‘Booed by a room full of priests’: Trump bombs at the #AlSmithDinner and the Internet goes nuts

[DonViejo]

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. “It’s true. the politicians, they’ve had me to their homes, they’ve introduced me to their children, I’d 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 I’ve always been a no-good, rotten, disgusting scoundrel. And they totally forgot about me. But that’s okay.”

This opening section was the first indication the only jokes to come were attacks on Clinton.

That’s 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 rival’s expense, Trump’s lines stuck closely to his campaign’s 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. “We’ve learned so much from WikiLeaks,” Trump said. “For example, Hillary believes that it’s 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]

1. It was shocking

My husband and I could not believe what DJT was saying. It seemed like a total meltdown.

[Divine Discontent]

33. NOBODY respects women more than Donald Trump....

Talk about the biggest lie of the year!

[wordpix]

74. the guy behind Donnie was whispering to someone, "Get the James Brown cape out"

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]

2. Who's nasty? HE IS!

[ThoughtCriminal]

12. Wow. That. Was. Just...

jaw dropping bad. The sort of thing that happens when a drunk ex crashes a former spouses wedding reception.

[Ken Burch]

48. Or her acceptance speech at the Oscars

[mobeau69]

3. Yep, I don't think got the memo on the self-self-depricating part.

Major fail by the jackass.

[lupinella]

25. I don't

think he is capable of self-deprecation.

[moonscape]

53. Or humor n/t

[Divine Discontent]

35. someone asked him if he was going to be self-deprecating and he replied

what?!?! That's LOSER talk!!


lol...

[Cha]

64. he deprecated Melania

[TexasBushwhacker]

72. And then made her stand up! n/t

[Hekate]

87. His idea of self-deprecation is to humiliate his wife at a gala. Really.

[maddiemom]

90. I thought so too.

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]

99. It was tragically pathetic..

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]

83. Was this part self-deprecating or he was being serious, causing laughter?

"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]

4. he really is one nasty, petulant, angry little boy, isn't he?

[Rorey]

5. Mark my words....

Tomorrow he's going to claim that they were booing Hillary.

[mobeau69]

6. The black gal on CNN just nailed it:

"It was cringeworthy".

[Dorian Gray]

56. Also cringeworthy?

Referring to a reporter/commentator as "the black gal on CNN."

[msanthrope]

59. Um...did you read what you wrote? Maybe stand in front of a mirror, reread it? nt

[herding cats]

7. I've watched maybe 6 of these dinners.

Not a lot, I know, but I've never seen a speaker booed before. My jaw dropped.

He really is just that bad!

[groundloop]

9. OMG. That was horrible

That man is clueless. He's got some serious anger issues.

[MADem]

11. He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

He went from "OK jokes" to .... NASTINESS.

He is being excoriated from all corners.


DESERVEDLY.

[Dorian Gray]

58. Yes

he fucked up. Totally didn't do this in the spirit of the event.

Not surprising, really.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. That was nasty stuff

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]

14. Well hopefully Trump enjoys the rest of his life being persona non grata by a vast number of

people and organizations after his behavior.

[Ilsa]

22. I bet the invitations for him and even his family

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]

15. I picture his inner circle cracking up at a woman in a wheelchair falling down the stairs.

[adigal]

16. He was a real asshole, as usual. I'm starting to think he has a

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]

17. And really who wrote his jokes? Bannon????

You just don't get vicious and go over the line. He was terrible.

[Boomerproud]

94. I was going to start a thread about that very thing.

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]

18. Time for another Kellyanne "explanation"...

... that slowly sucks her dry.

[rpannier]

19. I don't him. I've never met him. Donald who?

[Foggyhill]

28. She call it locker room talk and say He will not concede he sucks

[NurseJackie]

29. That explains a lot ... I'd just been thinking she didn't like to moisturize.

[Ken Burch]

49. I wonder how much vodka she chugged on her way to last night's spin pit?

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n/t.

[COLGATE4]

69. OMG!!! My eyes!!!! BTW,

check out that fang on the left side - already in vampire costume for Halloween?

[wordpix]

75. this escapade with Donald is not helping her career any

good luck getting your next gig, Kellyanne

[maddiemom]

91. Supposedly she's nearly TWENTY years younger than Hillary!

"It's OK if you're a Republican woman!"

[adigal]

95. Kellyanne is busy pulling the plug on Twitter so Donny can't tweet

After the dinner last night.

[displacedtexan]

20. The man can't tell a effing joke without lying through his damned teeth!

He is a national....no, a global embarrassment and should be nothing more than a cautionary tale.

