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...
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:
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.
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 what part about making a joke about it is it they misrepresent?
Still sounds like a joke at his expense, no?
Not at his expense IMO, but poor taste anyhow
How is it not at his expense, to make a joke that some women would rather have the money than their husband back?
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:
whereas he claims that some people in the audience would be thrilled to trade their spouses for money.
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?