Donald Trump mocked the weight of a protester who briefly interrupted his rally in Manchester, N.H.
“That guy’s got a serious weight problem. Go home, start exercising,” Trump said as the individual who interrupted Trump’s speech was escorted out of the arena.
“Get him out of here please. Got a bigger problem than I do,” Trump quipped. “Got a bigger problem than all of us. Now he goes home and his mom says, ‘What the hell have you just done?'”
Cameras showed multiple protesters being escorted out of the arena after the crowd began booing and chanting “U.S.A.” The interruption came as Trump slammed Democrats, accusing them of demeaning law enforcement and describing their opponents as “fascists and Nazis.”
Moments later, Trump continued with his usual remarks, telling supporters that his movement is “built on love.”
Trump on protestor removed from rally: "That guy's got a serious weight problem. Go home, start exercising." pic.twitter.com/0nZGnbzAXD [1]
— Axios (@axios) August 16, 2019 [2]
As you can imagine, Trump was quickly condemned for his remarks, with many on Twitter noting that Trump is in no shape to be calling others fat.
Trump mocked the weight of a protester? So not only does the emperor have no clothes, his fat ass thinks he looks good naked? #TrumpRally [3]
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) August 16, 2019 [4]
By now we all know the Michelle Obama line, "When they go low, we go high."
Seeing Trump make fun of a protester's weight today reminded me – we don't respond by calling Trump fat.
We respond by clearly saying his behavior is not suitable for the President of the United States.
— Joshua Potash 🆘 (@JoshuaPotash) August 16, 2019 [5]
OMG Donald Trump just said at his #TrumpRally [3] that “somebody has a weight problem, go home and start exercising…” Um Sir, you may wanna look in the mirror. pic.twitter.com/zQm0lycqxK [6]
— JT (@GFY337) August 16, 2019 [7]
Trump just mocked a protestors weight at his hate rally. Lol. Is he that delusional that he thinks he's fit? #trumprally [8] pic.twitter.com/a5pCnBJN2M [9]
— LJG (@LJG212) August 16, 2019 [10]
Trump mocking somebody's weight is like Bill O'Reilly mocking someone for paying $30 million in sexual harassment lawsuits.#TrumpRally [3]
— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) August 16, 2019 [11]
Trump mocked the weight of a protester in New Hampshire when you know full well that muhfucka ain’t seen his mushroom in maybe a decade…
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) August 16, 2019 [12]
Trump: That guy's got a serious weight problem, go home and work out.
Aide: Sir, that's a mirror.
— Michael Blackman (@mikerblackman) August 16, 2019 [13]
Trump rally rn: “our movement is built on love” …. 10s after fat shaming a protestor for his weight and telling him to go home and exercise. This is the current #potus [14]
— Heather LePage (@HeatherJLePage) August 16, 2019 [15]
Submitted without comment. https://t.co/HC0Z1bvFWX [16] pic.twitter.com/mTXvpMA8yj [17]
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) August 16, 2019 [18]