Posted on 04/19/2016 6:54:08 AM PDT by Cyberman
At a campaign rally on the eve of the New York primary, Donald Trump read aloud an emotional testimonial on what he considers "New York values" and mistakenly said 7-Eleven instead of 9/11.
"I wrote this out, and it's very close to my heart--because I was down there, and I watched our police and our firemen down on 7-Eleven, down at the World Trade Center, right after it came down, and I saw the greatest people I've ever seen in action," Trump said at a rally near the Buffalo waterfront on Monday evening, without stopping to correct himself. "I saw the bravest people I've ever seen, including the construction workers, including every person down there. That's what New York values is about."...
On the campaign trail in 1988, George H.W. Bush was speaking to veterans at the American Legion convention and said, “Today, September 7th, is Pearl Harbor day. 47 years ago to this very day, we were hit hard at Pearl Harbor and we were not ready.”
Horrible, he misspoke!!!!! They are actually making this an issue!
Mine was during high school, when our school president (think Commandant Lassard from Police Academy) introduced our guest speaker Sen. Eugene McCarthy as Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
What difference does it make to the Benghazi Bungler?
Yes how shameful!
Trump would never ever take advantage of an opponent's honest mistake or completely mischaracterize a remark ...
My favorite occurred when Teddy Kennedy introduced Obama as Osama.
Every talk show host I monitor including Cruz supporters like Levin,Red eye, even Sykes have given this faux pas a pass and dismissed it as campaign fatique. Which is what it was.
Perhaps coffee was in the back of his mind brought forward.
Of course if a Democrat said it, it would have been hailed by the media as evidence that they are one with the people, as they finally know what one of the largest convenience chains in the world is. Thankfully, they do have little people to go to such places, as well as to write down how much a gallon of milk is, or a dozen eggs, in case someone dares toss that question forward.
Well I guesss that ends it.
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He wasn’t introducing Humphrey, but using his name in a list of Democrat “greats,” in a desperate attempt to get applause.
In the Carter White House, Humphrey was always called “Hubert Horatio Hornblower.” Carter got up at the Democrat convention in 1980 and shouted it to the whole world.
If that’s the worst Trump ever does, he’ll be the best President in History. Even if Trump surprises us all and does nothing useful for eight years, he will still be a huge improvement over the evil thug in our White House today.
I wonder if he had just been told that the Saudis funded the 7/11 attack in London as well as the 9/11 attack on the US, so that date was on his mind. Just sayin’.
You Cruz guys really live by situational ethics don't you!
You’re an idiot.
You guys are as slimy as Mr. Haney.
It's a lead story everywhere because it's not a normal misspeak, it's more like a senior moment. It is a little concerning.
It’s not as bad as all the WaWa he’s been crying lately.
Gee, might as well keep Biden as VP. Great team.
What was he supposed to do -- wait until December when the election would be over?
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