GOP Rep’s Claim About Donald Trump And His Shirt Has Critics Howling
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) was mocked on social media Sunday after he told Republicans that Donald Trump would “give you the shirt off his back.”
“They don’t understand that Trump will stand for you in a time of need,” the retired Navy SEAL said in Indianola, Iowa, ahead of the Iowa caucuses.
The former president “will literally give you the shirt off his back,” he continued. “And he loves his country and his family more than you’ll ever know.”
Former MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan summed up many people’s feelings about the comment, writing simply on X (formerly Twitter): “Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/6R0JOvoO5b
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 14, 2024
Trump is hardly famed for his benevolence ― unless it serves to profit him.
The four-times-indicted ex-POTUS is actually offering supporters pieces of the suit he wore while being arrested on election subversion charges in Georgia last year, but only if they buy 47 of his latest trading cards at $99 each.
Trump-endorsed Van Orden has previously garnered bad press for screaming at Senate pages, and over a passage in his 2015 book which detailed shocking two women with a lieutenant’s swollen genitals.
Cue that clip of Trump not holding the umbrella for Melania in the downpour.
— Brian Guest (@brguest20) January 14, 2024
Sorry you mean this guy? https://t.co/XrGMNx1dzJpic.twitter.com/0Au6E0F0yy
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 14, 2024
Trump wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire https://t.co/buJZHZkCei
— Brad Batt for TN State Sanity ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 (@bradbatt) January 14, 2024
Donald Trump has never stood for anyone else in their time of need. He will stab you in the back & take your wallet while you’re fawning over his nonexistent “selflessness” & “generosity.” He hates his country & his family & has no capacity to love anything or anyone but himself. https://t.co/4Jeyb6iBgX
— Andrew—Author of America Rises On Substack—Wortman (@AmoneyResists) January 14, 2024
https://t.co/y0IYqF0ZYBpic.twitter.com/CeL8rfSGt1
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) January 14, 2024
People are merely props to elevate his self-importance, illusion of toughness, or quest for wealth/power. He’d sell us out, burn the Constitution, and laugh the entire time if it made him money. He barely cares about his own children.
The man who called humans vermin. https://t.co/KEPXAQAfeE— Shannon (@shay3322) January 14, 2024
And over here on Earth 1, Trump does and will do none of this. https://t.co/qCR196pguy
— Sally Canfield 🇺🇸 (@TheLifeofSally) January 14, 2024
Wait is he talking about the same guy that just yesterday said he hopes the market collapses because it’s better for his election chances?
— Chris Coble (@ChrisCoble) January 14, 2024
How the holy hell did these people create a fantasy world so profoundly at odds with the reality of a con man who spent his entire career stiffing working men and women. https://t.co/0tEd6NhWXL
— Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) January 14, 2024
This guy is really laying it on thick. Trump will send you a shirt made in China if you sign up for generous monthly recurring donations. He will also give you a piece of his suit he was arrested in if you spend $5K on his NFTs. https://t.co/Kber53QqH9
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 14, 2024
LOL … Trump wouldn’t even give you the “bonus fry” at the bottom of a McDonald’s bag! https://t.co/iw2fh7jpgS
— Glenn Craven 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦🌻 (@GlennCraven) January 14, 2024
