The 50 most surreal lines from Donald Trump's Wisconsin speech

Whoa boy.

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1. No one else is doing this sort of work (that I can tell) — and I think it’s super-important as a way to understand what Trump (and Joe Biden and other pols) plan to do if elected.

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All of which is preamble to this: Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin on Tuesday. I went through the transcript and pulled out the lines you need to see. They’re below.

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To the lines!

1. “Oh, and you know, I love Milwaukee. I was the one that picked Milwaukee, I have to tell you.”

Uh…

And away we go!

2. “I'm the one that picked Milwaukee officially. And you had... And I think you had about 10 congressmen in a meeting that we had recently where I said how much I like Milwaukee.”

That’s not what they said.

3.  “But I just want to begin by saying hello, Wisconsin. Hello.”

4. “And the worst, most incompetent, most corrupt president in history is going to drag us into World War Three.”

One of the two major party presidential candidates this year has been convicted of 34 felonies and is under three other indictments. And his name isn’t “Joe Biden.”

5. “First, he wandered off the G7 in Europe. He did stage. You look like he didn't know where the hell he was, but he didn't know where he was.”

“He did stage.”

6. “He's blaming it now on AI. He's saying he doesn't know what AI is, but that's okay. Now they're saying the media is manipulating. Oh, he's saying the media is manipulating now.”

The New York Post (and conservative online influencers) deceptively edited a video of Biden at the G7. That’s a fact. You can read all about it here.

7. “Then he bizarrely put his face on the Pope's forehead. What was that all about? That was weird.”

This was, admittedly, a little odd.

8. “Then he froze during the celebration on the White House lawn. Then Barack Hussein Obama had to grab his hand and lead him off the stage as though he were a child.”

I watched the video. It seems to me Biden is staying on stage because he is being applauded. You can decide for yourself.

@dailymailPresident Joe Biden appeared to freeze on stage at a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday night. The 81-year-old was then pulled away by his old boss, former president Barack Obama. 🎥Christopher Gardner via Storyful #biden #trump #obama #democrat #republican #usa

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9. “Remember ‘The Apprentice,’ you're fired. Get out. You've done a horrible job. You've done a horrible, horrible job.”

Donald Trump doesn’t really distinguish between stuff he did as a reality TV star and stuff he would do as president. Good times. Gooooooood times.

10. “Because if you look at the Hispanic population, if you look at the black population, they're voting for Trump. They're voting for Trump.”

It is true that Trump is currently performing better — especially among black voters — than typical GOP presidential nominees. But that means he is getting 1 in 5 of their votes. So, I am not sure it’s fair to say “they’re voting for Trump.”