The 1% Jindal goes for broke.
By Sujeet Rajan
NEW YORK: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has launched an all-out verbal attack against real estate honcho Donald Trump in perhaps a last bid to try and distinguish and uplift himself from the 1% he’s sunk into going into the presidential nomination, as far as polls of GOP voters are concerned.
Here are some of Jindal’s choicest remarks against Trump, with most coming from his speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Thursday:
- “He’s a non-serious carnival act. Here’s the truth about Trump that we all know, but have been afraid to say. Donald Trump is shallow. Has no understanding of policy. He makes it up on the fly. He’s full of bluster but has no substance. He lacks the intellectual curiosity to even learn.â€
- “We’ve all met people like Trump, and we know that only a very weak and small person needs to constantly tell us how strong and powerful he is.â€
- “I think it’s pretty outrageous for him to be attacking anybody’s appearance when he looks like he’s got a squirrel sitting on his head. I think he should stop attacking other people’s appearances.â€
- “The Donald Trump act is great, and the idea of Donald Trump is great. But the reality of Donald Trump is absurd.”
- “I think the Donald Trump show has been entertaining. I’ve enjoyed him as a reality TV show star, but just because a lot of people like watching Kim Kardashian, we wouldn’t put her in the White House either. He is an unserious, unstable, narcissistic egomaniac…Let’s make America great again, it starts by firing Donald Trump.â€
- “You may have recently seen that after Trump said the Bible is his favorite book, he couldn’t name a single Bible verse or passage that meant something to him. And we all know why, because it’s all just a show, and he hasn’t ever read the Bible. But you know why he hasn’t read the Bible? Because he’s not in it.â€
- “Donald Trump is for Donald Trump. He believes in nothing other than himself.He’s not a liberal, he’s not a moderate, and he’s not a conservative. He’s not a Republican, Democrat, or Independent. He’s not for anything or against anything. Issues and policies and ideals are not important to him. He’s for Donald.â€
- “The real danger is that, ironically, Donald Trump could destroy America’s chance to be Great Again.â€
- “After we get past this summer of silliness, the voters are going to look at who’s prepared to do the job. I believe I’m the candidate.â€
Trump, on his part, has dismissed Jindal as a virtual nobody, alluding to the fact that he is at the top of the heap in GOP presidential contenders; Jindal at the bottom.
He tweeted, on Thursday: “Bobby Jindal did not make the debate stage and therefore I have never met him….â€