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I guess there could be concern if you get word the crowd was going to lob coconuts or watermelons at you. I can't imagine getting hit by those would be much fun. Apples and pears would likely sting pretty bad too; especially if those throwing them have good pitching arms.So the question is, which Saturday morning cartoon was Trump watching when he got the idea of getting hit by “dangerous fruit?”
You might need a catapult for the watermelons.I guess there could be concern if you get word the crowd was going to lob coconuts or watermelons at you. I can't imagine getting hit by those would be much fun. Apples and pears would likely sting pretty bad too; especially if those throwing them have good pitching arms.
"Dangerous Fruit"
Band name, called it.
"Former President Trump feared that protesters throwing tomatoes, pineapples and other "very dangerous" fruits could have killed him at campaign rallies several years ago, according to newly unveiled court documents Tuesday.
Driving the news: Trump's comments stem from a videotaped deposition he gave in October 2021 related to a lawsuit filed by a group of protesters against the former president's security staff, who they accused of assault.
Trump added: “Tomatoes are bad,” noting that “some fruit is a lot worse.”
- “I wanted to have people be ready because we were put on alert that they were going to do fruit,” Trump said during the deposition, a transcript of the exchange shows.
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- “But it’s very dangerous," he said. "I remember that specific event because everybody was on alert. They were going to hit — they were going to hit hard."
- “[Y]ou can be killed if that happens,” Trump said."
Trump is right again. Tomato is a fruit. Many people don't know that.
What a waste of a good tomato!Trump added: “Tomatoes are bad,” noting that “some fruit is a lot worse.”
"Dangerous Fruit"
Band name, called it.
Wasn't there an old sci fi movie, the killer tomatoes from planet nine in the fifties? Why else do we need a space force if it isn't to protect trump from killer tomatoes?"Former President Trump feared that protesters throwing tomatoes, pineapples and other "very dangerous" fruits could have killed him at campaign rallies several years ago, according to newly unveiled court documents Tuesday.
Driving the news: Trump's comments stem from a videotaped deposition he gave in October 2021 related to a lawsuit filed by a group of protesters against the former president's security staff, who they accused of assault.
Trump added: “Tomatoes are bad,” noting that “some fruit is a lot worse.”
- “I wanted to have people be ready because we were put on alert that they were going to do fruit,” Trump said during the deposition, a transcript of the exchange shows.
Link
- “But it’s very dangerous," he said. "I remember that specific event because everybody was on alert. They were going to hit — they were going to hit hard."
- “[Y]ou can be killed if that happens,” Trump said."
Trump is right again. Tomato is a fruit. Many people don't know that.
If someone did that in the US then you can bet your lunch money that someone would defend it as "exercising their First Amendment 'freedom of religion' rights" and someone else would condemn it as a violation of the "separation of the Church and State" doctrine.As funny as this is, the Secret Service takes throwing things at the President very seriously no matter what it is. Trump is lucky they planned on fruit. In 2009, somebody hurled a statuette of Milan cathedral at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and it smashed him good in the face. Broke his nose and knocked out his teeth.
LOL did you make that?
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