It wouldn’t be an address from President Donald Trump without a horribly botched word in front of the entire nation.
And at tonight’s State of the Union, the president delivered, declaring California a “stank-uary” state.
He meant “sanctuary.”
In a lengthy section of the second half of his speech, Trump went in on illegal immigration. He used part of it to attack sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can go to police for concerns, without fear of being reported.
“The State of California passed an outrageous law declaring their whole State to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants—with catastrophic results,” Trump said.
Except he botched the pronunciation.
A “stanktuary” what is you saying?#SOTU pic.twitter.com/1BNl38RTw7
— JD CERDAfied (@MigTigStik) February 5, 2020
#stanktuary haha – I guess better to be a stanktuary than a skanktuary State! pic.twitter.com/1nrPSCXNu5
— CryptoCapt.eth (@CryptoCaptain_) February 5, 2020
Some of Trump’s biggest fans thought it was an intentional insult, at the left-leaning boogeyman of a state.
Trump mispronounced it Stanktuary… and he's right. #SOTU
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 5, 2020
Trump mispronounced it Stanktuary… and he's right. #SOTU
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 5, 2020
New word of the day: STANKUARY
— Greg Marconi Hill – Parody (@drunkgreghill) February 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/whenindoubtepo/status/1224890727848710144
Did Trump just say California is a “stanktuary”???? I’m dying 😂😂😂 #trump2020 #stanktuary
— Tina Stone (@TinaGStone) February 5, 2020
Others thought it was just one of Trump’s patented word slurs.
Pretty sure @realDonaldTrump just slurred out “stanktuary” while attempting to get through a sentence on “sanctuary states.” #stanktuary #StateOfTheUnion #SOTU
— Campbell O'Connor (@Campbell_OConn) February 5, 2020
Or a new Outkast album.
https://twitter.com/yusefHD/status/1224891021085085696
Stanktuary is the name of a long-lost Outkast album, I believe.
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) February 5, 2020
It was probably just a slip of the tongue.
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