When I talked about him on ‘The View,’ I told the truth what every New Yorker my age knows about him: That he is not a self-made man, that he got his father’s money, that he is a grifter, that he is a logo slapper, that he’s not, in fact, a builder, that his ‘Apprentice‘ days were all fiction sold as fact, and people believed them.
I saw him for who he was from the time I was a little kid. From the time I knew who he was, I was like, “This guy’s a joke. He’s a used car salesman. He’s a snake oil salesman.” And I said it, and he went absolutely batsh*t crazy…
I think it’s because I’m from Commack, which is on Long Island, and he’s from Queens, which is part of Long Island. And I think I’m one of those girls that he didn’t like in elementary school, who were tough, and maybe grew up to be gay, who would talk back to the idiot rich boys who thought they were funny, who were obnoxious, and made fun of him and said, “You’re not playing with us. You’re not playing kickball here.”
I think that is what got him. He thinks he has elevated himself from where he used to be to who he is now, and I [have become] one of the peasants. And [he thinks] “How dare a peasant from my community speak to me like that!” [But] he’s still that person. … He still feels that low. That’s why he had to come after me, because … I get his number, and so does so many millions of people…
I feel it’s my responsibility to stand up for this country that has given me so much. I’m a young girl [from] ‘Star Search‘ … that came from nowhere and made this life for myself and these children. Only in this country could this happen. And I feel beholden to that. I feel responsible for that. I feel like it is my responsibility to give back, and this is what I feel is the best way that I can do that. By saying, “Please take note of this. Please remember this. Please know who we are as a nation.”
Rosie O’Donnell speaking to On With Kara Swisher about the deep-seated origins of her decades-long feud with D*n*ld Tr*mp.
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