I was part of the White House traveling press pool the day of this event in California. Willie Brown was not in the helicopter which did not crash nor did it nearly crash. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/politics/trump-helicopter-willie-brown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Willie Brown Says Trump’s Helicopter Crash Story Never Happened

In a news conference, the former president recounted a brush with death alongside Willie Brown, the former San Francisco mayor. A few aspects of the story don’t hold up to scrutiny.

The New York Times
Trump appears to have confused former SF Mayor Willie Brown (who did have a relationship with Kamala Harris) with former California Gov. Jerry Brown (whose most famous relationship was with Linda Ronstadt). https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-appears-confuse-willie-brown-jerry-brown-rcna165903
Trump appears to confuse former Mayor Willie Brown with former Gov. Jerry Brown

Trump said at a news conference in Mar-a-Lago that he was once in a helicopter with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown that nearly crashed.

NBC News
@w7voa Yes, but who hasn’t made that mistake (obvious sarcasm) ?

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Easy mistake to make obviously.

Could've happened to any clearly insane 78 year old.

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But Linda Ronstadt dated Aaron Neville, who “looks like” Willie Brown, I’m sure anyone would make the same mistake

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You can hardly blame him, they're practically twins! They're both from California. They're both Democrats. They're both... um... man, woman, camera, TV, person

@w7voa the only part that is unbelievable is that he’d mix up a black man and a white man but if this is where he is, here we are
@w7voa Trump is unfit. The press should hound him every day about his declining mental status, if he plans to get tested, and when he plans to leave the race.
@w7voa Willie Brown, Jerry Brown. Honest mistake because all those "Brown" people look alike, right?

@w7voa Sure looks like our former Governor Jerry Brown, not our former Assembly Speaker and former SF Mayor Willie Brown, in the photo here.

Me thinks he’s mixed up his Browns. Hard to do. One’s a black guy, one’s a white guy.

What a 🤡

@w7voa Trump lied, of course, and most importantly he lied to reinforce disgusting rumors about Kamala Harris that have been circulating for years.
He's implying that Harris's career is totally dependent on her long ago relationship with Willie Brown, that she did not merit success on her own.
This is nonsense, but it's the kind of sexist garbage that has been thrown at accomplished women forever. It's a misogynist dog whistle and needs to be seen clearly as such.
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@w7voa It's such a major slap in the face of real journalism that Trumpie passed this LIE off in a room full of bobble-head stenographers. NO one challenged the LIE because they're too stupid to recognize it as a LIE!!!