Donald Trump is under fire for mocking Dem Beto O’Rourke for his wild hand movements in his 2020 launch video, telling the press this morning in the White House “I’ve never seen so much hand movement” and asking, “Is he crazy or that’s just how he acts?”
“I’ve never seen so much hand movement,” Trump said after Beto O’Rourke's presidential candidacy announcement.
"Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts?" he continued https://t.co/FsjxmRd7eU pic.twitter.com/1Hqist636O
— POLITICO (@politico) March 14, 2019
Now, it might be easier for media folks to hit back at the president over his remarks if they hadn’t had already made the same, exact observations.
Some examples. . .
Parker Molloy, Media Matters:
tfw you start watching Beto's launch video, but can't stop noticing his hands, and then things get out of hand while you're looking at it in Final Cut Pro pic.twitter.com/mvcbzPcRmV
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) March 14, 2019
CNBC’s John Harwood:
lots of hand movement https://t.co/DICFtk53M7
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 14, 2019
Actor Michael Ian Black:
The message is great, but I watched for the bouncing. There's a lot of bouncing. https://t.co/Welv6TaBjD
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) March 14, 2019
Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic:
This level of gesticulation just isn't sustainable https://t.co/1detXu3ORu
— Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey) March 14, 2019
Writer Dave Kilon:
Electrifying America's youth by wildly gesticulating my way through stilted bromides while my wife sits silently beside me on our living room couch https://t.co/ogLeGiqE6t
— David Klion? (@DavidKlion) March 14, 2019
Richard Chambers, reporter:
Video representation of "I don't know what to do with my hands". https://t.co/6qsvqHr953
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) March 14, 2019
J.D. Tuccille, Reason:
Can you commit to leaving alone those of us who just want to left the hell alone? That's important.
On another note, I'm Italian, and I don't talk that much with my hands. I think your wife has a muscle cramp from trying to pin your left arm. https://t.co/wTYd7m8sUf
— J.D. Tuccille (@JD_Tuccille) March 14, 2019
Henry Blodget, Business Insider:
Pres Trump would be an excellent caricaturist. He is gifted at identifying the quality that, when exaggerated, makes people nod and think “That’s him.” (In this case Beto O’Rourke’s frenetic hand gestures. During campaign, “Low energy Jeb”) https://t.co/6DnWktFjD7
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) March 14, 2019
And all we can look at when he speaks are Beto’s crazy jazz hands:
"Any single Democrat running today would be far better than the current occupant of the White House," Beto O'Rourke said at a campaign stop in Keokuk, Iowa.
The Texas Democrat announced his bid for president earlier today https://t.co/K7hRFZwqYf pic.twitter.com/yoV6GmaNLv
— POLITICO (@politico) March 14, 2019
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'You wanna hump his leg'? Looks like Jim Acosta's angling for a first-class ticket on the Beto O'Rourke train https://t.co/OZy7wPIqHm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2019
Don’t be drinking anything when reading the NRCC’s response to Beto O’Rourke’s announcement https://t.co/2Gfxc7CLg6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2019
‘Final chance’? According to Beto O’Rourke, the ‘scientists are absolutely unanimous’ that humanity has 12 years left (UNLESS…) https://t.co/dWiu09hvOA
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2019
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