occupydemocrats--2020-05-21--Trump trashes Columbia University study proving he could have saved 36,000 lives as “very liberal”

There is now little reason to doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic will prove to be the defining chapter of Donald Trump ’ s disastrous presidency .
His legacy is composed of a smattering of disasters , blunders , and likely crimes but none of them come close to the gross incompetency he has displayed in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and the toll in human life it has exacted .
When the outbreak first began , Trump dismissed the virus as a Democratic “ hoax , ” repeatedly downplayed the risks it posed , and failed to take immediate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while dismissing warnings from his intelligence officials .
Facing a global crisis , he proved himself to be the myopic , solipistic , utterly incapable buffoon so many of us have long suspected him of being .
As a direct result of Trump ’ s inaction , the United States now has over 1.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 95,000 people have died already .
The president is drenched in the blood of Americans , with only his own laziness and ignorance to blame .
Of course , Donald is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for any of his mistakes so he refuses to admit that he botched the government ’ s response to this pandemic .
He continues to brag about his imagined victories against COVID-19 .
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Today , the president was asked by a reporter about a new Columbia study that found 36,000 American lives could have been saved from the virus if social distancing measures had been recommended by the government just one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump decided to categorically reject reality .
“ I was so early , I was earlier than anybody thought .
I put a ban on people coming in from China .
Everybody fought me on that .
They didn ’ t want it .
Nancy Pelosi a month later was dancing in the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown so that people wouldn ’ t believe what ’ s happening and I don ’ t even blame that , ” Trump rambled , trying as usual to pin the blame for his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ But I was way early .
Uh , Columbia University is an institution that ’ s very liberal .
Uh , it ’ s a uh… I think it ’ s just a political hit job you wan na know the truth , ” Trump added .
Unfortunately for Trump , the GOP ’ s kneejerk aversion to institutions of higher learning has no bearing on the validity of the study .
Americans are dead because of him , and no amount of bluster or lying can change that tragic fact .
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There is now little reason to doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic will prove to be the defining chapter of Donald Trump’s disastrous presidency. His legacy is composed of a smattering of disasters, blunders, and likely crimes but none of them come close to the gross incompetency he has displayed in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and the toll in human life it has exacted.
When the outbreak first began, Trump dismissed the virus as a Democratic “hoax,” repeatedly downplayed the risks it posed, and failed to take immediate, appropriate action to curb its spread while dismissing warnings from his intelligence officials. Facing a global crisis, he proved himself to be the myopic, solipistic, utterly incapable buffoon so many of us have long suspected him of being.
As a direct result of Trump’s inaction, the United States now has over 1.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 95,000 people have died already. The president is drenched in the blood of Americans, with only his own laziness and ignorance to blame.
Of course, Donald is a man pathologically incapable of ever taking responsibility for any of his mistakes so he refuses to admit that he botched the government’s response to this pandemic. He continues to brag about his imagined victories against COVID-19.
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Today, the president was asked by a reporter about a new Columbia study that found 36,000 American lives could have been saved from the virus if social distancing measures had been recommended by the government just one week sooner. Faced with such data, Trump decided to categorically reject reality.
“I was so early, I was earlier than anybody thought. I put a ban on people coming in from China. Everybody fought me on that. They didn’t want it. Nancy Pelosi a month later was dancing in the streets of San Francisco in Chinatown so that people wouldn’t believe what’s happening and I don’t even blame that,” Trump rambled, trying as usual to pin the blame for his own mistakes on a political enemy.
“But I was way early. Uh, Columbia University is an institution that’s very liberal. Uh, it’s a uh… I think it’s just a political hit job you wanna know the truth,” Trump added.
Unfortunately for Trump, the GOP’s kneejerk aversion to institutions of higher learning has no bearing on the validity of the study. Americans are dead because of him, and no amount of bluster or lying can change that tragic fact.
REPORTER: A new Columbia study says 36,000 lives would’ve been saved if social distancing measures would’ve been recommended just one week earlier. Do you believe that? TRUMP: “I was so early. I was earlier than anybody thought… Columbia is an institution that is very liberal” pic.twitter.com/avLKBZLNGc — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-21--Trump gets confused and claims there are “many per capitas” in viral clip

