In an unhinged rant about Democrats’ reactions to the indictment of former FBI director James Comey, Eric Trump claimed that Democrats tried to “separate” his family. During a conversation on Rob Schmitt’s Newsmax show, the 41-year-old son of President Donald Trump insisted that he and his family were unfairly targeted by officials when Joe Biden was president. According to him, authorities went so far as to try to get his father divorced (somehow).
Eric’s rant was triggered by clips of Senator Chuck Schumer and CNN journalist Jake Tapper reacting to the recent Comey indictment. In one clip, Schumer said, “He has turned this Justice Department into his own political watchdog. It’s horrible. No president has done this. This is what autocrats do.”
From Eric’s perspective, claims like these are totally laughable given that authorities previously “came after” him even though he’s “perfect.” Before launching into his rant, Eric said, “You don’t understand how humorous this is coming from Chuck Schumer and Jake Tapper.”
Eric went on to say that authorities targeted him even though he’s never done “a d— thing wrong in my life.” Describing himself as a “perfect role model” and “perfect model citizen,” Eric claimed that “they came after me like I was a dog.”
He went on to mention a long list of things “they” allegedly did to him and his family. In doing so, he accused Democrats of trying to destroy his parents’ marriage. “They tried to impeach my father two times,” Eric started. “They went after him for a Russia hoax that did not exist that was paid for by Hillary Clinton. The FBI and DOJ spied on my father’s campaign. They de-platformed him. They weaponized every attorney general and every district attorney around the country. They indicted him 91 times — 34 times in a bogus trial in New York City. They posted his mugshot.”
Later in his rant, he continued with, “They raided his home. They raided Mar-a-Lago. They tried to get him divorced, they tried to separate our family. They tried to go after our employees. They attacked us. They tried to bankrupt our company.”
Unsurprisingly, Eric brought Biden into it and accused the former president of being “at the forefront of all of it when they raided our home, when they raided Mar-a-Lago, when they raided Melania’s closet, when they raided 16-year-old Barron’s room.”
He did not elaborate on what officials allegedly did to try to break up his family, but said people like Schumer surely “must be kidding” right now.
