As I stated previously, I did not watch this last night because I did not want to increase Trump’s audience size and I knew it would just be filled with more of his bullshit.
I did watch some of Biden’s town hall and it was sane, informative, and yeah, a little boring, which really is not a bad thing.
So here are some highlights of Trump’s train wreck courtesy of NYT.
On QAnon:
“I know nothing about QAnon.” –@realDonaldTrump #TrumpTownHall pic.twitter.com/H4nqXFTgeg
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 16, 2020
In perhaps his most incendiary remarks, Mr. Trump repeatedly declined to disavow QAnon, a pro-Trump internet community that has been described by law enforcement as a potential domestic terrorism threat. The president professed to have no knowledge of the group, and as a result could not disavow it, but then demonstrated specific knowledge of one of its core conspiracy theories involving pedophilia that is entirely false.
“I know nothing about it,” Mr. Trump said. “I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard.”
When the NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie pressed Mr. Trump to reject the community’s essential worldview, and described some of its most extreme and bogus elements, the president gave no ground: “I don’t know,” he insisted. “No, I don’t know.”
He knows.
On whether or not he was tested for the Coronavirus on the day he debated Joe Biden:
.@SavannahGuthrie: “Did you take a test on the day of the debate?”
President Trump: “I probably did” https://t.co/ljdI2byJxM #TrumpTownHall pic.twitter.com/Y1DwlylUgK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 16, 2020
“I probably did, and I took a test the day before and the day before,” Mr. Trump said, adding: “Possibly I did. Possibly I didn’t.”
That is Trump-speak for “No I did not and how dare you ask me about it.”
Trump fort of kinda admitted that he owed money to foreign banks, which of course we already know, but denied that he owed any money to Russian companies or banks:
He denied owing money to Russians and briefly appeared to promise Ms. Guthrie that he would “let you know who I owe” money to, but his verbiage was not entirely clear, and at one point he delivered a kind of miniature filibuster by listing various properties he owns.
Trump had this to say on masks:
The president again criticized state leaders for ordering lockdowns and singled out Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, who was recently the target of a kidnapping plot by anti-government militants, for personal attack. And despite briefly expressing support for mask-wearing, Mr. Trump quickly equivocated.
“On the masks, you have two stories,” Mr. Trump said, claiming falsely that most people who wear masks contract the virus.
Arguing that the United States had fared well enough in the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Trump brandished several sheets of paper as he cited figures showing rising case counts in Europe, including at least one document that appeared to show a screen shot of a graphic shown on Fox News.
On a peaceful transfer of power:
Perhaps notably, Mr. Trump said he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election — a promise he declined to make in the first debate — though he quickly added the qualification that he would insist on an “honest election” and raised unsubstantiated theories about voter fraud. When Ms. Guthrie pointed out that the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, had said there was no sign of such widespread voter misconduct, the president shot back, “Then he’s not doing a very good job.”
That whole “honest election” caveat still sounds to me as if Trump will have to be dragged out of the White House by his ankles.
Savannah Guthrie is receiving all kinds of praise for holding Trump’s feet to the fire and finally getting some real answers out of him, but to me, it still sounds like the same runaround we have heard for the last four years.
Personally, I am suffering from Trump fatigue and just want him gone.
After all, have we not suffered enough?
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/mitt-romney-shreds-trump-for-refusing-to-denounce-absurd-and-dangerous-qanon/
antifa? T square
Trump will not repudiate Q Anon because he likes conspiracy theories that are advantageous to him. Lies and crazy talk are ways to cheat to be a “winner”.
If he doesn’t know anything about them, then how does he know they are fighting pedophilia?
Also why would anyone endorse a group they know nothing about, I mean we know he is stupid, but that stupid, no, he knows very well who they are and approves of them.
I agree Trump revealed he was lying when he said he knows they are against pedophilia. As Gutherie stated he retweets QAnon conspiracy tweets. Trump’s defense was it is an opinion. Wrong. QAnon alleges fact that have no basis in reality. Q is anti left so Trump promotes them as he did birtherism lies and he made up stories, claimed he had proof. Trump and Giuliani follow the same playbook targeting the Bidens.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2020-10-14/william-barr-department-of-justice-doj
The chief reason, he says, is the way that Barr has turned the DOJ into the president’s personal law firm that gives preferential treatment to his allies.