The past few weeks of the Donald J. Trump presidency have not been defined by any surge of leadership or decisive actions but rather by a visible degradation of the president ’ s mental faculties and temperament .
Faced with the worst crisis of his presidency , Trump has entirely failed to rise to the occasion and instead has chosen to bury himself deeper in his shoddily constructed foxhole of ego-affirming fallacy and delusions of self-victimizing conspiracy .
As the demands of the crisis put him in the public eye more and more , the impact of all the stress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ English language has become unavoidable .
During last night ’ s round table at the White House , Trump inadvertently created a viral clip by claiming that in fact there are many “ per capitas ” and then wondered “ per capita relative to what ?
” There is only one meaning for per capita , and it ’ s the meaning that lets the nation know that thanks to the failures of the Trump administration , America ’ s per capita COVID-19 testing ability is far beneath the level that it needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re-opening the economy — and that his failure has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people .
Social media had a field day with the gaffe ; even Webster ’ s Dictionary got in on the fun :

The past few weeks of the Donald J. Trump presidency have not been defined by any surge of leadership or decisive actions but rather by a visible degradation of the president’s mental faculties and temperament. Faced with the worst crisis of his presidency, Trump has entirely failed to rise to the occasion and instead has chosen to bury himself deeper in his shoddily constructed foxhole of ego-affirming fallacy and delusions of self-victimizing conspiracy.
As the demands of the crisis put him in the public eye more and more, the impact of all the stress on his already tenuous relationship with the English language has become unavoidable. During last night’s round table at the White House, Trump inadvertently created a viral clip by claiming that in fact there are many “per capitas” and then wondered “per capita relative to what?”
Trump: "When you say per capita, there's many per capitas. Is this like per capita relative to what?"
How did this guy made it through elementary school? pic.twitter.com/Y6F7NhXD8w — Nico COVID Haircut XW (@Nicoxw1) May 20, 2020
There is only one meaning for per capita, and it’s the meaning that lets the nation know that thanks to the failures of the Trump administration, America’s per capita COVID-19 testing ability is far beneath the level that it needs to be for us to consider fully re-opening the economy — and that his failure has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
Social media had a field day with the gaffe; even Webster’s Dictionary got in on the fun:
https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/1263528067487711232?s=20
Donald Trump is an idiot. He doesn't have a clue what 'per capita' means. Not a clue. He embarrasses himself when he tries to bullshit his way through those questions. It doesn't work. It shows his ignorance. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/NvOwbFAd2S — Patty Smith (@PattySm69424257) May 21, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-21--Mitt Romney publicly crosses Trump over mail-in votes: My state is Republican and it works great!

Republicans do not want all Americans to be able to vote .
Their ideas have become increasingly unpopular as they ’ ve been disproven again and again while Americans by and large agree with much of the Democratic platform .
To counter this ebbing of support , Republican politicians and their right-wing media enablers have leaned more and more into inane culture-war wedge issues and voter suppression to keep their party afloat at the ballot box .
With this grim electoral reality in mind , Donald Trump ’ s campaign against voting-by-mail immediately makes sense .
Even with a pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting easier and safer because they know it will drive up the overall vote count and that the more people who vote , the more likely it is Democrats will win .
Since there ’ s no real argument against voting-by-mail , Trump has been spreading the lie that it leads to widespread voter fraud , a claim completely without merit .
The sudden faux concerns about election integrity become especially laughable when one remembers that Trump failed to take meaningful action after Russia interfered in the 2016 election and has done little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again this November .
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Although he ultimately backed down from the idea , Trump went so far as to suggest that he might withhold federal funding from Michigan and Nevada if they continue their plan to expand access to vote-by-mail .
Unfortunately for the president , not every Republican is on board with his misinformation .
Senator Mitt Romney ( R-UT ) , a frequent target of the president ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote in favor of his impeachment , defended voting-by-mail yesterday .
“ In my state , I ’ ll bet 90 percent of us vote-by-mail .
It works very , very well and it ’ s a very Republican state , ” Romney said to reporters .
The statement was brief , but it ’ s exactly the kind of fact-based pushback that reliably enrages Trump so it ’ s entirely possible he will lash out if asked by reporters about Romney ’ s remarks .
The most ludicrous part in all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already cast his ballot in Florida for the 2020 election…by mail .
Yesterday , White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked about this blatant hypocrisy and unsurprisingly proved unable to formulate a reasonable explanation .
“ So first , with regard to the president doing a mail-in vote… The president is after all the president which means he ’ s here in Washington , he ’ s unable to cast his vote down in Florida , his state of residence .
So for him that ’ s why he had to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting for a reason , ” said McEnany .
Apparently , this White House thinks a habitually dishonest president deserves to vote-by-mail but the rest of us simply aren ’ t good enough or can ’ t be trusted to do so .
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Republicans do not want all Americans to be able to vote. Their ideas have become increasingly unpopular as they’ve been disproven again and again while Americans by and large agree with much of the Democratic platform. To counter this ebbing of support, Republican politicians and their right-wing media enablers have leaned more and more into inane culture-war wedge issues and voter suppression to keep their party afloat at the ballot box.
With this grim electoral reality in mind, Donald Trump’s campaign against voting-by-mail immediately makes sense. Even with a pandemic raging, Republicans are opposed to making voting easier and safer because they know it will drive up the overall vote count and that the more people who vote, the more likely it is Democrats will win.
Since there’s no real argument against voting-by-mail, Trump has been spreading the lie that it leads to widespread voter fraud, a claim completely without merit. The sudden faux concerns about election integrity become especially laughable when one remembers that Trump failed to take meaningful action after Russia interfered in the 2016 election and has done little himself to prevent them from doing so again this November.
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Although he ultimately backed down from the idea, Trump went so far as to suggest that he might withhold federal funding from Michigan and Nevada if they continue their plan to expand access to vote-by-mail.
Unfortunately for the president, not every Republican is on board with his misinformation. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), a frequent target of the president’s ire and the only GOP senator to vote in favor of his impeachment, defended voting-by-mail yesterday.
“In my state, I’ll bet 90 percent of us vote-by-mail. It works very, very well and it’s a very Republican state,” Romney said to reporters. The statement was brief, but it’s exactly the kind of fact-based pushback that reliably enrages Trump so it’s entirely possible he will lash out if asked by reporters about Romney’s remarks.
The most ludicrous part in all of this back-and-forth is that Trump himself has already cast his ballot in Florida for the 2020 election…by mail. Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked about this blatant hypocrisy and unsurprisingly proved unable to formulate a reasonable explanation.
“So first, with regard to the president doing a mail-in vote… The president is after all the president which means he’s here in Washington, he’s unable to cast his vote down in Florida, his state of residence. So for him that’s why he had to do a mail-in vote but he supports mail-in voting for a reason,” said McEnany.
Apparently, this White House thinks a habitually dishonest president deserves to vote-by-mail but the rest of us simply aren’t good enough or can’t be trusted to do so.
Kayleigh McEnany: "With regard to the President doing a mail-in vote, the President is after all the President." pic.twitter.com/I13umlI3Hl — The Hill (@thehill) May 20, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-21--Ten intelligence officials tell NYT how Trump ignored warnings about virus, listens to golfers inste

