Former President Donald Trump cracked a risqué joke astir leaving erstwhile First Lady Melania astatine his rally successful Georgia connected Saturday aft calling an activistic to nan shape who earlier successful nan arena gave remarks taking nonstop purpose astatine Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump brought Michaelah Montgomery up toward nan extremity of his remarks astatine his rally astatine nan Georgia State University Convocation Center successful Atlanta.
He explained that he met Montgomery astatine a edifice while successful Atlanta earlier this year. Trump claimed erstwhile he went into nan restaurant, which was a Chick-fil-A, she was 'behind nan counter' and told him 'President Trump, you saved my college.'
'This 1 is truthful smart, truthful sharp. She grabbed me. She gave maine a kiss,' Trump said arsenic Montgomery stood by his side. 'I said "I deliberation I'm ne'er going backmost location to nan first lady."'
'You were expected to support that quiet,' Montgomery joked successful consequence aft making a shushing motion while nan crowd laughed.
'See now for nan mean politician, that's death. For me, I don't care,' Trump said.
Donald Trump brings Michaelah Montgomery up connected shape during his rally successful Atlanta, GA connected Saturday, August 3, 2024
Montgomery is simply a Georgia activistic who first crossed paths pinch Trump wrong a Chick-fil-A erstwhile he made a run extremity location earlier this twelvemonth successful April.
Trump's retelling of nan communicative was somewhat disconnected because she was not down nan counter, but their gathering went viral aft she asked Trump for a picture.
'She loved her college, and she said, you saved my college,' Trump recalled connected Saturday earlier deferring to Montgomery to opportunity wherever she went to school.
Montgomery is simply a 2020 postgraduate of Clark Atlanta University, which is simply a Historically Black College aliases University aliases HBCU. She went connected to found Conserve The Culture which does grassroots campaigning.
While he was president, Trump signed a bipartisan measure that strengthened HBCUs and different minority-serving institutions.
Trump has been touting those costs while campaigning successful an entreaty to achromatic voters.
Trump with Michaelah Montgomery (left) astatine a Chick-fil-A edifice successful Atlanta connected April 10
Trump kisses activistic Michaelah Montgomery aft bringing her connected shape astatine his rally successful Atlanta
Trump praised Montgomery arsenic 'incredible' and said she has a 'tremendous future.'
Before Trump brought Montgomery connected shape toward nan extremity of his remarks, she said astatine nan rally earlier successful nan evening wherever she went aft Harris and defended Trump's caller mendacious claims complete nan vice president's group identity.
Trump said successful an question and reply past Wednesday that Harris, who is biracial pinch an Indian mother and Jamaican father, 'happened to move black' successful caller years. He and his run person since doubled down connected nan statement of attack.
'I'm trying to fig retired what each nan outrage is astir because she's only achromatic erstwhile it's clip to get elected,' Montgomery said astatine nan rally connected Saturday.
'The aforesaid achromatic group who are huffy astatine Trump for being confused astir her race, ethnicity, nationality, whatever, are seemingly forgetting that while you're touting her arsenic a savior for achromatic people, she identifies arsenic an Asian woman,' Montgomery went on. 'She chose her side, and it wasn't ours.'
Harris is nan first achromatic and southbound Asian Vice President of nan United States and identifies arsenic some achromatic and Indian. She attended nan historically achromatic Howard University wherever she was a personnel of nan historically achromatic sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Harris responded to Trump going aft her group personality past week pinch remarks that signaled she would not beryllium debating her achromatic personality pinch a achromatic man.
'It was nan aforesaid aged show,' Harris said. 'The divisiveness and nan disrespect, and fto maine conscionable say, nan American group merit better.'