House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she often confuses Donald Trump, the de facto Republican presidential nominee, with Ronald McDonald, the clown mascot employed by McDonald’s.
“[O]ur purpose here today… is to show you a split screen of what Ron … what Donald … I keep thinking of him as Ronald McDonald, I don’t know why,” Pelosi confessed to reporters.
“I wonder why?” one of her Democratic colleagues added.
Pelosi and other Democrats gathered to make the case that as shocking as some of Trump’s comments can be, he is mirroring many of the same things House Republicans have said over the last few years. Democrats put together a video showing Republicans making what they say are anti-woman and anti-immigrant comments.
Pelosi said a side-by-side of Trump and GOP members could have easily been made by the press, but said Democrats were happy to help do it for reporters. She said some late-night TV shows have made these comparisons, and said she hopes the “traditional press” will start doing the same.
“You could put this piece together yourselves, but to help you along and encourage that, we wanted to present some of the facts to you,” she said. “Some of the nighttime comedy shows have done a good job of doing the side-by-side. Hopefully the traditional press will do that as well.”
