Hey Trump, Does Size Matter?

Donald Trump is obsessed with size; the size -- or lack thereof-- of his crowds, the size of the opposition's crowds, the size of his hands, and perhaps by extension, the size of his manhood, which Stormy Daniels described in some detail in her book and during court testimony that led to Trump's felony conviction in his hush money trial.

But on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Trump's arch enemy, former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, artfully stuck it to Trump, and that, my friends, must have really gotten under his skin.

it was a one-two punch from which the Orange One may never recover. And, it wasn't just the size of crowds, or whatever, there was more. Much more. Like "black jobs" and wealth, or the lack thereof. And then there were the top Republicans who spoke at the DNC against him.

Does Size Matter?

Said Barack Obama: "It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he's afraid of losing to Kamala. There's the childish nicknames. The crazy conspiracy theories. This weird obsession with crowd sizes."

And with that, Obama held his hands a few inches apart, bringing howls of laughter from the huge crowd inside the convention hall. He said no more about that, but delegates quickly got the point.

Obama called Trump “a guy whose act has gotten pretty stale” and said he's “a 78-year-old billionaire who hasn’t stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago.”

Obama's comments came after the former First Lady called out Trump on race.

"His limited, narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of two hard-working highly educated successful people who happened to be Black. Who's gonna tell him that the job he is currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs," she said, once again to loud and long cheers from the assembled delegates.

And then, there was Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker who mocked Trump and reminded us of some of the stupid, ridiculous events from his presidency, including suggesting injecting bleach to potentially cure the coronavirus.

And Pritzker, an air to the Hyatt Hotel fortune and an actual billionair, let loose with a dig about Trump's purported wealth.

"Take it from an actual billionaire," he said, "Trump is rich in only one thing, stupidity."

That was pretty funny, and the convention delegates thought so, too.

The Republicans

But what about the Republicans -- some of them big shots -- who showed up to speak in support of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Former Trump communications director and close Trump adviser Stephanie Grisham said she was an original “true believer” but that “behind closed doors Trump mocks his supporters” and calls them “basement dwellers.”

“He used to tell me ‘it doesn’t matter what you say, Stephanie, just say it enough and people will believe you,’” she revealed.

“He has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth,” said Grisham, explaining that she declined to hold White House press briefings because of Trump’s lies. “Unlike my boss, I never wanted to stand at the podium and lie,” she said.

Other Republicans speaking at the DNC include Ana Navarro-Cárdenas of The View, host of night two of the convention, former Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger, former Pence adviser Olivia Troye, and a three-time Trump voter working in construction, Kyle Sweetser.

“I started to see Trump’s tariff policy in action, costs for construction workers like me were starting to soar,” Sweetser said. “I realized Trump wasn’t for me, he was for lining his own pockets.”

Assuring the crowd that he's not "left-wing," Sweetser said, “I believe our leaders should bring out the best in us. Not the worst. That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris.”

Other leading Republicans speaking at the DNC are from key battleground states: John Giles, the mayor of Mesa, Arizona, and Geoff Duncan, the former lieutenant governor of Georgia.

But there are plenty of former speakers at previous Republican National Conventions who no longer support Trump, including:

• Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, spoke at the last two RNC conventions but has refused to endorse Trump’s 2024 campaign

• Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a three-time RNCconvention speaker, has said he would “absolutely not” vote for Trump.

• Former GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke at the RNC convention in 2012 and 2016 but will not be voting for Trump in November.

• Chris Christie spoke at the 2012 and 2016 RNC conventions, but now says he will not support Trump “under any circumstances.”

• Former Ohio governor John Kasich spoke at the 2012 RNC convention, but has now repeatedly rebuked Trump and his MAGA extremism.

• Former House GOP member Barbara Comstock was the co-chair of the 2012 RNC convention and now says Trump is a “horrible misogynist.” 

• U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman spoke at the 2008 RNC convention and has since blasted Trump as a “dishonest demagogue.”
  

  So, if size matters to Trump, how does he feel about the dwindling size of his own GOP supporters? That's got to rankle him, big time.