Trump’s Ridiculous Media Gambit Roasted as it Crashes and Burns
- by New Republic
- Oct 28, 2024
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Donald Trump’s stock is surging, but don’t be fooled: It’s still absolutely worthless.
Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock value surged Monday following his rally in New York City. After increasing by 32 percent over the last week, Trump’s stock bumped up 16 percent on Monday morning, Maria Elvira Salazar
.On Sunday night, the Trump campaign immediately went into damage control mode, with spokesperson Danielle Alvarez
telling CNN
, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.” Then, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt went on
Fox and Friends
early Monday morning before sunrise, and initially tried to spin the rally as “amazing” and diverse.
“The energy last night was palpable in the room, the spirit. It was happiness and joy. And it was such a diverse group of people in that stadium packed to the house. There wasn’t an empty seat. You had Black Americans, Latino Americans, Jewish Americans, men, women of all ages coming in support of President Trump and unafraid to show it,” Leavitt said.
Steve Doocy then addressed the elephant in the room.
“You know, this morning, the mainstream media has picked up on the comic’s comments, which were offensive, have been denounced by the campaign and everybody else. What went on with that?” Doocy asked Leavitt.
Leavitt tried in vain to distance the campaign from Hinchcliffe’s language.
“Look, it was a comedian who made a joke in poor taste,” she
replied
. “Obviously, that joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or our campaign. And I think it is sad that the media will pick up on one joke that was made by a comedian rather than the truths that were shared by the phenomenal list of speakers that we had.”
But none of the following speakers at the rally Sunday, including Trump himself, condemned or tried to distance the Trump campaign from Hinchcliffe. The comedian himself doubled down,
accusing
his critics, including Walz, of “having no sense of humor.” It also was a reminder of Trump’s poor record regarding Puerto Rico, and how he
mishandled
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