[PatSeg]

21. It appears that he doesn't know what a joke is

It was rather bizarre.

[4lbs]

23. "The woman to the left and behind Trump" is Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

24. Yeah, I recognized her immediately.

[calimary]

37. She had some rather lavish earrings on, too.

[wordpix]

76. gaudy is the word imo

[calimary]

98. Yeah! For sure!

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]

26. Thought the Melania joke was funny, but then it got ugly.

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]

65. Welcome to DU, manicraven!

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]

70. Thank you for the welcome!

Wholeheartedly agree with your post, too! Hillary was awesome!

[CrispyQ]

85. I've never seen her like that before. She was amazing!

[CrispyQ]

84. Oh, the nap line was a perfect opening!! I LOLd.

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!

[maddiemom]

92. Yes!

[getagrip_already]

93. melania didn't

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]

27. if Al Smith was still alive he would think tRump an asshole. nt

[Coyotl]

30. Donald Trump forgot to bring the funny at the #AlSmithDinner, and was met with a chorus of boos.

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]

31. what a loser of a man!

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]

40. I switched back to the Cubs game at the Haiti line

What in the world would possess somebody to say that in that context?

Good Lord, he's the worst of the worst.

[Divine Discontent]

46. and he most likely wrote it, so that shows the brain rot of the old man. I was mortified

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]

78. pls. explain what he was trying to say- I was at a loss

did not make any sense to me

[wordpix]

77. not only that, but I didn't get it

Hillary has taken a lot of villages in Haiti?

[PSPS]

32. This shows why every attempt to create a "conservative late night comedy show" have failed.

[Nay]

73. Yep. If you can't do introspection, humor, irony, comparison, cynicism, etc., you cannot

understand comedy of any kind, much less produce it.

[Mr. Ected]

34. He had no business being there

He didn't belong in a presidential race either.

He needs to go away.

[Lady_Chat]

36. Trump being booed, is the lead the story on local NY TV Stations

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]

79. good, now maybe Trump will go after Catholics along with women, blacks, Hispanics, people

with neuromuscular diseases, immigrants...

Hillary was glorious. I'm with HER

[NBachers]

38. I'd like to set aside my animus for the sake of this noble event , but he just makes it impossible.

He has no nobility for me to acknowledge.

And Rudy looked like a troll snarling from beneath a bridge.

"Basket of Adorables"

[Cha]

44. "And Rudy looked like a troll snarling from beneath a bridge."

Well said! NBachers

[rickford66]

41. Coulda been worse ....

His bus could have hit a station wagon full of nuns.

[Ken Burch]

51. After which, he'd have sued the convent. n/t.

[CrispyQ]

86. Thread win.

[Danmel]

101. Nothing beats a station wagon full of nuns

[Cha]

42. I just saw it.. my thoughts..

"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]

45. This photo epitomized the reaction:

[SunSeeker]

47. Trump was an unfunny pile of vile, stinking shit.

Who the fuck "jokes" that "Hillary pretends she doesn’t 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]

50. There was a meaness to many of his 'jokes' Nothing funny about being mean.

[Tarheel_Dem]

52. Giuliani didn't have such a great night either. Looks like he ate some bad fish.

[demotux]

61. Ghouliani's glasses ...

... are really weird. Maybe they are not covered by Obamacare ...?

[wordpix]

81. lol, he got them out of the 2nd hand free box

[cynzke]

55. This was "Drunk Donald Trump" moment at normal speed.

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]

62. What I didn't like after the speeches ...

... 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]

82. Hillary hung around and shook hands while Don & Melania left without

saying g'bye to anyone

[MADem]

102. That is just NOT TRUE. Ugly comment, that.

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]

63. Just to clarify, the Al Smith Dinner is NOT. A "room full of priests"

With the exception of the Cardinal, the crowd is mostly local politicians and wealthy donors.

[MADem]

71. They couldn't afford to buy a table, even if they robbed the offerings!

But it's a helluva headline, nonetheless.

[AllyCat]

66. I started to watch it last night and they all seemed to be yucking it up. Just watched the end:

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]

67. Power-trippin' a-hole made fun of his wife but not himself.

Anti-social creeps like Trump cannot be funny, just bullies.

[left-of-center2012]

68. Trump was deplorable n/t

[maddiemom]

89. Trump showed great "restraint" in not constantly pointing (and shaking) his finger at Hillary.

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]

96. It was a room full of polticians,not a room full of priests.

[c588415]

97. the expression on Giuliani's face was priceless as clinton unloaded on him.

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

[yellowcanine]

100. "Booed by a room full of priests" would be a great title for an unauthorized Trump biography