearly identical to Elizabeth Warren’s cropped cut. “I talk with my hands and shake my head, which only made me look more like Elizabeth Warren. I was saying ‘I’m not her!’ but I could have been saying ‘Medicare for all!’?” Oyen says she eventually ditched the blue blazer and the glasses and “hid behind a tall guy” because she felt sorry for confusing people.

She put the blazer and glasses back on when she lined up with hundreds of supporters to take a selfie with Warren, a regular feature of her town hall meetings. Then Warren pointed at her outfit and said, “We need to talk!” Oyen got her photo with Warren and was called back for a second photo a few minutes later. “I guess the staffers wanted a picture,” she said.

Drama aside, Oyen said she is glad she went to hear Warren speak. “People were teary-eyed. She’s their hero. It was really inspiring.” The experience solidified her support for the candidate, she said. Though she might think twice before slipping on that blue blazer again.

http://www.startribune.com/elizabeth-warren-meets-her-lookalike-at-minnesota-rally/556478171/

[DeminPennswoods]

1. At least in profile, they could be twins!

[Kind of Blue]

4. Yeah, definitely profile twins

[mitch96]

37. Well if Warren ever needed a doppelgnger she's got one!!! nt

[steventh]

2. on the left?

The newspaper article says "...it's Stephanie Oyen (left), an Elizabeth Warren doppelganger...." Before I peeked, I was sure it's Elizabeth Warren on the left. Wow.

[Kind of Blue]

5. It took me aback, too. It is a striking photo of twins or at least sisters.

[Quackers]

25. The ears are the giveaway. nt

[steventh]

29. Ears are the giveaway?

How so?

[Quackers]

31. Warren's ears are more elongated and she has a dropped lobes. nt

[JI7]

3. i saw this on TV and i could not tell which one is the real Elizabeth WArren

i saw a few pics from the front and the look alike is younger but she still looks very much like WArren and what Warren probably looked like at that age.

[Kind of Blue]

6. Shoot, should have just waited. I've been looking and looking for a frontal view of them together.

Thanks, JI7!

[questionseverything]

32. warren is thinner

n/t

[Blue_true]

35. I pointed that outin another post.

Looks like the current Liz Warren works out a lot more. The woman looks more like the younger Liz Warren.

[Blue_true]

34. She looks like a younger Warren.

Warren's face is more sculpted now, like she works out a lot. When she was younger, you can see that her face was a little fuller like the woman and her hair was more like the woman's hair.

[DarthDem]

7. Shoot, That's Uncanny

Particularly from the side view! No wonder people there mistook her for Warren! Also, great Halloween costume idea.

[Kind of Blue]

8. For sure. All I could think was Tina Fey and you know who and

the Halloween costume that year.

[Amimnoch]

11. Really! SNL should pick her up for skits! -nt

[calimary]

9. That's quite a mirror image!

[Kind of Blue]

10. Indeed, it is! Fun stuff on the campaign trail. I love it!

[BeckyDem]

12. Incredible. That would freak me out. lol

[Kind of Blue]

16. LOL...I think she said in the article that Warren was a little freaked out at first.

I've reached my limit for the Star Tribune and can't get to Oyen's quote.

[BeckyDem]

19. Oh my gosh, I bet she was too. The resemblance is astonishing.

[Kind of Blue]

20. I'm glad you enjoyed this cute story, too, BeckyDem.

And she was not disappointed by meeting Sen. Warren. She gave a wonderful description of how moving the senator was. Loved that

[BeckyDem]

21. That is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!

[Kind of Blue]

22. Truly it's a pleasure to include some mirth during these

depressing times.

[steventh]

23. Oyen's quote

I think Warren's reaction to Oyen was way cool:

When Warren came face to face with Oyen, the candidate’s immediate reaction was unclear.

“I couldn’t tell if she recognized I was dressed like her or if she thought, ‘Here’s a weird lady dressed like a stereotypical politician,’?” said Oyen.

Then Warren pointed at her outfit and said, “We need to talk!”

Sorry you're maxed out on seeing the article. Here's more, in thanks to you for posting the op:

Seeing double? It's not you, it's Stephanie Oyen (left), an Elizabeth Warren doppelganger at the presidential candidate's rally in Minnesota on Monday night.

Stephanie Oyen is not Elizabeth Warren.

But try telling that to a crowd of fans gathered to see the U.S. senator and 2020 presidential candidate at a town hall at Macalester College on Monday evening.

Oyen arrived at the rally wearing a blue blazer and clear glasses — her Elizabeth Warren costume from Halloween — as a lark.

“I thought it would get some giggles,” said the Edina resident. “Then people started yelling, ‘Senator Warren!’ People were clapping and running up to me to take photos. I kept saying ‘I’m not her!’ but I looked up and hundreds of people were staring at me.”

“It got weird very fast,” said Oyen, whose short blond hair is nearly identical to Elizabeth Warren’s cropped cut. “I talk with my hands and shake my head, which only made me look more like Elizabeth Warren. I was saying ‘I’m not her!’ but I could have been saying ‘Medicare for all!’?”

Oyen says she eventually ditched the blue blazer and the glasses and “hid behind a tall guy” because she felt sorry for confusing people.

Even a few staffers with Warren’s campaign did a double take when they glimpsed Oyen.

“I’m not a prankster,” she said. “I really thought people would know, but then they started running up and saying ‘You’re my hero!’ and taking photos. I felt so bad.”

She put the blazer and glasses back on when she lined up with hundreds of supporters to take a selfie with Warren, a regular feature of her town hall meetings.

snip [earlier quote above omitted]

Oyen got her photo with Warren and was called back for a second photo a few minutes later. “I guess the staffers wanted a picture,” she said.

Drama aside, Oyen said she is glad she went to hear Warren speak.

“People were teary-eyed. She’s their hero. It was really inspiring.”

The experience solidified her support for the candidate, she said. Though she might think twice before slipping on that blue blazer again.

[Kind of Blue]

24. Thanks very much, steventh, because I seriously interpreted

"reaction unclear" as weirded-out because if someone was walking around looking like me and in my outfit, too! Wut? That's Twilight Zone replacement action happening right there I'd be running away from her

Thanks again for the thorough post.

[secondwind]

13. Uncanny!!!

[Kind of Blue]

17. You got that right!

[MineralMan]

14. Stephanie Oyen is my wife's cousin.

We're all having lots of fun with this!

[spooky3]

15. That's great! Tell her we like it too! Nt

[Kind of Blue]

18. That is too dagone cool!

[blm]

27. 👍🏼

[Docreed2003]

30. Lol!!! That's awesome MM!!

[Blue_true]

36. You better. Funny incident. nt

[zackymilly]

26. Warren should hire her. They could campaign at the same time in different locations. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

28. The lookalike could have a career impersonating

Elizabeth.
She could be really successful if she is good at comedy.

[Uncle Joe]

33. They could be twins, that is mind blowing!

Thanks for the thread Kind of Blue.

[crazytown]

38. Stephanie Oyen is 50!