Ten intelligence officials tell NYT how Trump ignored warnings about virus, listens to golfers instead of them

The coronavirus pandemic is precisely the sort of crisis that America has long feared would occur on the watch of Donald Trump , a man uniquely unqualified to be placed in charge of anything , let alone a nation of 300 million people .
Ever since taking office , reports about his steadfast refusal to pay attention in briefings or engage with any information that conflicts with the twisted delusions which make up his worldview have steadily trickled out from frustrated and alarmed White House officials — and unfortunately , it appears that not even an unprecedented national crisis has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President .
Ten former and current intelligence officials reached out to The New York Times and shared their disgust with the president ’ s behavior during his intelligence briefings and remind the nation of just how much warning he was given of the coronavirus crisis — and how he not only ignored all of it but also had the nerve to blame one of his analysts , a woman ( of course ) named Beth Spanner , for telling him the virus wasn ’ t a “ big deal.
” Harder still is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to accept the facts being presented to him as real : The president veers off on tangents and getting him back on topic is difficult , they said .
He has a short attention span and rarely , if ever , reads intelligence reports , relying instead on conservative media and his friends for information .
He is unashamed to interrupt intelligence officers and riff based on tips or gossip he hears from the former casino magnate Steve Wynn , the retired golfer Gary Player or Christopher Ruddy , the conservative media executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he disagrees with or that runs counter to his worldview , the officials said .
Briefing him has been so great a challenge compared with his predecessors that the intelligence agencies have hired outside consultants to study how better to present information to him .
Not only does he refuse to listen to his briefings , he also makes up his own statistics and figures and then gets mad and will refuse to listen further when he is inevitably told they are wrong .
“ How do you know ?
” is Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30- to 50-minute briefings two or three times a week .
He counters with his own statistics on issues where he has strong views , like trade or NATO .
Directly challenging him , even when his numbers are wrong , appears to erode Mr. Trump ’ s trust , according to former officials , and ultimately he stops listening .
This kind of behavior is beyond unacceptable from the President of the United States , and it ’ s high time that everyone in American society — from the Democrats , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to the officials working in the government — stopped treating him with the respect the presidency deserves , since he shows none for the office he holds .
We need to publicly accept that he is an illiterate buffoon with no interest in governance whatsoever , whose own staff are forced to treat him like a spoiled toddler and whose appalling mismanagement has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of his own people .
Original reporting by Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman at the New York Times .

