The Trump campaign had a hilarious response to Orpah Winfrey’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech.
On Wednesday night, popular talkshow host Oprah Winfrey took the DNC stage in Chicago to criticize Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance 24 years after she suggested he would make a good president.
“We know all the old tricks and tropes that are designed to distract us from what actually matters,” Winfrey told the crowd at the United Center. “But we are beyond ridiculous tweets and lies and foolery. These are complicated times, people, and they require adult conversation. And I welcome those conversations because civilized debate is vital to democracy, and it is the best of America.”
In another veiled shot at Trump, Winfrey said, “Now, there’s a certain candidate that says if we just go to the polls this one time, that we’ll never have to do it again. Well, you know what? You’re looking at a registered independent who’s proud to vote again and again and again because I’m an American. And that’s what Americans do. Voting is the best of America.”
Shortly after Winfrey criticized him, the Trump campaign posted a thank-you letter Winfrey wrote in 2000 suggesting that he would be a good president.
“Too bad we’re not running for office,” Winfrey wrote. “What a team!”
“I might have thought it back then,” Winfrey said in a 2023 interview. “I might have thought it 23 years ago.”
