MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Democratic Rep. Max Rose to her Tuesday show to discuss Donald Trump turning a Monday town hall event into an impromptu dance session. For Rose, such an event is proof Trump has dementia.
After playing a clip of Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz saying Trump is a nearly 80-year old man who rambles in his speeches and refuses to release his medical records, Cabrera wondered, “It’s interesting because the age issue really damaged President Biden before he got out of the race. Could this attack line hurt Trump in the same way down this homestretch?”
Rose replied:
Look at, you have to be demented to stand on stage and start dancing when it’s a town hall. I mean, that — we have two sides of Donald Trump right now. One, we have just this grave threat to all that we hold dear, our constitution, our democracy. On the same hand, I would say the principal driving force of his incompetency is the fact that he is not all there. He's a couple fries short of a Happy Meal at this point, and that's why he's standing up there, dancing to YMCA, can barely do the YMCA if you actually check out the video, and so this is a story in a video.
At the beginning of the segment, Cabrera noted how the town hall was interrupted by two medical emergencies. It is not as if Trump showed up and just started dancing.
However, Rose continued, “You don't even actually have to listen to his words, and it is just imperative at this point that the campaign pushes those two separate narratives: grave threat and also just supremely incompetent and entering the final stages of his life.”
He then reached, “You know, I feel bad for his family right now. I know so many people have to deal with their parents as they have gone through stages of dementia and that's clearly what they're on the precipice of having to deal with now, but he certainly should go nowhere near the Oval Office.”
Cabrera gave credence to the idea that Trump dancing could be a sign something is wrong with him, “And the bottom line is we don't know about his health, we don't know about his mental health or physical health and the intricacies that are important to know for viewers and voters to know about whether he's fit for presidency because he has not released those records.”
Trump dances at his rallies quite frequently and does so in a robotic manner that some may find cringey, but that he surely views it as part of his charm and as a way to soften his image. For months the media has made a big deal about how “fun” Kamala Harris’s rallies and good the “vibes” are but when Trump tries to have some improvised fun, they start talking about how he’s losing it.
Here is a transcript for the October 15 show:
MSNBC Ana Cabrera Reports
10/15/2024
10:14 AM ET
ANA CABRERA: It’s interesting because the age issue really damaged President Biden before he got out of the race. Could this attack line hurt Trump in the same way down this homestretch?
MAX ROSE: Sure. The only thing I disagree with is I don't think Donald Trump is hiding much. Look at, you have to be demented to stand on stage and start dancing when it’s a town hall. I mean, that—we have two sides of Donald Trump right now. One, we have just this grave threat to all that we hold dear, our constitution, our democracy. On the same hand, I would say the principal driving force of his incompetency is the fact that he is not all there. He's a couple fries short of a Happy Meal at this point, and that's why he's standing up there, dancing to YMCA, can barely do the YMCA if you actually check out the video, and so this is a story in a video.
You don't even actually have to listen to his words, and it is just imperative at this point that the campaign pushes those two separate narratives: grave threat and also just supremely incompetent and entering the final stages of his life.
You know, I feel bad for his family right now. I know so many people have to deal with their parents as they have gone through stages of dementia and that's clearly what they're on the precipice of having to deal with now, but he certainly should go nowhere near the Oval Office.
CABRERA: And the bottom line is we don't know about his health, we don't know about his mental health or physical health and the intricacies that are important to know for viewers and voters to know about whether he's fit for presidency because he has not released those records.
