While much of the talk over the last two days has been over whether comedian Michelle Wolf crossed the line at the White House Correspondents’ dinner, many say the focus should instead be on this exchange between Donald Trump and his supporters Saturday night.
Last Night
TRUMP: Are there any Hispanics in the room?
[crowd boos]
TRUMP: Not so many? That's okay… and in fairness, Kanye West gets it!
THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE pic.twitter.com/0w99QA4qrx
— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 29, 2018
Want to understand the modern Republican Party: twice this week at a Trump event the crowd booed the very mention of Hispanics. Like literally heckled an entire ethnic affiliation.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) April 29, 2018
On “The View” Monday, CNN analyst Ana Navarro was asked what struck a chord with her from this rally, this was her reply (watch above):
“Maybe the part where he asked are there any Hispanics in the room and the entire crowd boos at the mention of Hispanics. Maybe the part at the end of this rally where one of his supporters went over to the media pen and started telling them you degenerate filth, get out of my country. If you want to have a real conversation about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, about the tenor of what happened there about the tone, about civility, we also have got to condemn and look at what he’s doing, Because you see, I can’t bring myself to hold a comedian for one night to a higher standard than we hold the President of the United States for his entire term.”