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The Playbook Podcast

October 28, 2024: Trump campaign goes on damage control after MSG rally

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden won’t be remembered for the things the former President had to say, but for the racist and sexist rhetoric of other speakers who took the stage. The Trump campaign even issued a rare statement distancing itself from the speakers, concerned that the event will undermine recent attempts to focus messaging on the economy and immigration. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade digs in. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade digs in.

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0:00.0

Presented by BP.

0:05.7

Good morning, everyone. I'm playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Monday, October 28th.

0:11.2

When Donald Trump's campaign released some of the final ads of the election this weekend, a lot of Republicans cheered.

0:17.4

Those new spots focused on the economy and immigration, tying Kamal Harris to Joe Biden and asking viewers whose leadership they were better off under.

0:25.9

Nailed it. That's what CNN commentator and former Mitch McConnell, senior advisor, Scott Jennings, tweeted out yesterday afternoon.

0:32.6

And yet, it's safe to say that that final message was totally drowned out last night by a slew of sexist

0:38.0

and racist remarks at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. One speaker called Doug Emoff,

0:43.7

a crappy Jew, David Rem referred to Harris as the Antichrist, and another speaker said Harris

0:49.2

and her pimp handlers will destroy the country. Worst of all, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who has a history of making

0:56.0

racist jokes, totally offended Trump's own attempt to reach across the aisle to black and Hispanic voters.

1:02.4

Latinos, he said, love making babies, and I quote, there is no pulling out. They come inside just

1:08.5

like they do to our country. I can't believe I am reading this quote.

1:12.5

Minutes later, he said there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now.

1:17.2

It's called Puerto Rico. Gimini Christmas. At another point, Hinchcliffe pointed to a black man in the

1:23.5

crowd and made fun of his do-rag. He said, this cool black guy with the thing on his head,

1:28.8

what the hell is that? Is it a lampshade? Then when people didn't really laugh or maybe laughed

1:33.9

but seemed a little uncomfortable, he said, that's one of my buddies. He had a Halloween party last

1:38.4

night. We had fun. We carved watermelons together. Wow. Needless to say, those comments were a

1:44.0

remarkable self-inflicted

1:45.6

womb just eight days out from Election Day. They totally undermined Trump's team effort to make

1:50.6

the ex-president appear more likable and less divisive. And by the way, they infuriated Republicans

1:55.9

who largely panned the remarks. Senator Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida, who is very close to Donald Trump

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