Trump Puts Refrigerator Theft On Blast In Bizarre NRA Forum Remarks
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Donald Trump claimed Friday that thefts at retail stores in major cities include “hundreds” of people running out carrying pilfered refrigerators.
The former president, in a speech Friday to the National Rifle Association convention in Indianapolis, said that “gangs of hundreds” of young people in major cities “attack” department stores.
“And they run in by the hundreds, and they’re running out carrying refrigerators and carrying air conditioners and big stuff ― big, little, everything,” Trump said.
“Fur coats, non-fur coats, everything they’re carrying. They empty out the stores.”
Trump: They run in by the hundreds and they’re running out carrying refrigerators, air-conditioners, and big stuff.. big, little, everything. Fur coats, non fur coats everything pic.twitter.com/BU5WBAYjFN
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 14, 2023
Twitter users weren’t buying the claim about the thefts, and one quipped that carrying fridges weighing hundreds of pounds would be good for their back.
Seems totally real. In fact, many people strongly say that they see people running with 300 lb refrigerators strapped on their backs while wearing fur coats, believe me. https://t.co/t6TL7yzDTX
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) April 14, 2023
I'll take things that didn't happen for $500.
— colette flanigan (@FlaniganColette) April 14, 2023
But the refrigerators and air conditioners can run by themselves if they’re plugged in.
— Gary (@GaryKoepnick) April 14, 2023
Tell me you’ve never been to an “apartment” store in your entire sheltered life without telling me.
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) April 14, 2023
Even Pelosi’s podium. pic.twitter.com/x3Gy6uWBtk
— Warren Topelius (@WTopelius) April 14, 2023
His remarks at the NRA convention also included him taking aim at transgender health care, enlisting the Food and Drug Administration to conduct an investigation if he’s reelected.