The night after Wednesday’s debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met again at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, where unfortunately for Trump, the audience wasn’t compelled to stay silent.
holy crap the #alsmithdinner is going to hell right now
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 21, 2016
Wow Trump bombing.
— Edmund Lee (@edmundlee) October 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/ChristianHeiens/status/789274276276805634
Viewers at home are certainly welcome to make up their own minds about Trump’s performance as a comedian, but some vigorous booing from the audience made it pretty clear the jokes weren’t landing.
In fact, the crowd at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel didn’t hesitate to clear up Trump’s confusion over whether they were booing him or Hillary, the butt of his jokes.
Read the room, Donald. They're booing, not laughing. You asked who they're booing and they all yelled "You!" #AlSmithDinner
— Ben Pulver ? (@revlupneb) October 21, 2016
"I don't know who they're booing, Hillary or me." — Trump at the #AlSmithDinner : https://t.co/1YW34FV7cy
— Tara K (@pennyfore) October 21, 2016
Crowd boos as Trump says Clinton's "so corrupt" she got kicked off Watergate commission https://t.co/tgUzU8oqdf pic.twitter.com/BhiCgYVYxc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 21, 2016
Considering the dinner was a benefit supporting Catholic Charities, the audience did not react at all well to Trump’s jab based on a leaked email in members of Clinton’s campaign described conservative Catholicism as an “amazing bastardization of the faith.”
Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton: Here she is "pretending not to hate Catholics" https://t.co/Ud6XRXqNvy https://t.co/uqNshqTL1E
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) October 21, 2016
"Here she is tonight pretending not to hate Catholics." after Trump goes after HRC's private VS public position email leak. #AlSmithDinner
— Brent Davidson (@Brentus88) October 21, 2016
"Hillary Clinton is here, pretending not to hate Catholics." It tanked hard after that.
— Hilary Lyons (@hilarythelyons) October 21, 2016
This kind of got uncomfortable…FAST #AlSmithDinner
— Cody Alcorn (@CodyAlcorn) October 21, 2016
— Newman (@mt_newman) October 21, 2016
Trump: "Here is Hillary in public pretending not to hate Catholics"
Actual boos. Don't think I have ever heard boos at an Al Smith dinner.— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) October 21, 2016
Trump getting much more caustic, crowd turning on him: "Here she is tonight in public pretending not to hate Catholics." Severe boos.
— Matt Flegenheimer (@mattfleg) October 21, 2016
Trump getting a lot of boos for this section: "Here she is in public pretending not to hate Catholics."
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 21, 2016
Trump now being booed – loudly – for saying Clinton is "pretending not to hate Catholics." Someone yelled "finish."
— Dan Merica (@merica) October 21, 2016
Trump getting booed a lot now. Said Clinton was in public pretending not to hate Catholics. #AlfredESmith
— Mark Lungariello (@MarkLungariello) October 21, 2016
Crowd is turning on Trump now, after he makes a joke calling Clinton "corrupt," and saying she's "pretending not to hate Catholics."
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) October 21, 2016
We’d heard the peasants were revolting, but it was something to witness the high-society crowd trying to resist the urge to rush the podium.
Inappropriate–wouldn't call it a joke–riff from Trump: Clinton "here pretending not to hate Catholics"
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) October 21, 2016
Trump is going to brood over this Al Smith dinner for days and tweet out bonkers stuff.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 21, 2016
anticipating a flurry of tweets tonight from a man thinking of retorts.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) October 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/YaneliG_SFL/status/789274518783131648
Considering all of the things Trump has said throughout his campaign, it’s surprising that his bomb of a joke about Clinton hating Catholics was considered the point where he crossed the line.
#Trump has no sense of humor. He can't take it and he really can't dish it out. His "jokes" crossed the line. Just, No. #AlSmithDinner
— Hillary Miller (@CricketArt67) October 21, 2016
Is it possible to cringe and laugh at the same time? People laugh at Amy Schumer’s jokes, so anything’s possible.
https://twitter.com/CarolVicic/status/789274281876262913
"Here she is in public pretending not to hate Catholics." Laughing and cringing omg.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 21, 2016
Hard to believe, but Hillary Clinton’s routine went over much better with the audience and the press.
I’m shocked, shocked, that everyone in the media are all having the same negative reaction to Trump and positive reaction to Hillary tonight
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 21, 2016
Now this was a hit:
Trump on media bias: "Michelle Obama gives a speech, media loves it. My wife gives exact same speech and people went wild …"
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 21, 2016
Donald Trump: "This is corny stuff" https://t.co/BZNZN7upgo https://t.co/sZhCixWZre
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 21, 2016
Fact-check: True.
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Here’s a transcript, complete with boos, showing just where things went off the rails.
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/789303850855522309
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