“Over the last year, Barr’s resentment toward rule-of-law prosecutors became increasingly difficult to ignore, as did his slavish obedience to Donald Trump’s will in his selective meddling with the criminal justice system in the Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn and Roger Stone cases,”
he writes. “In each of these cases, Barr overruled career prosecutors in order to assist the president’s associates and/or friends, who potentially harbor incriminating information.”
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/first-lady-melania-trump-give-focus-to-our-next-generation/
Over the last couple of weeks, I have had time to reflect on many things personal to me. One of the most honorable and important roles I have ever undertaken has been serving you, the American people, as the First Lady of this country…
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/is-this-for-real-melania-trumps-aggrieved-and-self-pitying-white-house-blog-blows-up-in-her-face/
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/16/melania-trump-rips-former-adviser-429827
My response to you is one you will understand, “F**k you, I don’t really care”.
This response was directed to melania, illegal immigrant, mother of anchor baby.
The above comment was directed at melania.
Biden Beats Trump By Millions Of Viewers In Broadcast Town Hall Ratings
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/10/16/biden-beats-trump-broadcast-town-hall-ratings.html
https://www.thewrap.com/early-ratings-biden-town-hall-beats-trump-abc-nbc/
NBC’s Savannah Guthrie Hailed By Journalists for Relentless Interrogation of Trump at Town Hall: ‘Masterclass’
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/nbcs-savannah-guthrie-hailed-by-journalists-for-relentless-interrogation-of-trump-at-town-hall-masterclass/
Someone on my Facebook was whining about how mean Savannah Guthrie was being. Hello, she was doing her job. I can’t believe an idiot like that is allowed to vote.
Did she comment on Trump’s aggression, yelling, personal insults, his rants attacking her and Biden ordering what she should ask Biden?
She did do her job. I applaud Gutherie for respectfully pushing back that he answer the questions. Trump raged at her for not asking him what he wanted to be asked. Gutherie did her job prepared with questions.
I suspect most Trumpers live blaming others therefore identify with Trump. Blame shifting is dysfunctional and chaotic.
Trump Shocks at NBC Town Hall By Defending Insane QAnon Conspiracists: They’re ‘Very Strongly Against Pedophilia’
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/trump-shocks-at-nbc-town-hall-by-defending-insane-qanon-conspiracists-theyre-very-strongly-against-pedophilia/
Why Doesn’t Trump Disavow QAnon? He Can’t Afford to
Trump can’t disavow QAnon because the conspiracy movement is too deeply embedded within his base: analysis
… As Right Wing Watch noted immediately after the exchange, “Nobody in QAnon World is ‘fighting’ pedophilia at all. They are simply accusing everyone they don’t like of *being* pedophiles. There is a difference.”
… And the growth of the QAnon movement is staggering for a conspiracy theory that originated on anonymous message boards in 2017. A recent Morning Consult survey found that 21 percent of Republicans who engaged with QAnon content online believed the sprawling claims to be very accurate, with another 17 percent believing them to be somewhat accurate.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/why-doesnt-trump-disavow-qanon-he-cant-afford-to/
‘What the Actual F?!’ Jake Tapper Takes a Flamethrower to Trump for Feigning Ignorance Over ‘Secret Cabal of Cannibalistic Pedophiles’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/what-the-actual-f-jake-tapper-takes-a-flamethrower-to-trump-for-feigning-ignorance-over-secret-cabal-of-cannibalistic-pedophiles/
Trump Claims NYT Story on His Taxes Was ‘Illegal’ and ‘Wrong’, Confirms Key Detail From It Moments Later
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/trump-claims-nyt-story-on-his-taxes-was-illegal-and-wrong-confirms-key-detail-from-it-moments-later/
Trump Defends Promoting Conspiracy That Navy SEALs Didn’t Kill Bin Laden: ‘That Was an Opinion’
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-defends-promoting-conspiracy-that-navy-seals-didnt-kill-bin-laden-that-was-an-opinion/
Trump Explains He Took on Some of That $400 Million Debt as a ‘Favor’ to the Lenders
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-explains-that-part-of-his-400-million-debt-were-favors-to-institutions-that-wanted-to-loan-me-money/
Trump claims that his $421 million debt is ‘tiny’ — but he apparently owes more than twice that amount
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-claims-that-his-421-million-debt-is-tiny-but-he-apparently-owes-more-than-twice-that-amount/
Trump Faces Intense Grilling From Savannah Guthrie, Says He Can’t Recall If He Took Covid Test Day of Debate
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-faces-intense-grilling-from-savannah-guthrie-says-he-cant-recall-if-he-took-covid-test-day-of-debate/
To hear Trump’s cult complaining about how Savannah interrupted him, while not giving a s hit about Donnie constantly interrupting Joe Biden at the debate is freaking hilarious.
