‘Booed by a room full of priests’: Trump bombs at the #AlSmithDinner and the Internet goes nuts
Source: RawStory
Donald Trump got outright booed at the Al Smith dinner Thursday night. Traditionally, the dinner brings both major parties and candidates together for self-deprecating humor and general silliness.
As you watch the video, note the woman to the left and behind Trump and the man to the right of Trump. The horrified looks on their faces say it all.
A special hello to all of you in this room who have known and loved me for many, many years, Trump began. Its true. the politicians, theyve had me to their homes, theyve introduced me to their children, Id become their best friends in many instances. They asked for my endorsement and always wanted my money. And even called me really a dear, dear friend. but then, suddenly, decided when I ran for president as a Republican that Ive always been a no-good, rotten, disgusting scoundrel. And they totally forgot about me. But thats okay.
This opening section was the first indication the only jokes to come were attacks on Clinton.
Thats when the internet began to light him up. Here are a few reactions below:
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Trump booed at Al Smith dinner
Donald Trump's appearance at Thursday night's charity event took a tough turn as the crowd repeatedly booed the GOP nominee for his sharp-edged jokes about his rival Hillary Clinton.
While the New York fundraiser for Catholic charities always includes the two candidates getting laughs at their rivals expense, Trumps lines stuck closely to his campaigns antagonistic rhetoric after an initially positive start.
The boos first began when Trump joked about Clinton being too corrupt to serve on the Watergate commission. Hillary is so corrupt that she got kicked off the Watergate commission, he said.
And they deepened when he pivoted to the hacked emails of her top aides. Weve learned so much from WikiLeaks, Trump said. For example, Hillary believes that its vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302133-trump-booed-at-al-smith-dinner
yorkie77
(87 posts)My husband and I could not believe what DJT was saying. It seemed like a total meltdown.
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)Talk about the biggest lie of the year!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)I seriously thought something like that was going on. But no one came to walk poor Don the Con off the stage and comfort him for his breakdown What he'll do next is anyone's guess
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)jaw dropping bad. The sort of thing that happens when a drunk ex crashes a former spouses wedding reception.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)mobeau69
(11,144 posts)Major fail by the jackass.
think he is capable of self-deprecation.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)what?!?! That's LOSER talk!!
lol...
Cha
(297,220 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)Hekate
(90,683 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Totally unnecessary, but hey, got more laughs than most of his "humor," for some reason. Even though Melania's in her mid-forties, its hard to imagine Donald coming up with a more attractive, yet classy-looking, trophy wife at this point. Unless her pre-nup will leave her in poverty, I have a hard time imagining her sticking around for too long after the election unless, God forbid, she becomes first lady. OTH,, nothing that SHOULD embarrass the Donald does, so any shame at HIM dumping HER wouldn't occur to him.
Cha
(297,220 posts)I didn't find it funny @ all.
When racist Trump said First Lady Michelle Obama's name. #AlSmithDinner
Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka
When racist Trump said First Lady Michelle Obama's name. #AlSmithDinner
3:33 PM - 20 Oct 2016
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h/thttps://theobamadiary.com/2016/10/20/three-for-three/#comments
wordpix
(18,652 posts)"They say when you do this kind of event, you always start out with a self-deprecating joke," he said.
"Some people think this would be tough for me, but the truth is I'm actually a modest person." (Laughter erupts). In fact, many people tell me modesty is perhaps my best quality, even better than my temperament." (Laughter again).
I'm thinking the Don was NOT making a joke, but everyone thought what he said was funny and was laughing at him, not with him.
niyad
(113,303 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Tomorrow he's going to claim that they were booing Hillary.
mobeau69
(11,144 posts)"It was cringeworthy".
Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)Referring to a reporter/commentator as "the black gal on CNN."
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)Not a lot, I know, but I've never seen a speaker booed before. My jaw dropped.
He really is just that bad!
groundloop
(11,519 posts)That man is clueless. He's got some serious anger issues.
MADem
(135,425 posts)He went from "OK jokes" to .... NASTINESS.
He is being excoriated from all corners.
DESERVEDLY.
he fucked up. Totally didn't do this in the spirit of the event.
Not surprising, really.
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)Some of the surrounding people looked like they were going to puke
Couldn't he find better writers than that?
