The Most Telling Moment at Trump's Bizarre Victory Rally Was Not What You Think

[EricMaundry]

They were excited to hear the familiar message and for Trump to continue to bash former opponents; from Clinton to their own governor, John Kasich. When Clinton was mentioned, the crowd chanted their old favorite, "Lock Her Up." Trump did not seem to mind that.

But he did make a somewhat feeble attempt to be presidential, turning back to the teleprompter for a set of prepared remarks on uniting the country.

"We condemn bigotry and prejudice in all of its forms," he read, words most likely written by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.

But the crowd, much more attuned to Trump's dog whistles and candid insults, was not fooled for a second.

"We denounce all of the hatred and we forcefully reject the language of exclusion and separation," Trump continued.

"We're gonna come together. We have no choice," he added. "We have to and it's better, it's better."

The audience was resoundingly silent. That is not what they elected Donald Trump for.

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[flamingdem]

1. That was a disgusting display

of phony. At least they don't clap to all of his phony statements.

[adigal]

30. I have been sick since Nov 9th, but even more after last night

Unity my fucking ass. NEVER.

[ohtransplant]

2. Actions speak louder than words.

“Your actions speak so loudly, I can not hear what you are saying.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson


"“What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson


I think we know what to expect...

[iluvtennis]

15. Those Ralph Waldo Emrson quotes are so descriptive of Don the Con...

recall that team Hillary campaigners tried to tell voters this with their quotes of Maya Angelou - "When someone shows you who they are, believe them"

[WilliamPlanke]

3. The idea of "rallies" kinda freaks me out....

We've all seen the pre-WW2 photos of rallies. They say it can't happen here. Really?

WSF!

[barbtries]

16. it's his medicine,

he needs to feel the energy of his cult of personality, their adoration. he needs that.

[HurricaneWarning]

17. No kidding.

I think of that a lot.

[MontanaMama]

4. His rallies are a desperate cry

for attention and approval. He is such a moronic tool. I can't watch him.

[MFM008]

5. The place was half empty

[RobertDevereaux]

12. Some folks are reserving tickets & not showing up...

Sorry, I can't search for the link right now, but there's a Facebook group whose members (progressives) plan to reserve Trump rally tickets in large amounts and then not show up, to diminish the crowd size. Did so for his latest rally. I make no judgment, pro or con, about that tactic. :^)

[MFM008]

19. thats ok

interesting idea though.....

[Buzz Clik]

6. "Dear Supporters: Becoming President was more important than being honest. However, ....

...if you want honesty, here's some: Fuck you. That's right, fuck you. You were stupid enough to vote for a man who lies with every spoken word. You naively believed that you were the only people with whom I've ever been honest. Do I care? Let me repeat: fuck you."

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. Tell us how you REALLY feel

Please

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Yep.

[LuckyLib]

13. We need to keep asking them in the next four years, "How's that workin' for ya?"

Remind them of each and every walk-back, each 180 degree turn, every time he tries to sing Kumbayah in front of his loyal idiots. They've been punked and they need to be reminded of it non-stop.

[MFM008]

20. this

1000x

[watoos]

7. I quit calling it a victory tour.

Someone else put me on to what Trump is doing, I can't take the credit, it's a Ram Roth Yatra tour.
When I respond on my local far right web site that's what I call it, I made them google it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. All of these people will deny voting for him in a few years.

[Buzz Clik]

21. Indeed. Try finding a Republican who will openly admit voting for GW Bush.

[montana_hazeleyes]

34. Yep!

They seem to even act like he never existed. lol

[uponit7771]

35. +1

[secondwind]

11. I could not listen but for a couple of minutes.. can't do it

[Blanks]

27. I had that same problem...

I'll have to wait for someone to make excerpts.

[mazzarro]

14. Hmmmm - he seems to be still messaging under handly IMO

He said:

"We're gonna come together. We have no choice," he added. "We have to and it's better, it's better."

I'm kind of keyed on "We have no choice" part of the quote. So what is he signaling his minions with that?

[RAFisher]

18. I don't see how this can continue. Isn't he going to actually have to goven at some point.

I'm sure the blame game will go on. Clinton not in jail? Blame Sessions. Grandma has no more Medicare? Blame Ryan. Syria is still a disaster? Blame Mad Dog. Do these supporters actually want anything? Or is it all a show to them too? Do they just want to feel mad?

[Afromania]

22. yes

In a nutshell pretty much. I keep trying to keep those around me sane with the fact that at some point he's going to have to actually, authentically, for better or worse be president. No victory tours, no asking Fabio who should hold a cabinet post, no thinking up stupid shit to tweet about, no anything other than "trying" to run this country and be the man on the front line of keeping us from blowing up.

We have seen young energetic people grow old before their time as president. It's perhaps one of, if not the most, stressful jobs on this planet. Trump was in a air sucking, mush mouth stupor by the time he finished the debates. How's he going to be doing after 48, 72 hours of intense decision making that doesn't happen at his personal pleasure?

Baring something incredible happening the guy is going to be president in little less than 60 days. He won't be able to shuck and duck the press and his little game of White House Apprentice will be over. He'll become public worker #1 and every damn thing that happens from then on is going to be his fault. Him and his cabinet of expensive, morally challenged flunkies. Every damn one of them is going to have the eyes of the world on their collective asses. Every one of their blunders is going to be amplified by a thousand and there is no freaking NDA to protect them.

Trump is going to be a busy, busy man attempting to put out fires armed with a political toolbox consisting of one Fisher Price Little People fire truck and a dollar store water gun filled with a mixture of swamp water and gasoline. Good luck President Cheeto and good luck morally challenged flunky Voltron because the entire country, no, the entire world, is going to need it.

[bettyellen]

23. I'm pretty sure his plan is to have zero press conferences and duck out of everything he can-

Bush showed up but was always drunk and paying no attention. Trump will try to maximize the PR opportunities and do nothing else. Can they force him to actually show up?

[LuckyLib]

25. True. He'll phone it in, or simply do a video. No risk, no face-to-face -- just an endless

stream of BS.

[Afromania]

32. post modern president

My opinion stems from the fact that Trump is the 2nd post modern president. My definition of post modern being the moment everybody started carrying around a personal computer in their pocket. The things he does and how he goes about doing them will be recorded and shared by the people at large.

Down the line when carrier finally ships those 1000 jobs to Mexico it will be reported on. If not by the mainstream media then by citizen journalists. It won't happen it a complete vacuum like most things that happened pre-smartphone, pre widespread affordable broadband. I could be wrong in my assumptions on how effective the American populace will be, but I have hope. At this point it's the only thing we've got.

[pbmus]

29. Welcome to DU...I really enjoy your wit.

[TrishaJ]

33. Awesome!

Love it.

[Blanks]

28. Angertainment on steroids. eom

[Tanuki]

24. I'd call it his "I Lost the Popular Vote by 2.5 million" rally.

I wish he would have stayed home and studied the national security briefing books with somebody competent, and called Mitch McConnell to tell him that his first act as president will be to nominate Merrick Garland for the empty Supreme Court position, in the interest of bringing our divided nation back together.

[Different Drummer]

26. "We denounce all of the hatred and we forcefully reject the language of exclusion and separation."

Crickets because that was not what they wanted to hear and not why they voted for him. They voted for him to validate their hatred and vitriol.

[VOX]

31. I can't bear to look at that orange, doughy, scrunched-up mug of his...

And now, this gloating, self-important, preening, unbalanced jerkwad is going to be president...PRESIDENT!

[TransitJohn]

36. Good post.

Reminds me of when the Repub voters cheered people dying during Mitt Romney rallies.