Savannah Guthrie grilled Trump like few others have, taking the heat off NBC for its town hall
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/10/15/trump-town-hall-savannah-guthrie-biden/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6O_Ep9bY0U
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqSBqfDgOsQ
I Love You Just The Way You Are
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/16/mr-rogers-trends-after-trump-adviser-compares-biden-iconic-tv-host/3674525001/
https://nypost.com/2020/10/16/joe-biden-town-hall-likened-to-an-episode-of-mister-rogers/
It was a beautiful night in the neighborhood for Joe Biden…
Trump adviser Mercedes Schlapp wrote in response:
“Well @JoeBiden @ABCPolitics townhall feels like I am watching an episode of Mister Rodgers [sic] Neighborhood.”
https://www.mediaite.com/online/mercedes-schlapp-sneers-at-biden-town-hall-by-comparing-it-to-mister-rogers-twitter-reminds-her-mister-rogers-is-awesome/
Snowflake in Chief? Trump Surrogates Angered that POTUS Faced Actual Questions from Savannah Guthrie
…..Many are remarkably butthurt that the commander in chief had to endure FORTY questions from a non-sycophantic interviewer not bent on trying to impress President Trump, White House aides, or fellow pro-Trump media surrogates.
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/snowflake-in-chief-trump-surrogates-angered-that-potus-faced-actual-questions-from-savannah-guthrie/
Fox News Hosts and Trump Campaign Fume at Savannah Guthrie For Tough Questioning of President at Town Hall
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-hosts-and-trump-campaign-fume-at-savannah-guthrie-for-tough-questioning-of-president-at-town-hall/
😂😂😂
Judd Legum noted via Twitter “In case you weren’t watching NBC last night, the President of the United States said he didn’t know whether top Democrats are part of a secret Satanic pedophile cult and had “no position” on whether, as Vice President, Biden ordered the murder of Navy SEALs.”
CNN’s Jake Tapper also called out critics of Guthrie’s questioning via Twitter, noting “if you’re more upset that Savannah challenged him on this lunacy than the president besmirching American heroes and spreading deranged lies, you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.”
Biden did 2 hours on live TV knocking every question out of the park.
He then stayed another hour afterwards answering questions.
We’re talking about 8pm to 11pm at night with detailed answer after detailed answer.
Trump did 1 hour dodging, lying and whining.
But, sure… Biden’s got dementia and low stamina…lol
I didn’t watch, but I’m guessin’ when they whine about her “debating” him, what they mean is she fact-checked him in real time.
Only in trump world is it a tough question to ask about whether he got tested for COVID, what he thinks about QNuts, and whether he believes a conspiracy theory involving Joe Biden killing off SEAL Team 6 so we’d never learn they actually shot a body double.
Trump gave no direct answers, sweated like a pig, and offered zero substantive policy statements. Only among the MAGA zombies is that considered a win.
And now he says he will leave the country?
You mean like Nickolas did? Died in Israel.
Damn shame they fooled the world. Oops.
I watched Joe’s townhall. He’s still there answering questions of the audience after it ended. All of the questions were written by the audience members, several of which voted for fattie last time. He isn’t crying like a little girl about how unfair things were. Trump is the weakest potus EVER.
Meanwhile, Biden got a hostile question from a young black man asking him why he should even bother voting for him. Biden gave a long response, then followed up and asked the young man if he had answered his question.
Biden then told the young man to stick around and he’d talk to him after the event was over.
Contrast Biden’s response with whatever the hell Trump screams at his appearances
The morning after President Trump sneered “So cute” at Savannah Guthrie in retaliation for her doing her job well, the Lincoln Project dropped at an ad titled, “Your Daughters Are Watching.”