No empathy, no graciousness
Yuck that man is evil
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)people and organizations after his behavior.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Dry up for the next year or so. His kids will start getting them sooner, but then he'll be jealous of their social position.
It's another bad consequence that will doom both his sanity and marriage.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)Borderline personality, not just narcissistic. He didn't understand that he should have been roasting himself. He mocked his wife, but not himself. And then went off on her in really vicious ways. She was tough too, but she also took shots at herself, which made it ok for her to take shots at him, too.
Loved the Russian joke and the horse one!
adigal
(7,581 posts)You just don't get vicious and go over the line. He was terrible.
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)His whole performance reeked of Bannon or Steve Stone. Men full of rage, hate, ego. Every "joke" was vicious and the one about her working on problems for 30 years and everything getting worse. Straight out of the latest attack ad. I was just thinking-the problem isn't Trump-it's his supporters who have the exact same mentality. He's a reality show whom they will turn on when he fails on all levels and they finally realize what a fraud has been perpetrated on the willing masses. I pray he takes the Republican party down with him.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... that slowly sucks her dry.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 21, 2016, 08:01 AM - Edit history (1)
n/t.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)check out that fang on the left side - already in vampire costume for Halloween?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)good luck getting your next gig, Kellyanne
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)"It's OK if you're a Republican woman!"
adigal
(7,581 posts)After the dinner last night.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)He is a national....no, a global embarrassment and should be nothing more than a cautionary tale.
PatSeg
(47,430 posts)It was rather bizarre.
4lbs
(6,855 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)calimary
(81,265 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)calimary
(81,265 posts)Shit - it just took me back to that Vanity Fair magazine cover that featured a VERY pregnant Demi Moore, nude and proud. She was dressed only in three large jewels - one on her finger and the big boulders on her earlobes, and her arms were strategically placed to cover the most - uh - sensitive areas. I think it was Cokie Roberts or somebody who said the cover was "the most beautiful pregnant woman I've ever seen." And she was right. But while everybody was buzzing about her bare belly, beautiful curvy butt, and the hint of very large breasts peeking through her arms, I was stopped in my tracks by those earrings! WANT! I couldn't see anything else. Looked at that cover and my eyes went right there.
Same with Maria Bartiromo last night at the Al Smith Dinner. Yeah, the plunging neckline as deep as Hell's Canyon. But I couldn't help myself. My eyeballs went straight to her earrings. Little bit o' overkill, alright... Who even needs clothes when you're wearing earrings like those?
manicraven
(901 posts)Really awkward dead silence following some of Trump's "jokes" and then the booing, too, at this event. I winced at the crassness of his supposedly funny statements, too. LOVED Hillary's opening and especially her closing comments about decency and tolerance towards others. She was eloquent, and I was extremely proud of her and so want her to be our President!
calimary
(81,265 posts)Booing and catcalls! I thought I was imagining it at first. But by Jove there were people booing and catcalling!
Hillary, on the other hand, had some genuinely funny moments and then some rather impressive, even soaring oratory. Hers isn't loud, either. It's with a soft voice. Describing what we can be and who we can be. Appealing to everybody's better angels. That's what she seems to be doing. Taking Michelle Obama's "when they go low, we go high" and putting it to work. So glad she went last. Helps everyone kinda forget how jerky Trump was. She was elegant, dignified, warm, human, and very much the adult in the room. She aimed a few stingers at him, but started by poking fun at herself, and ended with a MAGNIFICENT commentary that sought to inspire and uplift, and emphasize what we are when we're at our best. She very astutely wove it into the whole idea behind the Al Smith Dinner philosophy and philanthropic efforts - how that shows us going high, rather than low.
I thought it was terrific! I thought SHE was terrific. So polished, professional, compassionate, and thoroughly presidential.
manicraven
(901 posts)Wholeheartedly agree with your post, too! Hillary was awesome!
CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)This was my HRC fave:
"People look at the Statue of Liberty and they see a proud symbol of our history as a nation of immigrants. A beacon of hope for people around the world. Donald sees the Statue of Liberty and sees a 4. Maybe a 5 if she loses the torch and tablet and changes her hair...Come to think of it, a good number for a woman: 45."
I wonder how many people caught the significance of that last sentence.
