Pro-Trump Entrepreneur David Sacks Brutally Roasted for ‘Bombing’ in RNC Speech to Bored Crowd
Entrepreneur David Sacks spoke about Ukraine and Russia and potential World War III in his Monday Republican National Convention speech, but social media was flooded with reactions roasting the awkward six and a half minutes.
The vocal Donald Trump supporter and tech entrepreneur took to the stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Monday with a primetime slot and accused President Joe Biden of provoking Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with “talk of NATO expansion.” The moment was one of several where Sacks appeared to stop for a few moments for an applause break that did not come.
“Taking some solace in how badly David Sacks’ speech went over,” Dispatch editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg posted to X in reaction to Sacks’s speech.
Taking some solace in how badly David Sacks’ speech went over.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 16, 2024
David Sacks speaking at the RNC, repeatedly pausing for applause that did not come. pic.twitter.com/5MsqD7fHWW
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) July 16, 2024
david sacks speaking at the RNC is the funniest shit
from the double take at the start, to the silence applause breaks, the roaring crowd having their own conversation, or the weird pro-Russia messaging …
and dude’s really riding that Yammer wave …pic.twitter.com/OzQQO6zEN6
— Charlie (@rcweston) July 16, 2024
You can hear a pin drop during this David Sacks speech. It’s funnier because he keeps pausing after delivering applause lines to absolute silence.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 16, 2024
Most critics focused on the clip of Sacks blaming the United States for Russia invading Ukraine with some accusing him of pushing Kremlin talking points. Sacks’s Ukraine comments were highlighted on Tuesday on CNN.
Sacks repeats Kremlin talking points and no one claps. Best moment of the night https://t.co/0eZPJozYvV
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) July 16, 2024
Funniest shit I’ve seen in a long time was David Sacks speaking at the RNC, saying Biden provoked Putin to invade Ukraine, getting absolutely no positive response from the crowd over that claim, and then just nodding in silence because it was supposed to be an applause line
— Swann Marcus (@SwannMarcus89) July 16, 2024
What a sad day for conservatism.
David Sacks is at the GOP convention, blaming America for Russia’s choice to invade Ukraine and kill countless innocents.
He is who Jeane Kirkpatrick warned about 44 years ago in this same convention. Blame America first.pic.twitter.com/XghBE4Uv48 https://t.co/6BtZduxs6B
— Daniel Di Martino 🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@DanielDiMartino) July 16, 2024
HOW EMBARRASSING!
David Sacks looks genuinely surprised that the crowd boos him as he blames 🇺🇦’s desire to be in NATO as having “provoked” Putin to invade.@DavidSacks You confuse what 🇷🇺X trolls tell you. No one agrees with you.
Stop being a 🇷🇺 puppet pic.twitter.com/FlbILxuglg
— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) July 16, 2024
I have never seen a person bomb on stage harder than @DavidSacks at the RNC.
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 16, 2024
Sacks tried out multiple jokes that earned minimal applause and laughter and he got his biggest response when name-checking Trump and J.D. Vance.
“We need strength and savviness in the White House situation room even if the crisis hits after Biden’s bedtime,” Sacks said at one point to some distant laughter.
At another point while criticizing Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Sacks joked that the president’s policy is “so incoherent” that “the only thing pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters agree on is the chant f-Joe Biden,” earning some applause.
During his speech, Sacks argued the world is on the brink of World War III.
“Rather than bolstering confidence in American leadership as he promised, President Biden has become the symbol of an America in decline,” he said. “This may be our present but it does not have to be our future.”
Watch above via CNN.
