At a jampacked campaign rally in support of Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday evening in Pittsburgh, former President Barack Obama commented on the man who followed him in the White House that went viral in less than an hour and continues to be shared on social media this morning.
Obama praised a proposed tax credit of $6,000 for new parents that’s part of Harris’ economic plan, noting, “She wants to make it easier to afford stuff like a crib, or a car seat or diapers.”
“I remember changing diapers,” he added. He then asked the rallygoers, “Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?”
The room erupted in laughter when someone in the crowd yelled, “His own!”
“I almost said that but decided I shouldn’t say it,” Obama replied as the audience began laughing and applauding again.
Obama: Or diapers. I remember buying diapers. Do you think Donald Trump ever changed a diaper?
Obama added, “Instead of giving more tax breaks to billionaires and raising prices on working families, Kamala will give a tax cut to 100 million middle-class and working people here in America.”
The former president’s remarks in Pittsburgh clearly struck a nerve with the Trump camp as campaign communications director Steven Cheung fired off an angry response.
“Barack Hussein Obama couldn’t even make a coherent defense of Kamala Harris’ record because even he knows she represents a disastrous four years of skyrocketing inflation, an out-of-control border, and rampant crime that terrorizes communities across the country.”
Nice try, Steven, but that’s not going to make the diaper comment disappear, and it’s likely to increase the damage inflicted by Obama, who remains incredibly popular with the American electorate.
Obama’s remarks were hailed online.
That might be the second best line of this campaign after Kamala said “81 million Americans fired Donald Trump in 2020.”
According to failed one-term and twice-impeached former president Donald Trump, no one has bigger crowds than he does at his campaign rallies. The venues are always packed to the gills with thousands more assembled outside wishing they could have had the honor of getting in.
However, photographic evidence from a rally Trump held Wednesday in Reading, Pennsylvania, suggests that like everything the Donald says, the opposite is almost always true.
Trump told the audience in Reading, “We do a lot of these beautiful rallies, and it’s so great. We never have an empty seat, never have, look at it.”
However, photos of the event prove otherwise, as sections closest to the stage where Trump was speaking were indeed full, other parts of the arena certainly weren’t.
Here’s a photo from Alex Brandon of the Associated Press:
Libbey Dean of NewsNation also provided a video that contradicted Trump’s no empty seat claim.
📍Trump’s rally in Reading, PA. A lot of open seats in the back. The arena capacity is over 7,000. pic.twitter.com/JXRKNpGsZs
That was all it took to set off a wave of well-deserved mockery aimed directly at the disgraced ex-head of state.
“OMG!!! Look at all of the empty seats at Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania! This is so humiliating for the Trump campaign. Nobody shows up to his rallies anymore!”
OMG!!! Look at all of the empty seats at Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania! This is so humiliating for the Trump campaign. Nobody shows up to his rallies anymore! pic.twitter.com/APhMGSrjqg
“BREAKING: As Donald Trump talks about his sellout crowds, this video clearly shows empty seats. Americans are sick and tired of Donald Trump’s BS. Retweet to make sure every American knows Trump’s rallies have low energy and low attendance.”
BREAKING: As Donald Trump talks about his sellout crowds, this video clearly shows empty seats. Americans are sick and tired of Donald Trump’s BS. Retweet to make sure every American knows Trump’s rallies have low energy and low attendance. pic.twitter.com/TTYA03N55Y
“My kid’s had their high school graduations at this same arena as Trump’s rally tonight in Reading, Pennsylvania. There were not as many empty seats there for their graduating classes of 335 and 352 students. The arena can hold 8800 for concerts.”
My kid’s had their high school graduations at this same arena as Trump’s rally tonight in Reading, Pennsylvania. There were not as many empty seats there for their graduating classes of 335 and 352 students. The arena can hold 8800 for concerts. https://t.co/dMxuXUJgY6
CNN host Kate Bolduan laid a brutal (and much-needed) fact-check on Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt this morning, even going so far as to tell Leavitt that she needed to talk less and listen more.
The topic of discussion was failed president Donald Trump’s lies about the FEMA response to Hurricane Helene, which devastated areas of the Southeast when it roared through late last month.
Boulduan began by asking Leavitt, “Things that the former president has said is FEMA funds were stolen to be used to house illegal migrants, that no one from FEMA was on the ground in North Carolina, that funds were being withheld from Republican areas of the state on purpose.”
“None of that is true. The head of FEMA says that worse than it not being true, it is dangerous that if this is pushed and circulated for the people who are most in need of help.”
“With that knowledge, is the former president going to stop saying this?”
Leavitt responded, “Well, first of all, Kate, let me just express our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in western North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and now Florida who are bracing for another devastating hurricane. The bottom line is that FEMA spent $1 billion on funding for illegal immigrants that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden let into the country. CNN and many mainstream media outlets reported that more than a month ago.”
“Now, today, we find ourselves in a predicament where Americans are in dire situations in need of food and of water. And Secretary Mayorcas last week said that FEMA does not have sufficient funding to get through this crisis and through the rest of hurricane season.”
Leavitt continued talking as Boulduan tried to ask questions, finally leading the host to insist, “No, no, no. But first on that, let’s let’s get let’s get to let’s keep to the facts, which is on that suggestion that Donald Trump did make, that they were stealing money from FEMA and using it, and it’s all gone because they’re using it to house migrants. That’s not true. There’s no disaster relief fund money that was going in that was going to house migrants.”
