Donald Trump mocked the widow of his supporter killed by a would-be assassin's bullet at one of his rallies, according to a leaked audio recording of him speaking to donors in Colorado.The former president's dinner guests erupted in laughter as he quipped about the woman grieving her slain husband a...
  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    2310·
    14 hours ago

    Hate trump but I think RawStory is misrepresenting this as they do much else.

    Here is the reporting for the Guardian, a mpre legitimate source of news:

    Then, recalling a meeting with Comperatore’s widow, Helen, he made a risky attempt to find humour in the tragedy. “So they’re going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the cheque – we handed her the cheque – and she said, ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’ Now, I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same.”

    As dinner guests erupted in laughter, Trump quipped: “I know at least four couples. There are four couples, Governor [Abbott], that I know and you’re not one of them. At least four couples here would have been thrilled, actually.”

    • JohnnyCanuck
      21·
      9 hours ago

      If a random comedian made that joke it would be offensive and slightly funny.

      He’s a former president, vying to be the next president, using a very real person’s trauma to set up the punch-line of a joke. It’s inappropriate and shows his lack of empathy.

    • rayyy@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 hours ago

      Very poor taste at the best. Crass regard for the tragedy is normal for the old weird felon.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
      12·
      8 hours ago

      The first quote is the EXACT same as the OP article, and it’s disgusting to crack a joke about women rather have the money than their husband back. As the finale to a story about the woman who just lost her husband.
      From the article 3rd paragraph:

      “So they’re going to get millions of dollars but the woman, the wife, this beautiful woman, I handed her the check," Trump told the appreciative audience. "We handed her the check – and she said, ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’ Now, I know some of the women in this room wouldn’t say the same.”

      So what part about making a joke about it is it they misrepresent?

        • Buffalox@lemmy.world
          9·
          10 hours ago

          How is it not at his expense, to make a joke that some women would rather have the money than their husband back?

      • Lauchs@lemmy.world
        52·
        13 hours ago

        I don’t think it’s at his expense? The idea is that the deceased and his widow were in love and would value each other more than money:

        ‘This is so nice, and I appreciate it, but I’d much rather have my husband.’

        whereas he claims that some people in the audience would be thrilled to trade their spouses for money.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.world
          8·
          8 hours ago

          Trump is using the widows response to her husbands death to deliver a joke. Trying to make the whole thing funny.
          How is that joke not at their expense, when it’s built on their situation?