Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine joined the battle over Donald Trump and the crying baby, implying that’s what the Republican nominee is.
“I saw that Donald Trump kicked a crying baby out of an event earlier today, so as I’m thinking about pre-K sometimes you wonder who the baby is,” the Democratic nominee for vice president told a crowd in Daytona Beach, Fla. “Right? You wonder who the baby is.”
Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday morning at a rally in Virginia, where he was interrupted by a crying baby. Initially, Trump responded by saying, “Don’t worry about that baby, I love babies… I hear that baby crying, I like it.” Trump then quickly changed his tune.
“Actually, I was only kidding you can get the baby out of here. That’s alright. Don’t worry,” Trump said after the child continued to cry. “I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking. That’s OK. People don’t understand. That’s OK.”
What a clip. "Kidding, you can get the baby out of here." https://t.co/C81KULrXL5— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 2, 2016
The unusual interaction caught the public’s attention on Tuesday and prompted some headlines lampooning Trump’s actions, including New York Magazine’s “Trump to baby: You’re Fired.”
As the Democratic National Committee bleeds staffers resigning in the wake of an internal email dump and Trump seeks to fight back against controversy surrounding his remarks about the family of a dead veteran, the political weaponization of a crying child presented an unusual distraction for both Trump and Kaine.
