BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Some called it this year’s “Joe the Plumber” moment, so maybe he should be known as “Gene the Used Car Salesman.”
Gene Huber – the man brought up onstage by President Donald Trump during his Florida rally on Saturday – loves the idea.
At the rally, Trump spotted the then-unknown Huber in the crowd, saying he’d seen the man on TV talking about how he loved Trump. Then, the president called Huber onstage for a hug and to address the crowd.
“A star is born,” Trump said of Huber, who lives in Boynton Beach.
“It’s been wild,” Huber said of the media storm that followed the rally.
If you question Huber's allegiance to Trump, remember, he salutes a 6-foot-tall cutout of the president every morning. He said every morning he tells the poster, “Good morning, Mr. President. I pray for your safety today. I thank you for what you do and let's have a great day. Thank you, sir.”
On his Facebook page, Huber isn’t shy about his political views, saying he believes former President Barack Obama is a Muslim who hates Jews and is a “brother” to the terrorist group ISIS. In an interview with Local 10 News, Huber said he is certain that millions of immigrants in the country illegally voted for Hillary Clinton in the election, but he cannot cite any evidence of it other than saying Trump – whom Huber says speaks only the truth – has said it and that he believes Trump and his team will find evidence of illegal voting that will be “mind blowing.”
Since the rally, Huber has done interviews with news stations in Canada and England and with CNN, which, like his political idol, he calls “fake news.” When asked by Local 10 reporter Bob Norman to name an example of fake news, Huber said, “A perfect example would be Russia.”
When Norman pointed out that we now know Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and that some Trump campaign aides may have been in contact with Kremlin intelligence agents, Huber backtracked a bit.
“I’m not sure if it’s fake -- that’s hard for me to answer,” he said.
“But you just said it was,” Norman said. “Isn’t it worth investigating?”
“Sure,” Huber answered.
“But you don’t think it should be covered by the media?” Norman asked.
“I’m not sure,” he conceded.
Huber said he hopes this is just the beginning of his political fame.
“I want to be the spokesman now I have the green light to be the spokesman for the president, so that’s my goal,” Huber said. “I have the opportunity to lead our movement to show America (and) the world what kind of man our president is.”