An estimated tens of thousands of people packed the Jersey Shore Saturday for Trump’s biggest rally of the year, referred to by the campaign as the “MEGA” rally. Trump used the considerable forum to push conservative talking points about the border, protests on college campuses, and inflation, among other things.

At one point Trump promised, “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut. You’re going to have the biggest tax cut.”

But the event featured some truly bizarre moments. Here’s a look at some of the wildest:

1. Trump Praises Hannibal Lecter as a ‘Wonderful Man’

In past rallies, Trump has invoked the criminally insane cannibal from The Silence of the Lambs who eats body parts for breakfast when talking about the scary migrants being led into the United States through Joe Biden’s “open border.”

At CPAC this past February, Trump said migrants coming over the southern border, “came from mental institutions and insane asylums. No, they’re not the same. An insane asylum is a mental institution on steroids, OK? It’s Silence of the Lambs, OK? You know that. Hannibal Lecter! They’re all being deposited into our country.”

Trump repeated the “insane asylum” claims Saturday, but was much more magnanimous when talking about his favorite villain.

“Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs?” Trump asked the crowd. “The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner,’ as this poor doctor walked by. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ But Hannibal Lecter. Congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.”

After heaping praise on the fictitious serial killer, famously played by actor Anthony Hopkins , Trump went right back to his scary talk about migrants, without missing a beat.

2. Trump Calls On Biden To Return Donations Made By ‘Anti-Semites’ and ‘American-haters’

Trump told the New Jersey crowd Saturday that Biden has been taking campaign donations from people funding the college campus uprisings, specifically, the “anarchists, jihadist, freaks, and anti-American extremists who are trying to tear down our American flag. They want to tear down every single place they go. They want to rip down our flag. The chaos and violence happening on our college campuses right now is all because Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing.”

Trump then claimed, “The very same people who are funding the violent campus uprisings are also funding Joe Biden’s campaign. Do you believe this?”

He added, “Tonight, I’m officially calling on Joe Biden and the Democrat National Committee to return the donations of all anti-Semites, American-haters, and financiers of chaos who have funded the chaos on our campuses. Return the money, Joe.”

3. Crowd Devolves Into Chorus of ‘Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!’ aimed at Joe Biden

Trump claimed that Joe Biden was behind the DOJ’s indicting him on so many charges and “bullshit” cases.

“They rigged the whole thing with the Department of Justice, and every time they indict — I’ve been indicted more than the great Alphonse Capone, Scarface. Al Capone was so mean that if you went to dinner with anybody didn’t like you, you’d be dead the next morning. And I got indicted more than him! On bullshit too! Just bullshit!”

At that prompt, the crowd echoed back, “Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!”

Trump continued, “My father’s looking down at his father’s grave. My mother was great they had a great marriage. Married for many years. That’s one thing. I can’t beat him on that one. He was married for a long time. But they’re looking down now. They’re up there in heaven, definitely in heaven. And he’s looking down. And he said, how the hell did my son be placed in that kind of company? But it’s okay, because the people of this country know that we’re doing great. We’ve never done better. People understand that the people normally that would be a negative, but for us it’s a positive because people, they get it. They need to do that in order to win because they’ve done nothing else. They have a bad everything, everything about them. Think of one thing that’s better. You look at the Afghanistan disaster. You look at the border. You look at the economy, the real economy, not the fake economy. Everything they touch turns to what?”

“Shit!” the crowd screamed.

“You shouldn’t use that look kind of language. Look, you can’t use the word shit, okay?” Trump said.

4.Trump Welcomes Registered Sex Offender Lawrence Taylor To The Stage

Trump, who was found liable of sexual assault in the E. Jean Carroll case,  invited registered sex offender Lawrence Taylor to speak at Saturday’s rally.

Trump invited Taylor and Ottis Anderson — both former New York Giants — up to the stage, saying, “You know, they’re my golfing buddies, too!”

Taylor pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a 2011 rape case in order to avoid jail time. He admitted to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, who was 16-years-old at the time. Taylor said in court that he thought the girl was 19 and legally able to consent. Taylor served six years probation and was required to register as a sex offender.

At the rally, Trump pulled Taylor in for a hug and led him to the microphone.

“I just wanted to say, I grew up a Democrat. And I’ve always been a Democrat. Until I met this man right here,” Taylor said, pointing to Trump. “I tell you what, he won’t have to worry about nobody in my family ever vote for a Democrat again.”

5. Drunken Trump Fan Curses Out Biden in Live Interview

RSBN’s Brian Glenn was caught by surprise during a live street interview when two young men came up and railed against President Joe Biden.

One young man yelled “Trump, baby, 24!” into the mic.

” Let me ask you a question. What is the one thing that the Biden administration has hurt you the most?” said Glenn. “Is it tuition. Or is it rent, is it gas, is it food?”

“He’s just a sleepy fuck,” the Trump supporter suddenly blurted.

“Okay, well…” the noticeably uncomfortable Glenn said.

“As a 17 year old? I, like I can’t afford gas anymore. He’s a he’s a gyp. I mean, come on,” the youth said, slurring his words somewhat.

Watch above.

 

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