Welcome back to the time-honored tradition of trying to create a scandal out of absolutely nothing, Donald Trump edition.
Because, as we all know, chronically online liberals would love nothing more than to manufacture evidence that the former president and leading GOP nominee in this year's presidential race is the spawn of Satan and must be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness so that society can give birth to the liberal utopia that… It's always around the corner.
In today's edition, we turn to the social media platform X, where left-wing commentator and podcast host Ed Krasenstein shared a clip of Trump interacting with a man at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
“People say Donald Trump pushed a guy at Mar-a-Lago. What do you think?” Krasenstein said in an article Wednesday.
People say Donald Trump pushed a guy at Mar-a-Lago.
what do you think? pic.twitter.com/QJTHSqIsZP
– Ed Krassen (@EdKrassen) February 21, 2024
Many commenters said they saw it as a benign interaction between the former president and the other person.
Sounds like a solid pat on the back/shoulder to me.
– Town Square (@XTownSquareX) February 21, 2024
It looks like he patted himself on the back as he walked. Are you so desperate to share that you're now making things up?
– Mad Paul America (@america_mad) February 21, 2024
It wasn't long before the man who supposedly “pushed” Trump in the video made it clear he was right.
Garrett Ventre, a former spokesman for Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, shared Krasentine's post and said, “Let me get this straight. This is me, we were talking and he patted me on the back.”
Let me settle this. This is me, we were talking and he patted me on the back. https://t.co/ihVgpl3NwC
– Garrett Ventry (@GarrettVentry) February 21, 2024
That's it.
As most of Krasenstein's commentators saw it, the interaction was completely harmless and unremarkable.
People who responded to Ventry were quick to point out the clear intentions to promote drama behind Krassenstein's original post.
“Thank you for stating the obvious to die-hard drama fans!” One person said and another commented: “LMAO, Ed thought he had a big scoop!”
Thank you for pointing out the obvious to die-hard drama fans!
– Gina Fredo (@LynkLuv) February 21, 2024
Oh my God, Ed thought he had a big scoop!
-Luke (@LukeRMahoney) February 21, 2024
Now, if it was clear to most people, even before Ventri explained what happened, that there was nothing hostile about this interaction, why did Krasenstein publish it, with his trick question clearly designed to make people think differently?
In fact, Krasenstein himself didn't have much to say in his own defense, responding to a user who requested the entire clip, saying: “I'm just retweeting what I saw.”
Is there a full clip there? If so post it. I'm just retweeting the clip I saw. Calm down.
– Ed Krassen (@EdKrassen) February 21, 2024
certainly.
Based on the original post and his weak defense, Krasenstein clearly knew what he was doing: he was trying to create controversy out of nothing — but this time, it was easier to debunk the incident as nothing.
Leftists are so desperate to make Trump look as evil as possible under all circumstances, that even a friendly pat becomes fodder for social media hysteria.
From questionable accusations of sexual assault to cases filed against him in New York, Washington and Fulton County, Georgia, the former president has been subjected to constant attacks on his character.
If this left-wing keyboard warrior wants to create another Trump scandal, he's going to have to work much harder.
This article originally appeared in The Western Journal.