The ad takes aim right at Trump’s weak spot: American women, and specifically the suburban moms he fooled in 2016. In a stunningly emotional ad that hits right at the heart of what women have been feeling for four years under this president, the Republicans behind the Lincoln Project ask, “When your daughter looks in the mirror, what do you want her to see?”
Watch here:
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/10/16/new-ad-girl-in-the-mirror-takes-aim-at-super-predator-trumps-weakness-with-women.html
“What @SavannahGuthrie did last night was a public service,” said Gregg Gonsalves, a research and epidemiology for infectious disease expert at Yale University. “Every reporter, print, TV or radio should learn from what she did. She refused to submit to being “spun,” pushed through evasions, lies. It was terrific.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/nbcs-savannah-guthrie-praised-for-explosive-trump-town-hall-for-two-big-reasons/
Scoop: Trump’s advisers brace for loss, point fingers
https://www.axios.com/trump-advisers-brace-for-loss-02d6b688-4d15-46f8-a28c-efdf2a5640c3.html
NBC Town Hall Voter May Have Loved Trump’s ‘Great Smile’ — But She’s Voting For Biden: The President ‘Steps in it Every Time He Opens His Mouth’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/nbc-town-hall-voter-may-have-loved-trumps-great-smile-but-shes-voting-for-biden-the-president-steps-in-it-every-time-he-opens-his-mouth/
LOL, i really have to laugh, I saw her ask the question and switched channels, looking back I wonder if she was playing him, knowing how he eats up compliments.
Just In: Biden Crushed Trump Campaign’s September Fundraising Haul by $135 Million
https://www.mediaite.com/news/just-in-biden-crushed-trump-campaigns-september-fundraising-haul-by-135-million/
‘Cancel the show’: Trump mocked for losing ratings matchup against Biden
…. The president reportedly hoped to score more viewers than Biden by scheduling a town hall on NBC at the same time the former vice president held one of his own on ABC, but TV ratings show nearly a million more viewers watched the Democratic challenger.
“Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC averaged 13.9 million viewers on Thursday night, easily surpassing the Nielsen ratings for President Trump’s town hall on NBC,” reported CNN’s Brian Stelter. “That alone was a result virtually no one in the TV business expected. And that’s not even the most surprising part.
“The Trump town hall was simulcast by two of NBC’s cable channels, MSNBC and CNBC, but even when those channels are included in the total, Biden — on only one network — still prevailed,” Stelter added.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/cancel-the-show-trump-mocked-for-losing-ratings-matchup-against-biden/
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-brian-stelter-rubs-salt-in-trumps-wound-everybody-in-the-tv-business-thought-his-town-hall-would-beat-bidens/
Savannah Guthrie Kept Command of NBC’s Controversial Trump Town Hall
Trump wanted to run and ramble. Savannah Guthrie wouldn’t let him.
In what may be the performance of a career, the popular “Today” anchor kept a tight rein on the proceedings of a controversial town-hall event in Miami with President Donald Trump
…. She kept the president to short answers and, after he responded to various citizens in place to ask him questions, added fact checks and follow-ups. Even close observers of the news industry and the current outrageous political cycle gave her kudos. “I’m impressed with Guthrie’s preparedness so far – she’s been ready for some of Trump’s regular false claims,” said Daniel Dale, the CNN fact-checking correspondent, via Twitter.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/savannah-guthrie-nbc-trump-town-hall-tv-news-1234807107/
Trump’s town hall stunt backfires: The president made the wrong choice when he refused to appear for a virtual face-off against Joe Biden
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trumps-town-hall-stunt-backfires-the-president-made-the-wrong-choice-when-he-refused-to-appear-for-a-virtual-face-off-against-joe-biden/
WATCH: Trump whines about ‘totally crazy’ NBC host asking him about QAnon
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/watch-trump-whines-about-totally-crazy-nbc-host-asking-him-about-qanon/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/youtube-ban-qanon-conspiracy-theory-target-individuals-groups_n_5f886b3fc5b6c5eccffe3d50
“YouTube updated its guidelines Thursday to prohibit QAnon and other dangerous conspiracy theory content that targets individuals and groups.
“Today, we are taking another step in our efforts to curb hate and harassment by removing more conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world violence,” YouTube said in a statement.