“I don’t think the American people care which pocket the money came from…” Leavitt snidely remarked.
“What you’re now saying is that you think it is–. You don’t you don’t think American people care where the money comes from. It is– You think it is bad that they’re using FEMA money to house migrants. Ironically, Donald Trump attempted something very similar to what he falsely now is claiming about them in 2019. Trump used–.” Bolduan noted. And when Leavitt tried to interrupt her, the host more than held her own.
“I’m talking! Let me finish! Trump used money from FEMA’s disaster fund for migrant programs at the southern border. He told Congress that he was intending at the time in 2019 to shift $271 million from DHS, including $155 million from FEMA’s disaster relief fund to pay for detaining and transporting undocumented immigrants.”
“Less than that was transferred from less than the 150 million was transferred. But money was transferred by Donald Trump in 2019 and the Trump administration from the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund to house migrants. So is he is he then okay with moving disaster relief funds for dealing with migrants, but now is not? Is that what you’re saying?”
When Leavitt continued to spout fact-free talking points from the Trump campaign, Boulduan curtly ended the interview.
“We’re going to leave it there, because I offered you three times to give me the answer and I’m not getting it!”
Well done, Kate! Trump and his GOP colleagues love to try and do everything other than answer the questions they’ve been asked. The only way to deal with them is end the discussion and move on. Letting them spin their lies serves no productive purpose.
Just how badly are things going for the Trump 2024 campaign and the failed ex-president? So badly that it appears even flies can smell the stench of decay and loss that hovers over the disgraced former head of state.
Speaking in Wisconsin over the weekend, Trump was ostensibly on a rant about the need for fossil fuels. It’s hard to tell sometimes, as he often zig zags and goes off in all sorts of bizarre directions that have nothing to do with the point he was trying to make.
“You need fossil fuel to fire up those big, massive plants. The wind isn’t gonna do it. It’s wonderful. Isn’t it nice? Look at that little windmill. It’s so beautiful. We need fossil fuel.”
As you can see in the video below, Trump then swats at a fly onstage, which diverts his attention to the subject of flies.
“I don’t like flies. Get out of here, fly. Never been a big fan of flies. You don’t mind my bringing that up, do you? Anyway, this is a very aggressive sucker. This one in particular is very aggressive. Like I’m going to be aggressive for our country.”
Donald may not be a fan of flies, but it certainly appears they sure love being near him, which isn’t surprising since the insects are known to love anything putrid or rotting, most notably feces of any kind.
The fly incident set off a wave of internet mockery.
If he doesn't want to be surrounded by flies he should stop smelling like shit.
— Fuckface von Fishstick 🥥🇺🇦 (@FfaceVonFstick) October 6, 2024
I would’ve thought Trump would have felt right at home with flies, considering those are his ancestors. He acts like a maggot, and that’s what they’re born from. pic.twitter.com/F78E5q3jbk
As if sensing that the 2024 presidential election is slipping away from him, Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud during a weekend campaign rally in Wisconsin, suggesting that those who publicly identify as supporters of his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, could be in danger and “get hurt” if others find out.
“Is there anybody here who’s going to vote for lyin’ Kamala?” Trump asked. “Actually, I should say don’t raise your hand, it would be very dangerous. We don’t want to see anybody get hurt. Please don’t raise your hand.”
Video of the failed former president’s remarks was shared on social media by the Harris campaign along with a headline: “Trump says it’s ‘very dangerous’ for Kamala Harris voters to identify themselves because they’ll ‘get hurt.'”
Trump says it’s “very dangerous” for Kamala Harris voters to identify themselves because they’ll “get hurt” pic.twitter.com/ePb92JuyqB
Trump and his surrogates have been using increasingly inflammatory language over the past several days, ABC News reported just last month.
Heading into the final stretch of the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump is using increasingly shocking and harsh rhetoric to go after Vice President Kamala Harris and to paint a picture of a country being “destroyed.”
He’s now calling Harris “mentally impaired” and even “disabled.” Illegal immigrants, he claimed over the weekend, will come into American homes and slit people’s throats. A single day of “violent” policing, he argued, would address the issue of crime in the U.S.
All of this is directly from the playbook of tyrants throughout history, including the dark words of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and the disgusting anti-Semitic lies spread by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, who suggested that Jews were subhuman and lower than vermin.
Warning bells began ringing on Twitter, where those who saw the Harris campaign’s posting noted that Trump’s words could easily result in horrific acts of mayhem and violence. Take a look:
Once again, he's threatening those who don't vote for him. Persecution, oppression, and imprisonment, it's how dictators deal with their opposition.
So, he’s acknowledging that his supporters are violent?
— Island Girl – 100% Pro-Choice, Vote Blue (@bluepolitics_) October 6, 2024
Translation (remember trump is a mob boss, so commands aren’t direct):
“I am giving all my loyal followers permission to go out and harm people who are not my loyal followers. Also, I’ll need you to commit more violence whether I win or lose. Stand back and stand by.”
I wanna know what he means. This level of open communication to his supporters to engage the opposition voters via harm inferred, implied is unlawful and a FELONY.
This felon has raped and bastardized our country’s cohesive fabric and public discourse. This cannot be…
