Bill Clinton sends DNC crowd wild with quips about Trump’s age, ‘me, me, me, me’ mentality and Hannibal Lecter

Bill Clinton tore into Donald Trump while touting Kamala Harris’s leadership on Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – in a speech seeking to help shepherd his party into a new era.

Clinton leaned heavily into the role of elder statesman in his remarks while describing Trump as self-centered and positioning Harris, the Democratic nominee, as the natural opposite.

He began by referencing his age — notable by the slightly raspy voice and shake in the hands — while still getting in a dig at Trump.

«Two days ago I turned 78 – the oldest man in my family,” Clinton remarked. “And the only personal vanity I want to assert, is that I'm still younger than Donald Trump.»

The joke drew laughs before Clinton pushed deeper into his criticism of Harris’s rival.

“[H]ow does Donald Trump use his voice? Mostly to talk about himself—his vengeance, vendettas, complaints, conspiracies,” he said.

“The next time you hear him, don’t count the lies, count the I’s. He’s like the tenor warming up before the opera: me, me, me, me.”

Clinton then delivered rapid-fire remarks, making references to some of Trump’s more unique rally themes.

“Do you want to build a strong economy from the bottom up and the middle out? Or do you want to spend the next four years talking about crowd sizes? … Do you want to strengthen our alliances and stand up for freedom and democracy around the world?” he said.

“Or a tribute to the ’late great’ Hannibal Lecter? Do you want to save our country and our world from the calamities of climate change? Or obsess on the vital debate between getting eaten by sharks or electrocuted?”

He then reflected on Trump’s debate performance. “I almost croaked during the first debate when Trump said ‘nobody respect