The coronavirus pandemic is precisely the sort of crisis that America has long feared would occur on the watch of Donald Trump, a man uniquely unqualified to be placed in charge of anything, let alone a nation of 300 million people.
Ever since taking office, reports about his steadfast refusal to pay attention in briefings or engage with any information that conflicts with the twisted delusions which make up his worldview have steadily trickled out from frustrated and alarmed White House officials — and unfortunately, it appears that not even an unprecedented national crisis has sparked any kind of change in the President.
Ten former and current intelligence officials reached out to The New York Times and shared their disgust with the president’s behavior during his intelligence briefings and remind the nation of just how much warning he was given of the coronavirus crisis — and how he not only ignored all of it but also had the nerve to blame one of his analysts, a woman (of course) named Beth Spanner, for telling him the virus wasn’t a “big deal.”
But in blaming Ms. Sanner, a C.I.A. analyst with three decades of experience, Mr. Trump ignored a host of warnings he received around that time from higher-ranking officials, epidemiologists, scientists, biodefense officials, other national security aides and the news media about the virus’s growing threat. Mr. Trump’s own health secretary had alerted him five days earlier to the potential seriousness of the virus.
Harder still is the terrifying task of getting the president to accept the facts being presented to him as real:
The president veers off on tangents and getting him back on topic is difficult, they said. He has a short attention span and rarely, if ever, reads intelligence reports, relying instead on conservative media and his friends for information. He is unashamed to interrupt intelligence officers and riff based on tips or gossip he hears from the former casino magnate Steve Wynn, the retired golfer Gary Player or Christopher Ruddy, the conservative media executive. Mr. Trump rarely absorbs information that he disagrees with or that runs counter to his worldview, the officials said. Briefing him has been so great a challenge compared with his predecessors that the intelligence agencies have hired outside consultants to study how better to present information to him. Not only does he refuse to listen to his briefings, he also makes up his own statistics and figures and then gets mad and will refuse to listen further when he is inevitably told they are wrong. “How do you know?” is Mr. Trump’s common refrain during his 30- to 50-minute briefings two or three times a week. He counters with his own statistics on issues where he has strong views, like trade or NATO. Directly challenging him, even when his numbers are wrong, appears to erode Mr. Trump’s trust, according to former officials, and ultimately he stops listening.
This kind of behavior is beyond unacceptable from the President of the United States, and it’s high time that everyone in American society — from the Democrats, the journalists in the White House press briefings, to the officials working in the government — stopped treating him with the respect the presidency deserves, since he shows none for the office he holds. We need to publicly accept that he is an illiterate buffoon with no interest in governance whatsoever, whose own staff are forced to treat him like a spoiled toddler and whose appalling mismanagement has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of his own people.
Original reporting by Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman at the New York Times.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-22--Trump Evangelical advisor tweets a racist slave impersonation to mock Biden’s remarks

During a digital interview with The Breakfast Club ’ s radio host Charlamagne tha God today , former Vice President Joe Biden commented that anyone who is struggling with the decision between himself and Donald Trump “ ain ’ t Black.
” The statement , while inappropriate and ill-advised , was clearly not malicious in context and Charlamagne seemed totally unperturbed by it .
Nonetheless , the clip quickly went viral with Republicans decrying and amplifying it in bad faith , trying their best to paint Biden as a racist despite the mountains of evidence to the contrary .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support from the Ku Klux Klan , Neo-Nazis , and all manner of white supremacist groups—accusing a stalwart ally of the Black community like Joe Biden of racism should be lost on absolutely no one .
Already , Biden has done the right thing and offered a sincere apology for the insensitive comment .
He conceded that he shouldn ’ t have been “ so cavalier ” with his wording and stressed that he has never in his political career taken the African-American community for granted .
It ’ s worth noting that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laundry list of far more offensive racial comments he ’ s made in the past .
Biden owns and admits his mistakes , Trump doubles down on them .
Republicans who never genuinely cared about Biden ’ s comments in the first place beyond their use as a political cudgel are already dismissing his apology .
One particularly shocking and overtly racist tweet on the topic was penned by Eric Metaxas , one of Trump ’ s evangelical advisors and most fanatical supporters .
Channeling what is presumably a caricature of a slave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extended bit written in gleefully racist dialect .
The tweet itself has to be read to be believed .
Metaxas , like so many conservatives before him , simply couldn ’ t resist the urge to indulge in bigotry and thought that masking his “ joke ” as a criticism of Biden would make it acceptable .
In reality , the tweet says far more about Metaxas and how he views Black people than it does about the former vice president .
It ’ s inexcusable and exponentially worse than anything Biden has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Metaxas still hasn ’ t had the good sense to delete the stunning tweet .

