Trump Makes Strange Joke at Georgia Rally: “I’m Never Going Back Home to the First Lady”
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During his rally in Georgia on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made a peculiar joke about a young woman he invited on stage, telling the crowd that he was “never going back home to the First Lady,” referring to his wife, Melania Trump.
The comment came as Trump brought Michaelah Montgomery to the stage at the Georgia State University Convocation Center in Atlanta. Trump had met Montgomery at a Chick-fil-A earlier in the year, where he claimed she was “behind the counter” and told him that he had saved her college.
Montgomery, a conservative activist in Georgia, is the founder of Conserve the Culture, a grassroots campaigning group. When she met Trump at Chick-fil-A, she credited him with saving her college, Clark Atlanta University, a Historically Black College or University (HBCU), as per reports Daily Mail.
“This one is so smart, so sharp,” Trump said while introducing Montgomery to the crowd. “She grabbed me. She gave me a kiss. I said, ‘I think I’m never going back home to the First Lady,'” he added, recalling their initial meeting.
Montgomery humorously responded that he was “supposed to keep that quiet” and shushed the crowd as they laughed. Trump then remarked, “See, now, for the average politician, that’s death. For me, I don’t care.” Their meeting gained attention after a picture of Trump and Montgomery at Chick-fil-A went viral.
During her remarks at the rally, Montgomery targeted Vice President Kamala Harris, now Trump’s main political rival following President Joe Biden’s unexpected withdrawal from the presidential race in mid-July. Montgomery echoed Trump’s recent false claims about Harris’s racial identity, suggesting that Harris prioritizes her Indian heritage over her Black identity.
“She didn’t deny that Harris is Black but said she puts her Indian identity ahead of her Black identity and that she ‘chose her side.'” Trump praised Montgomery, calling her “incredible” with a “tremendous future.” Harris, who attended Howard University, an HBCU, and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, responded to Trump’s claims last week.
“I will not be debating my Black identity with a white man,” she asserted. Harris is the first Black and South Asian vice president of the United States. “It’s the same old show, the divisiveness, and the disrespect, and let me just say, the American people deserve better,” Harris said. Trump, meanwhile, has been positioning himself as the better candidate for Black Americans, highlighting a bipartisan bill he signed that provided funding to HBCUs. As the 2024 election approaches, the battle between Trump and Harris is intensifying, with both sides using sharp rhetoric to appeal to voters and solidify their positions.
