Donald Trump claimed he “purposely” meant to “interpose” the names of former Home speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley throughout his Jan. 6 mix-up final month.
“It’s very onerous to be sarcastic once I interpose. I’m not a Nicki fan and I’m not a Pelosi fan. And once I purposely interpose names they mentioned, ‘He didn’t know Pelosi from Nikki from difficult Nikki, difficult Dicky,’” the previous president mentioned at a South Carolina rally Wednesday.
“I interpose they usually make an enormous deal out of it. I mentioned, ‘No, no, I feel they each stink, they’ve one thing in frequent, they each stink.’ And keep in mind this, once I make a press release like that about Nikki meaning she is going to by no means be working for vp.”
Trump’s remarks arrived weeks after he named Haley ― his GOP rival, a former United Nations ambassador and ex-South Carolina governor ― because the individual “in control of safety” in the course of the Jan. 6, 2021 revolt.
The Home speaker can’t direct the Nationwide Guard and isn’t in control of safety on the Capitol.
Haley, in response, questioned the psychological health of the present GOP front-runner –– who has repeatedly bragged about his performance on a cognitive take a look at –– and steered he’s “not as sharp as” he was once.
Trump: It’s very onerous to be sarcastic. Once I interpose— I’m not a Nikki fan and I’m not a Pelosi fan. Once I purposely interpose names, they are saying he didn’t know Pelosi from Nikki. pic.twitter.com/UFjnRq4Qg6
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 15, 2024
Critics on X have been fast to mock the previous president, pointing out that he didn’t precisely use the phrase “interpose.”
Inform me you do not know what the phrase “interpose” means with out telling me you do not know what the phrase “interpose” means
(Then do the phrase “help hose”) https://t.co/LwQ55sE4Ms
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) February 15, 2024
It’s like he heard somebody say interpose and thought “cool phrase,” like jabroni in At all times Sunny.
— Ryan McCarthy (@ryrymcc) February 15, 2024
Is anybody shopping for this excuse? 🙄
— Artwork Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) February 15, 2024
I feel I get it. He *transposes* the names of individuals he hates as a result of they’re all the identical to him?
Yeah, no. Even when he may say it coherently, it doesn’t stand to purpose.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) February 15, 2024
Sorry genius, ‘Juxtapose’ is extra appropriate than ‘interpose’.
You didn’t interpose something.
Could I counsel, with out judgement.. You would possibly think about using ‘Confuse-posed’ possibly.— It’s Me (@csmoorex) February 15, 2024
Pure genius. We haven’t seen an orator like this since Yosemite Sam.
— Daryl R. Wilson (@DarylWi10408004) February 15, 2024
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