Welcome to DU!
getagrip_already
(14,750 posts)she thought hillary was refering to her (iit's her age I think).
took me a minute to figure it out, but then it was "click".
Javaman
(62,530 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)ThinkProgress Verified account ?@thinkprogress 2 minutes ago
Donald Trump forgot to bring the funny at the #AlSmithDinner, and was met with a chorus of boos.
https://thinkprogress.org/2fdac2f2a660
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)He went from being fine to outright rally putdowns, and mocking about hating Catholics, and the Haiti line... wow... what a sick fuck!
He is delusional and dangerous. His family will have to force him to concede on election night.
If he starts going off in the concession speech, someone will cut his mic, hopefully...
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)What in the world would possess somebody to say that in that context?
Good Lord, he's the worst of the worst.
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)when he said it, thinking, did he really just say THAT? He's a sad sad bastard. So glad he appears to be looking towards a massive Landslide loss!
wordpix
(18,652 posts)did not make any sense to me
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Hillary has taken a lot of villages in Haiti?
PSPS
(13,598 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)understand comedy of any kind, much less produce it.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)He didn't belong in a presidential race either.
He needs to go away.
Lady_Chat
(561 posts)It's big news here tonight, and rightfully so. I have seen quite a few of these dinners, never, ever, do I remember anyone being booed like Trump was tonight. He deserved it, he was absolutely vicious and disrespectful. Just horrific. I've always admired Hillary, but never more than tonight. She kept her composure, carried on, and gave the most touching speech at the end, about immigrants. A real Class act. I hope she beats him into the ground on November 8th. "Deplorable" is too good of a word for him.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)with neuromuscular diseases, immigrants...
Hillary was glorious. I'm with HER
NBachers
(17,108 posts)He has no nobility for me to acknowledge.
And Rudy looked like a troll snarling from beneath a bridge.
"Basket of Adorables"
Cha
(297,220 posts)Well said! NBachers
rickford66
(5,523 posts)His bus could have hit a station wagon full of nuns.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)Danmel
(4,915 posts)Cha
(297,220 posts)"The media is biased more than ever before..".. No, sucker the media finally started calling your sexual predator psycho ass out.
I didn't think he was funny at all. He's fucking boring.
Gawd he can barely fucking read.
"pretending not to hate Catholics".. "given to her by Donna Brazile!" Stupid.
Boo! .. bet he thought they were Booing Hillary
God he's stupid.. like a big ogre up there.. Hillary is so Cool!
Thanks, Don
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)SunSeeker
(51,556 posts)Who the fuck "jokes" that "Hillary pretends she doesnt hate Catholics" at a Catholic charity dinner?!
It was beyond disgusting. And it sucks that he went first. It put a pall on the whole evening.
riversedge
(70,218 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)demotux
(76 posts)... are really weird. Maybe they are not covered by Obamacare ...?
wordpix
(18,652 posts)cynzke
(1,254 posts)Except it wasn't funny. It was SCARY. The man has no self control or self restraint. Keeps saying I REALLY shouldn't say this, it could get me in trouble, but....OH WELL, ...... In the WH, his mouth will take us all out!
demotux
(76 posts)... when Hillary almost instantly went to Kissinger, the war criminal. She could have making him wait. After the election, she needs to mingle with more progressive people and leave those age-old skeletons in the closet.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)saying g'bye to anyone
MADem
(135,425 posts)Nasty, dare I say.
He "hung around" waiting for a chance to talk to her, in fact, he stood patiently for several minutes while she conversed, animatedly, with someone else--she didn't run to him.
Check the video.
smh.
brooklynite
(94,562 posts)With the exception of the Cardinal, the crowd is mostly local politicians and wealthy donors.
MADem
(135,425 posts)But it's a helluva headline, nonetheless.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)OMG. He is horrible!! What terrible things to say. So glad they had the guts to boo him. The faces of the guys on either side of him were classic.
The Tingler
(50 posts)Anti-social creeps like Trump cannot be funny, just bullies.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)This made me crazy during the debates. So rude. I'm surprised that this is rarely remarked on. He wasn't debating her; he was berating her.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)c588415
(285 posts)I laughed my ass off when the brother seated next to Giuliani at the dinner turned towards Giuliani, and laughed right in his face. Poor Rudy was pissed