Pennsylvania
Trump calls Whoopi Goldberg ‘demented’ during Pennsylvania rally
Donald Trump called Whoopi Goldberg a “demented and “disgusting” person during his rally speech in Reading, Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, days after Goldberg co-hosted Vice President Kamala Harris on The View.
In typical Trump fashion, the former president used time during his rally to attack Harris and other opponents, this time focusing on those who recently hosted the vice president on their talk or radio shows.
Trump told rallygoers in the key swing state that Harris’s interview with The View on Tuesday was “stupid” and featured “really dumb people” – but went one step further to bash Goldberg, a longtime co-host and outspoken Trump critic.
“I did a walk-on for Whoopi Goldberg now she says ‘I refuse to mention his name,’” Trump said referencing the cameo he did in Goldberg’s 1996 spots comedy film, Eddie.
“You know what, politics can do strange things to demented people,” he added.
The former president claimed at the time Goldberg told him he was “so great” and begged him to be part of the movie. He claims she told him “If you ever ran for president, you’d win.”
More recently, Goldberg has used words like “moron,” “unhinged” and “dictator” to describe Trump. She notoriously vowed to never say Trump’s name aloud and often refers to him as “you-know-who.”
Trump told his audience that he once hired Goldberg to perform comedy but she was “filthy, dirty, disgusting” and used vulgar language that caused people to leave the room.
“What a loser she is,” Trump told rallygoers.
The former president also launched attacks at radio host Howard Stern for hosting Harris on his show. He claimed Stern is a “weak guy” for asking soft-ball questions to the vice president.
“I used to think he was good then I dropped him, I dropped him like a dog,” Trump said.It is a common tactic for Trump to insult those who have publicly opposed or ridiculed him during his lengthy rally speeches.
At Wednesday’s rally alone Trump bashed Goldberg, Stern, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Utah Senator Mitt Romney, former president Jimmy Carter, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, President Joe Biden and prosecutor Jack Smith.
He also spent a considerable amount of time criticizing Harris. He called the vice president “stupid” and claimed she is “a dumb person” – an insult he has logged before at other rallies.
After making multiple degrading comments about Goldberg, Warren and Harris, the former president told rally attendees that a staffer asked him to stop calling the vice president “dumb” because it would hurt his reputation with woman voters.
But Trump said he believes women “like me anyway” and any claims that his language impacts how woman voters view him is “bulls***.”
“They make it up,” Trump said.
Pennsylvania
1 killed in crash involving horse and buggy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania State Police say
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a horse and buggy in Lancaster County on Wednesday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 4000 block of Strasburg Road in Salisbury Township, state police said.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police.
Strasburg Road, or Rt. 741, near Hoover Road, is closed in both directions, PennDOT says.
PSP said the Lancaster Patrol Unit, Troop J Forensic Services Unit and Troop J Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Specialists Unit are on scene investigating the crash.
Pennsylvania police are searching for at least two masked suspects believed to have looted a Lululemon store overnight.
At least two masked men broke into a Lululemon in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police told NBC 10 Philadelphia. Ardmore, a suburb of Philadelphia, is home to about 14,000 people.
The suspected thieves used a sledgehammer to break the glass on the store’s front door, according to police.
Once they gained access, the masked individuals grabbed handfuls of merchandise, security footage shows. The men went in and out of the store several times, grabbing handfuls of items that included coats, vests and shirts from the men’s section, police told local outlet WPVI.
“This is taking it to another level,” Lower Merion Police Superintendent Andy Block told WPVI.
The suspects then loaded the merchandise into a U-Haul truck. Their truck was last seen at the intersection of Bryn Mawr Avenue and Woodbine Avenue, just a few miles from the store, police said.
The entire incident lasted about five minutes, which Block said is longer than usual for this type of burglary.
“Usually, it is because in a smash-and-grab situation they want to get in and get out before they’re identified or anybody’s notified on it,” Block told CBS Philadelphia.
Block told WPVI the store is a popular target for robbers, given that many of its items cost more than $100. Now, he expects the alleged thieves have sold or exchanged the items.
“They’re using it on the market, maybe they’re exchanging it for drugs, or they’re selling it on the black market. It’s a highly sought-after item,” he told WPVI.
Even though police say Lululemon is a popular target, Lt. Michael Keenan of the Lower Merion Police Department still called the incident “out of character.”
“This is an out of character, out of type incident where we don’t normally see people smashing windows in the middle of the night. But, certainly this is something that is distinct,” Keenan told NBC 10 Philadelphia.
The store still opened Tuesday, with a banner covering the smashed glass on the door, according to Fox 29. Gina Picciano, a general manager at a restaurant across the street, said it was a frightening incident.
“I walked out here with my bartender and we looked, and it’s scary that it’s happening right across the way from us,” Picciano told Fox 29.
The same store was previously robbed in May 2024. Thieves stole more than $10,000 worth of merchandise during that incident, NBC 10 Philadelphia reports.
The Independent has contacted the Lower Merion Police Department and Lululemon for comment.
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