That content includes videos related to QAnon, a dangerous and cultish conspiracy movement that falsely claims high-ranking members of government, media and entertainment belong to a satanic pedophile ring, and that President Donald Trump is secretly working to combat these supposed forces of evil. QAnon encompasses many other baseless and dangerous conspiracy theories, and the once mostly-online movement has bled into the real world, sometimes with dangerous consequences. The FBI has designated QAnon as a domestic terror threat.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-refuses-denounce-qanon-nbc-town-hall_n_5f88e71cc5b66ee9a5ee4db3
“President Donald Trump refused to denounce supporters of the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon at his town hall event Thursday night, spiraling into a fit of outrage at the NBC host for even asking him about it. “
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-boycott-house-intel-hearing-on-the-risks-of-q-anon-and-other-misinformation-203638644.html
“Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee boycotted a virtual hearing on the spread of online misinformation and the resulting threats to democracy Thursday, citing security concerns about holding the meeting online. The meeting was unclassified and featured testimony from nongovernment experts about the risks posed by the rapid expansion of the QAnon conspiracy theory and the role of elected officials, including President Trump, in spreading unverified rumors.”
https://news.yahoo.com/usps-worker-suspected-throwing-away-230656498.html
“A Pittsburgh-area mail carrier suspected of leaving eight garbage bags of undelivered mail outside his home with the trash appears to have posted about the QAnon conspiracy theory, The Pittsburgh City Paper reported. ”
“The inspector general’s office said in a statement the bags of mail included “business mail, flats, and small amount of first class mail,” according to KDKA. Images provided to the outlet by neighbors show bags lined up on a curb.
It’s possible that Troesch had discarded bags of mail in the past, neighbors told KDKA. The inspector general’s office said in its statement that there were no mail-in ballots for the November election included in the bags they confiscated on Sunday. ”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/susan-collins-donated-to-qanon-supporters-running-for-office_n_5f89ed81c5b62dbe71c2939f
“Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine Republican facing stiff competition from Democratic challenger Sara Gideon, donated to two state legislature candidates who support the bizarre conspiracy theory QAnon, Mainer was first to report Friday.
Both of the Republican candidates, Kevin Bushey and Brian Redmond, received $400 from Collins’ political action committee, Dirigo PAC, records show.”
“Now, in the final weeks of her campaign, Collins is facing criticism for indirectly promoting QAnon, a baseless far-right conspiracy that posits Trump is fighting a deep-state cabal of Satanic pedophiles. Its followers have exhibited violent tendencies in the past.
Trump also sparked outrage when he was asked about the conspiracy theory during his town hall Thursday night and dodged by claiming to know “nothing” about the group.
“What I do hear about it is they are very strongly against pedophilia, and I agree with that,” the president said, adding that they “fight it very hard.”
Both Bushey and Redmond are military veterans running to represent districts in northern Maine.
Their social media activity showed them advocating for QAnon and its convoluted belief system, according to Mainer, which also interviewed Redmond. ”
“Bushey is featured in YouTube videos as a leader of a “QAnon church,” which interprets the conspiracy theory through the teachings of the Bible. A website for the “church” predicts “military trials” and “God-declared executions” of people involved with progressive and mainstream Democratic organizations after Election Day.
In an interview for a Mainer podcast posted in May, Bushey spoke in disparaging terms about Freemasons, bankers, Catholics and Jews, saying they “have worked very diligently to support the idea that we should be in continuous war or having wars, because they like to finance both sides of the equation. They’re the producers, the manufacturers, and they control the money supplies.””
The Final Season of the Trump Show
Last night’s dueling town halls made clear why the president’s campaign is flailing.
…. In a nightmare alternate universe, Americans find hope by viewing films from a different dimension, where life unfolds as normal. That’s the plot of the Amazon science-fiction series The Man in the High Castle. It was also the experience many Americans had as they flipped back and forth between two town halls last night, one on NBC with President Donald Trump, the other on ABC with former Vice President Joe Biden.
Professionals often watch political debates with the sound off. Because of the bizarre format of the evening, I watched last night’s with the sound on, on two screens at once, sometimes focusing on one dialogue, sometimes on the other. The most striking contrast was how much louder the Trump event was than the Biden event. Trump shouts. Biden talks. Toggling between the two was like switching from heavy metal to midnight jazz.
