Former US President and Republican presidential contender Donald Trump was hosting a town hall-style rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday, when his attempt to avoid humiliation resulted in yet another viral moment on social media.?While addressing the event, Trump refused to sit on a chair characterized as a booby trap set up by Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
"I think I'm going to stand,¡± the ex-president says in a video clip from the town hall.?
Trump continues: ¡°This chair is the most uncomfortable chair. I've had it. First of all, it spins, and the one thing I don't want is to fall on my a**, because that's gonna be¡ªthat will be¡ªthe only story. They'll say, 'Sir, you did great. Too bad you fell.' That would be the only story.¡±
¡°So I'm not sitting in that sucker. I think it's a booby trap that was put there by Kamala."?
In the video, Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who was co-hosting the Fayetteville event, is seen instantly rising back up after Trump refuses to sit.For the next half-minute, the congresswoman stands there, giggling at her Republican colleague's remarks.?
Other footage from the NC town hall shows that Trump couldn't resist the chair for long and eventually sat in it.Paulina, the first Mexican-American woman to hold a congressional seat in her state, was later seen supporting Trump's charges of budget diversion against FEMA.?
People on the internet were amused by Trump's comments. Many people shared hilarious comments under the video, here's what people wrote.
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