In a clip that has since gone viral, parents attending a MAGA rally for former Republican President Donald Trump held in Selma, North Carolina over the weekend corrected their child after he told a reporter he was excited "to see Joe Biden."
The video, captured by the right-wing Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), shows a reporter asking a woman to describe her excitement ahead of the Trump rally, to which the woman claims her young son was the one who "told" her about the rally in the first place.
The woman said her young son is "more excited [about the rally] than we are," referring to her other son and her husband, who are standing next to her. But when the reporter asked the boy to share what he's "excited for," he said it was "to see Biden," a declaration that prompted a correction from his parents.
You can view the exchange in the video below.
Little kid goes off the rails on his parents at the Trump rally today.\n\nQ - \u201cWhat are you excited for?\u201d\n\nKid - \u201cTo see Joe Biden.\u201dpic.twitter.com/qHTP6BN2g4— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1649525181
Those who watched the exchange suggested it was a perfect example of parents indoctrinating their children to accept the former President and his ideology, despite concerns from critics who've said this same ideology has inflamed racial hostilities.
I guess this is what they mean by \u2018grooming\u2019 \u2014 taking the open mind of a child which sees good in all, and turning it to only see hatred and enemies. #TrumpRallyNChttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Bougie Muffin (@Bougie Muffin) 1649595254
Dear @GOP the kid wants to see Biden and the parents are forcing him to see Trump. Why do you condone this kind of grooming?https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Debbie Nunn (@Debbie Nunn) 1649594712
Hate is taught. White folks used to take their children to see lynchings. Made it a family excursion. SMH. That child knows who the president is\u2026 forcing Trump on a child is just\u2026 so disgusting. #TrumpRallyNChttps://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Ms BrandyTheScorp\u2764\ufe0f\u264f\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe (@Ms BrandyTheScorp\u2764\ufe0f\u264f\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe) 1649578698
Children are taught hate and division at home. This child wanted to see the President- Joe Biden Not the defeated former President.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Shauna (@Shauna) 1649602794
Teaching your kids to be ignorant racists just ain\u2019t as easy as used to behttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Sweet Leaf \ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udfb8\u26a1\ufe0f (@Sweet Leaf \ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udfb8\u26a1\ufe0f) 1649565681
Others thought the exchange was hilarious.
The harsh truth that should scare Donald Trump. https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Fozzie \ud83d\udc3c (@Fozzie \ud83d\udc3c) 1649592715
The kid is smarter than the entire family & has a higher IQ than the entire crowd at #TrumpRallyNC https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— BLUEDAVE (@BLUEDAVE) 1649595082
Comedy gold:https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan Rinaldi) 1649602858
Kids don't lie. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1512844379379097615\u00a0\u2026— Neddie (@Neddie) 1649547917
Although President Joe Biden did not, of course, make an appearance at the Trump rally, he was often the topic of conversation. North Carolina Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn, who gave a speech, accused Biden of "dereliction of duty."
Trump himself continued to promote a number of false or misleading claims about the integrity of the 2020 general election as well as the Biden administration's objectives, at one point asserting without evidence that schools are trying to replace “reading and math with pronouns and gender study.”
Conspiracy theories ran rampant at the rally, which Trump used to endorse Republican candidates for the May 17 primaries, including Representative Ted Budd for the Senate and Representatives Cawthorn and Bo Hines for the House.
A woman who spoke to RSBN claimed that Democrats "are importing" children from Mexico for sexual exploitation. She added that Trump's supporters are "waiting for either God or the aliens" or even "a nuke" to handle what the RSBN reporter referred to as "all of this evil."
Another Trump supporter insisted that authorities are trying to "suppress" video footage "that's all on people's TikToks and stuff, where they had Antifa members inside the White House," alleging that it was not in fact the former President's supporters who rioted on January 6, 2021, though he failed to note that the attack was against the Capitol Building and not the White House.