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During a campaign rally in Arizona on Sunday, October 13, former US President Donald Trump took a brief pause from his usual stump speech to laud a female supporter with compliments, leading to a moment of light-hearted banter about modern political correctness.
The rally, held in the key swing state, was part of Trump’s effort to flip Arizona back to red in the upcoming presidential election after it went to Joe Biden in 2020.
While Trump was discussing his large rally crowd sizes, a woman from the audience shouted, “Because we love you!”
The remark caught Trump's attention, and he responded by scanning the crowd to find the source of the praise.
“Where is that woman? Stand up! Look at her. Wow! I would say -- that’s beautiful,” Trump remarked, before joking about the constraints of political correctness, reported the New York Post.
“Is she your wife? You know what? I would say she’s a beautiful woman, but if I did say that -- my political career, you’re not allowed to say that,” Trump said with a smile.
He then whispered, “But she is!”
The moment drew laughter and applause from the crowd, as Trump used it to criticise what he calls the overreach of "PC culture".
“It’s crazy what’s gone on! You have to be politically correct, nowadays,” he added, before returning to the key topics of his campaign.
In his Arizona speech, Trump focused on border security, a central issue of his platform.
He pledged to increase US Border Patrol staffing by 10,000 agents if re-elected and promised to push Congress for a 10% pay raise for border agents, along with a $10,000 signing and retention bonus.
"We’re going to secure the border like never before," Trump told the audience.
Published By:
Girish Kumar Anshul
Published On:
Oct 15, 2024
