Saturday Trump presser: lots of petards on the path to the bunker, will someone be hoist by them
Trump: “If stupid people aren’t elected, next year, we’re going to have one of the greatest years that we’ve ever had.”
Trump will likely flee at the first suggestion that he’s lying again. Bigger/bigly question is whether CNN, MSNBC, or CSpan will cover it live. Live blog below.
As you may have seen the president is holding a press conference tonight at 5pm at his Bedminster golf club.
Afterward, he’ll hold a roundtable with supporters at 5:35 pm, which is closed to press. Your pooler has asked the campaign for more details on this event.
.@GovInslee (whose state has had vote-by-mail for 15 years) on why voter fraud is a false issue:
“More fraud in 5 minutes of any Donald Trump press conference than there is in all of the ballots ever cast in mail-in voting in United States history.” pic.twitter.com/ZWnHFkhOJO
If it’s from his members-only golf course, it’s a rally not a pressconference.
President Trump: “We are going to have an election that takes place on a beautiful day, November 3 — And usually at the end of the evening they say Donald Trump has won the election. Donald Trump is your new president.”
My, my, my. I do declare. Bannon, Prince and Clovis lied to Congress, and Bill Barr has been sitting on this criminal referral since July, 2019. This thing reads like our Fantasy Indictment draft. https://t.co/jGF4eWuY4V
I had included KuangChi Science on this (now outdated) chart of new Cambridge Analytica company Emerdata, because it had two directors – Dorian Barak and Johnson Chun Shun Ko – who are both closely linked to Erik Princehttps://t.co/7WNONU2Izl
At least a few fights went down this way: The left would go to swipe away a Confederate Flag from a right-winger, then the right winger would retaliate, and the fight would escalate.
The presence of firearms in these fights raised the stakes, but no shots were fired. pic.twitter.com/ymg9RfMGT9
This brutality is unacceptable. This is the community the police are sworn to protect and serve. They must uphold Portlanders constitution rights. https://t.co/u52zPfJ47Z
This political moment is bigger than winning elections or even enacting progressive policies. The bigger picture—our end goal—is to create a movement and a society that is equitable and just for all. To achieve our goals, we must dismantle white supremacy and the systems that perpetuate injustice. What does it take to break down systems of oppression that have existed for centuries? What roles can each of us play to support the work of those on the frontlines of injustice?
Join us at 5pm Eastern and hear from Reps. Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, Alicia Garza, Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson, NDN Collective’s Nick Tilsen, immigration activists Alejandro Fuentes-Mena and Zenen Jaimes Perez, and Community Change’s Dorian Warren.
This keynote happens today at 5pm Eastern on Facebook or on YouTube (English and Spanish captioning provided) via act.tv.
It begins
“Hail to the Chief”
Trump gives himself credit for what he calls "the fastest economic recovery in American history."
Trump begins his August 15 Bedminster news conference by claiming US coronavirus cases are going down "despite" testing, which reveals a profound confusion about how testing works. (Also there were over 55,000 news cases yesterday, so cases are not significantly dropping.) pic.twitter.com/hu3BFFZaiZ
Trump boilerplate reading, more bogus claims about COVID, including testing. Trump playing to his country club buds. more Trump BS on retail sales and auto sales — used car sales, how so very Nixonian. “A lot of great things are happening”
(As of July, the US had regained about 9 million of the about 22 million jobs lost in March and April.)
More China bashing blame for virus yet compliment their corn buying gets giggle from crowd when mentioning Biden. Claims Dems will quadruple taxes MSNBC cuts away.
Trump Trumpflates his usual false claim that Biden will double or triple your taxes, this time saying he wants to "quadruple" taxes.
TRUMP: "Thanks to my administration's decisive action to save American jobs we are currently witnessing the fastest economic recovery in American history." (The unemployment rate is currently over 10 percent!) pic.twitter.com/TAAlkfTCwu
Trump goes bafflegab on manufacturing. Gushes over football QB at Clemson does ad lib trashes Big 10 and Pac 12 then veers to flag/anthem standing, it’s a campaign rally…
Trump criticizes a news story as dishonest for asking if he'll take blame in swing states for football not returning. He says it's dishonest because he is the one calling for football to return. (He is missing a point.)
Trump punts repeats usual malarkey on absentee versus mail-in, goes conspiracy theory — it’s a campaign rally now connects ballots to Portland street protests Blames Democrats
Trump baselessly claims there were fraudulent ballots in the NY primary called for Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Maloney's opponent, Suraj Patel, has emphasized that there is no indication of fraud, though he wants many rejected votes (for non-fraud reasons) counted.
Asked why USPS is removing sorting machines if he wants mail to be processed quickly, Trump says, "Well, you'll have to ask him. I know this: he's a very efficient operator, a very good operator."
I know nothing about it “Don’t tell me what I know” I read one article (Eastman article) refuses to say he (dis)believes it.
This is Trump's regular double game, and it's transparent. Pressed, he continues to praise the lawyer who baselessly questioned Harris's eligibility as brilliant, while simultaneously saying it's not *him* talking about this. https://t.co/QXhT0nPY0D
Q: why aren’t you negotiating with Dems personally?
Trump punts
Trump on why he won't negotiate a new coronavirus stimulus bill: "The country is doing very well right now. We can live very happily with it [or] without it." pic.twitter.com/wdaDtNUJUk
trump goes blah-blah about “silent majority” appeals to claque
Biden isn't "against steel." His plans repeatedly talk about how he wants to help the US steel industry. His economic proposals have been praised by the United Steelworkers union.
Trump cites his boater support as evidence there's a "silent majority" for him: "There are thousands of boats, in lakes, rivers and oceans — thousands and thousands of boats…some of the boats have 10 flags on them…"