Other differences became apparent too. When Trump has to deal with something he doesn’t like—such as Savannah Guthrie’s questions about his debts—he blusters great clouds of defensive words. The words do not form sentences, do not cohere into ideas, do not contain truthful information. But they do form a defensive wall of noise against unwelcome inquiry. When Biden got a challenging question—for example, whether Trump deserved some credit for peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates—he used the bullfighter method: Let the charge advance far enough to dissipate some of its energy, and only then strike back. So Biden allowed that Trump did deserve “a little” credit, but “not much.” And then, rather than arguing the point, he offered a different frame for thinking about foreign-policy success: trust by allies, acceptance of America’s standing in the world.
The most important difference, though, was starkly highlighted by the side-by-side presentations.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/trump-show/616752/
Americans Saw Trump Unfiltered and Recoiled in Horror
Polling suggests that the president dealt a severe blow to his reelection chances with his performance in the first debate.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/trump-unfiltered/616721/
‘Trump belly-flopped’: Researcher shocked at how badly the debate hurt the president
…. President Donald J. Trump cancelled his second debate against political challenger Joe Biden and opted for a town hall forum instead – and now, researchers are starting to understand why. Voter expectation ratings of Trump’s first presidential debate against Biden dropped by 18 percentage points – to 33 – while Biden’s remained closer to expectations at 46 percentage points. The debate literally caused pollsters to confirm that not only did Trump fail… he “belly-flopped.”
“Few presidential debates make that much difference. This one apparently did,” said Bob Shrum, director of the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future. “In the eyes of voters, Donald Trump belly-flopped into an empty swimming pool. The first, and perhaps only, 2020 debate may in the end do more to shape the ultimate outcome of the race than any debate since the first Kennedy-Nixon face off in 1960.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-belly-flopped-researcher-shocked-at-how-badly-the-debate-hurt-the-president/
I don’t think that town hall is going to help him much either.
He’s projecting again…and talking mob language
Trump Melts Down In Florida And Accuses Biden Of Running A Crime Family
.At a taxpayer-funded official White House event in Florida, Trump accused Joe Biden of being the head of a crime family.
Trump said, “I’ll bet you Hunter is a middle man. He’s collecting. He’s like a vacuum cleaner. He follows his father around collecting. What a disgrace. It’s a crime family. You want to know something? It’s a crime family. Hunter Biden is a middle man. Oh, that’s wild. These people are amazing. He’s a middle man. You’re right.”
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/10/16/trump-biden-crime-family.html
Trump just denied California Federal disaster relief funds for the wildfires. No reason given but you can pretty much guess why.
Since most of the forests are Federal, I think he should have had rangers out there raking them. Perhaps we should sue HIM.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-wildfire-disaster-assistance_n_5f898775c5b6dc2d17f61c28
“The Trump administration this week abruptly rejected California’s request for federal disaster relief funds to help residents affected by the Creek fire and a string of other devastating blazes that have ravaged the state.
State officials received a rejection letter that gave no explanation for the rebuff, a spokesperson for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said Thursday. The state plans to appeal.
The Trump administration previously approved similar requests for other wildfires, though President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to the Democratic-led state for partisan reasons.”
I think the state of California should just withhold Federal taxes collected to send to D.C. and just KEEP THEM. Set that as a precedent. (At least until Biden gets into office.)
And now he’s reversed himself.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-reversal-wildfire-relief-california-203753073.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reversal-wildfire-relief-california_n_5f89edcac5b6dc2d17f6a91b
“President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to cut off wildfire relief aid for fire-scorched California, has reversed his own administration’s decision this week to reject the state’s request for federal disaster funds to help communities recover from a string of devastating infernos this year.
Less than 24 hours after news broke that the Trump administration had turned down California’s request without any explanation, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), a Trump ally, took to Twitter to announce Trump’s commitment to reverse course.
“The Presidential Disaster Declaration is imminent and help is on the way,” McClintock wrote, adding “THANK YOU, Mr. President.””
That’s all this was. A political stunt. So some Deplorable state rep can say Thank YOU to Trump and create the illusion that only Republicans can save us.
Didn’t little donnie tell us he has the best memory in the universe, so how come he doesn’t remember if he was tested for Covid before the last debate?
Keep asking him about his experience with contracting Covid, sooner or later he will start running at the mouth and it will come out that he never had it, just another PR stunt to try and get votes.
It’s about time.
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