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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:00 PM Oct 2015

‘I am Hispanic, and I vote for Mr. Trump!’

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LAS VEGAS -- As Donald Trump complained about how his nose looked on the cover of People magazine last week, he spotted a woman in the crowd waving a copy.

"There it is! Come here!" Trump said, walking across the stage and pulling up Myriam Witcher, an immigrant from Colombia who has become one of his super-fans. Witcher bounced with the excitement of a teenaged girl meeting a boy-band heartthrob: "I love Mr. Trump!"

"I am Hispanic," she proclaimed to the mostly white crowd at a rally here on Thursday afternoon, "and I vote for Mr. Trump!"

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"And is this a set-up?" Trump asked Witcher, as she shook her head. "Did I ever meet you before? Huh?"

Witcher then exploded with enthusiasm, jumping up and down: "We love you! We love you! We love you!"

"I swear to you -- I think she's totally beautiful and yet I've never met her before," Trump said. "This all started with a People magazine."

Trump signed the magazine, kissed Witcher on the head and sent her back to her seat, declaring: "And that's my relationship with Hispanics." Later in the day, he tweeted: "Just leaving Las Vegas. Unbelievable crowd! Many Hispanics who love me and I love them!"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/08/one-of-donald-trumps-fans-took-the-stage-in-vegas-and-declared-i-am-hispanic-and-i-vote-for-mr-trump/
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‘I am Hispanic, and I vote for Mr. Trump!’ (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 OP
Wonder how much he paid her? femmocrat Oct 2015 #1
T Rump has a history gratuitous Oct 2015 #5
I am sure she supports him yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #6
Payasa nt Xipe Totec Oct 2015 #2
I am a chicken and I vote for Colonel Sanders. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #3
there are always these types. there is a homeless black woman that supports Trump also JI7 Oct 2015 #4
Some people would do anything jamzrockz Oct 2015 #7
The way I saw this go down Mira Oct 2015 #8
"Mr" Trump? renate Oct 2015 #9
Okay, this is just downright CREEPY. Anyone disagree? phleshdef Oct 2015 #10

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. T Rump has a history
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:51 PM
Oct 2015

He hired actors to pad the room when he announced his candidacy. Interesting that he asked the woman if they had ever met before. Sort of what a carnival barker asks his accomplice before fleecing the mark.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
6. I am sure she supports him
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 11:27 PM
Oct 2015

We have 318 million in this country. He probably has 50 million right now. Of course democratic anyone has 70 million so no biggie.

JI7

(93,739 posts)
4. there are always these types. there is a homeless black woman that supports Trump also
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:20 PM
Oct 2015

she seems like one of those who easily fall for scams.

 

jamzrockz

(1,333 posts)
7. Some people would do anything
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 11:55 PM
Oct 2015

not to be pigeon holed. Those people would do everything in their power to be different, do defy expectation and end up supporting someone like Trump.

Mira

(22,690 posts)
8. The way I saw this go down
Fri Oct 9, 2015, 12:04 AM
Oct 2015

Trump had his hands all over that woman's body - it was invasive and hard to watch. For someone he has not ever met - but may well have paid and hired - he was just too chummy.
It gives a clue how he treats women as objects.


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