You can say Donald Trump isn’t helping Republicans on the trail much this election season. After all, his approval rating is low, and generic Republican polling for House races is low, too. But it also likely hasn’t helped that Trump has been saying weird things about his fellow Republicans on the trail.
Appearing Monday night at a rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, Trump commented on the Senator’s body.
“I don’t do this with men very often,” Trump said at the Youngstown rally. “I started examining his body, because I didn’t know he was a great athlete!”
“And I looked, I watched up and down. I looked at his ass, I looked at the whole… and then I looked at his hands. Look at his hands, he’s got this, like, claws!”
Trump: I don’t do this with men very often. I started examining his body. I looked at his ass and I looked at the whole— look at his hands. https://t.co/6L5WjFY1gC
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 12, 2026
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Husted was appointed to the Senate seat in 2025, after JD Vance gave up the seat when he was elected Trump’s vice president. Husted is running against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, who is seeking to return to the Senate. Polls in the race are tight.
Social media users had a lot to say about the president checking out the physique of another man.
The first gay president, alas
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) October 13, 2026
As the dementia eats away his brain, he continually spews out absolutely bizarre uninhibited thoughts. WHY DO WE ACT LIKE THIS IS NORMAL?
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) October 12, 2026
True story: during the first Trump administration, we found it odd that the president requested men “straight out of central casting” to appear with him at DHS events.
— Miles Taylor (@MilesTaylorUSA) October 13, 2026
Notice that President Trump praised Jon Husted’s athletic body instead of Vivek’s SAT score. Lesson there
— Pericles (@PerryALPHA) October 13, 2026
hey man. good for him. it’s important that people feel comfortable enough to be themselves without fear of judgment from others
— Zach Jacobson (@zachjacobson) October 13, 2026
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