Donald Trump tried to pivot away from weeks of coverage of his impeachment Thursday afternoon by scaring senior citizens about what Democrats might do to their Medicare.
“Almost every major Democrat in Washington has backed a major government takeover that would totally obliterate Medicare,” Trump claimed during a speech to senior citizens in Florida. “They want to raid Medicare to fund a thing called socialism.”
The event was held at The Villages, a massive retirement community that’s a trove of aging Republicans in Florida, one of the key 2020 swing states.
The audience was one of the reddest, and bluest-haired, he could find. And while it was ostensibly an official event about policy, Trump quickly turned it into a campaign rally with a lengthy harangue about his 2020 foes as the crowd chanted “four more years.”
“Today, standing in solidarity with our nation’s seniors I declare that America will never be a socialist country,” Trump bellowed during an hour-plus speech, just hours after he implored communist China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son as he departed the White House.
Trump then tried a dumb joke…he said “O-bum-acare” instead of Obamacare. Yes, Trump has the humor of a 5-year-old.
WATCH:
Trump calls Obamacare "o-bum-acare" and is a little peeved the audience didnt pick up on it. pic.twitter.com/nm5CKZBzlg [1]
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 3, 2019 [2]
Twitter was disgusted:
How did we elect this man??
I will preemptively agree with the responses of "because racism is ingrained into American culture" but I'm speaking more to the fact that this man genuinely operates at an intellectual degree lower than that of a middle schooler https://t.co/e4cPNwFtLH [3]
— Syihan Muhammad (@ThatsWatSyiSaid) October 3, 2019 [4]
Yup. That “o-bum-scare” did more for healthcare in America than any of Trump’s pathetic policies. His sole reason in running for president was to undo all the good Obama did. https://t.co/cwK2krD9OO [5]
— Yuriy Andriyashchuk🇺🇦🇷🇺 (@YuriyATL404) October 3, 2019 [6]
The worst comedians always blame the audience. https://t.co/q57bYbMWhg [7]
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 3, 2019 [8]
Audience: oh sorry we just thought you were slurring your words again https://t.co/l9vgZ6yuVr [9]
— Matt (@matt3476) October 3, 2019 [10]
this reminds me of when, in college, i tried to make "tequila? more like ta-kill-ya" a thing and all my friends would cringe https://t.co/V0kl69UuoZ [11]
— Leesa (@leesology) October 3, 2019 [12]