9 Ridiculous Things Trump Said at Nashville Rally
What do the nickname "The MS-13 Lover," wildly inaccurate claims of influence and personal success, and a rant about how Jay-Z swears too much in his songs all have in common? They're all things Donald Trump talked about at his most recent rally.
On Tuesday night, Trump appeared in Nashville before a rabid crowd and whipped them up into a frenzy with old hits like "Lock Her Up (Crooked Hillary Remix)" and new material like "Look at These Big Beautiful Hands." The crowd became especially animated when he encouraged them to chant "animals" in reference to undocumented immigrants, a thing that sounds honestly terrifying to witness.
Toronto Star Washington Correspondent Daniel Dale decided to livetweet the rally so the rest of us could suffer alongside him. Here, nine of the most ridiculous things Trump said.
He came up with a fun new nickname for Nancy Pelosi.
Trump calls Nancy Pelosi "the MS-13 lover."
That's exceptionally unfair, obviously.
"She loves MS-13, can you imagine?" he continues.- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He pulled an "I don't know her" Mariah Carey move.
Trump says he has never heard of Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen, who was a popular governor of this state. "Who is he???" he demands to know.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
Trump on Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen: "Phil whateverthehellhisname is, this guy, will 100% vote against us every single time."
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He asked people in the crowd to...reveal themselves as infiltrators?
Trump accuses unnamed people of "infilitrating" his campaign. He then asks anyone in the arena who is infiltrating his campaign to raise their hand.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He went on a long rant about how Jay-Z curses too much.
Trump is explaining that he worked very hard during the 2016 election, and got big crowds, while Hillary Clinton, conversely, did not have big crowds, unless she had Jay-Z perform, but he used "filthy" language, which made Trump look "clean-cut."
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
The president is doing a long rant about how Jay-Z swears in his songs.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He claimed his haters love him.
Trump lies that even his "enemies" are admitting no president has accomplished more than he has in the first year and a half.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He misrepresented the details of a terror attack and told a story about it as if it were an urban legend.
Trump is graphically recounting the story of the West Side Highway terror attack. "MISSING A LEG! MISSING AN ARM!" Nobody lost an arm in this attack. One woman lost two legs.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
Trump is graphically recounting the story of the West Side Highway terror attack. "MISSING A LEG! MISSING AN ARM!" Nobody lost an arm in this attack. One woman lost two legs.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018He tried to trick the crowd into booing George Bush.
Trump says the name "Bush," then pauses to let people boo. But only a few people boo. Then Trump says, of Bush's wars, "A lot of death. Death and blood."
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He made up three stories in which people respectfully referred to him as "sir."
Trump has told three elaborate stories tonight in which he has talked to someone who called him "sir." I don't think any one of the stories has any basis in reality.
- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
He said he has "big, beautiful hands."
Talking about rebuilding America, Trump...goes out of his way to say he has big hands:
"We'll do it all with these big beautiful hands. Look at these hands."- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 30, 2018
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