Article snippet: Senator Elizabeth Warren apparently has a doppelganger — and the two met at a rally in Minnesota on Monday night. Warren’s lookalike, Stephanie Oyen, told the Globe that family members informed her in recent years that when she wears her wireless glasses, she bears a resemblance to the Massachusetts senator. So when Oyen heard Warren was coming to Macalester College in Saint Paul, she decided to don the blue blazer and spectacles she’s worn as her Halloween costume the past two years for Monday’s event. “I thought, I’ll put on the blazer and glasses and people would think it would be funny and cute,” Oyen, a 50-year-old resident of Edina, Minn., said Tuesday, adding that she is an avid Warren supporter. However, a trip to a local grocery store before the rally gave Oyen the first clue that people might think her costume was more than an illusion. “People were turning their heads, and stopping and staring at me,” she said. It only got worse when she arrived at the rally a bit late with a friend — where, Oyen said, she walked into a crowd of Warren supporters who were anxious to hear the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate speak. “I came in from the back and wanted to get close to the stage, so as I was walking up to the stage, all of a sudden people start yelling, ‘She’s here, she’s here,’ and clapping and cheering,” Oyen said. “I didn’t know what to do. I was so uncomfortable. “That’s when I realized, I do bear a strong resemblance to her.” Oyen said that whe... Link to the full article to read more
Elizabeth Warren met her doppelganger in Minnesota last night - The Boston Globe
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