During a digital interview with The Breakfast Club’s radio host Charlamagne tha God today, former Vice President Joe Biden commented that anyone who is struggling with the decision between himself and Donald Trump “ain’t Black.” The statement, while inappropriate and ill-advised, was clearly not malicious in context and Charlamagne seemed totally unperturbed by it.
Nonetheless, the clip quickly went viral with Republicans decrying and amplifying it in bad faith, trying their best to paint Biden as a racist despite the mountains of evidence to the contrary. The irony of the GOP—a party that draws support from the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, and all manner of white supremacist groups—accusing a stalwart ally of the Black community like Joe Biden of racism should be lost on absolutely no one.
.@JoeBiden: "If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black." @cthagod: "It don't have nothing to do with Trump, it has to do with the fact — I want something for my community." @breakfastclubam pic.twitter.com/endvWnOIV2 — America Rising (@AmericaRising) May 22, 2020
Already, Biden has done the right thing and offered a sincere apology for the insensitive comment. He conceded that he shouldn’t have been “so cavalier” with his wording and stressed that he has never in his political career taken the African-American community for granted.
It’s worth noting that Trump has never once apologized for the laundry list of far more offensive racial comments he’s made in the past. Biden owns and admits his mistakes, Trump doubles down on them.
JUST IN: In a call with Black business leaders, @JoeBiden apologizes for his AM comments to @cthagod: "
“I should not have been so cavalier. I've never, never, ever taken the African American community for granted." (more) — Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) May 22, 2020
Republicans who never genuinely cared about Biden’s comments in the first place beyond their use as a political cudgel are already dismissing his apology. One particularly shocking and overtly racist tweet on the topic was penned by Eric Metaxas, one of Trump’s evangelical advisors and most fanatical supporters.
Channeling what is presumably a caricature of a slave character, Metaxas let loose with an extended bit written in gleefully racist dialect. The tweet itself has to be read to be believed.
One of Trump’s evangelical advisers weighs in … pic.twitter.com/ruSi258fKS — Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) May 22, 2020
Metaxas, like so many conservatives before him, simply couldn’t resist the urge to indulge in bigotry and thought that masking his “joke” as a criticism of Biden would make it acceptable. In reality, the tweet says far more about Metaxas and how he views Black people than it does about the former vice president. It’s inexcusable and exponentially worse than anything Biden has said.
As of this writing, Metaxas still hasn’t had the good sense to delete the stunning tweet.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-22--Bush’s press secretary gets torched for hypocrisy after crying he was “incensed” by Biden remarks

On Friday morning , conservatives howled with faux outrage after an exchange between presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and radio host Charlamagne Tha God went viral on social media .
In the clip , Biden jokes that “ if you have a problem figuring out whether you ’ re for me or Trump , then you ain ’ t Black , ” which was quickly seized on by Trump ’ s team of breathtakingly hypocritical propagandists in a desperate effort to smear him and take the heat off of the most racist president in American history .
Former Bush toady @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he was “ incensed ” about this because he was a minority within a minority as a Jewish person and declared that he would be offended if someone told him that he wasn ’ t Jewish because of his politics .
But the hollow opportunism of his bad-faith pearl-clutching was quickly thrown back in Fleischer ’ s face by prominent social media commentators , who were not about to forget that President Trump literally said that Jews who vote for Democrats are “ disloyal to the Jewish people and “ disloyal to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire presidency blowing racist dog whistles for his white supremacist supporters , openly pursuing a white nationalists agenda and dabbling in anti-Semitism whenever it suits him .
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It is beyond repugnant to watch slugs like Ari Fleischer try to use his minority status to try to smear Joe Biden in the defense of a man like Trump when he knows full well that Trump and his family gleefully promote racist and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who watches the full interview with Charlamagne Tha God can tell that Biden had been joking with the radio host , who didn ’ t react negatively to the comments .
While there is an argument to be made that Biden was being overly familiar with a community that he has a long relationship with and perhaps could have phrased it better , there can be no stones thrown from men like Fleischer , who lives with his fellow Republicans in a glass house in the shape of a Ku Klux Klan hood @

On Friday morning, conservatives howled with faux outrage after an exchange between presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and radio host Charlamagne Tha God went viral on social media.
In the clip, Biden jokes that “if you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black,” which was quickly seized on by Trump’s team of breathtakingly hypocritical propagandists in a desperate effort to smear him and take the heat off of the most racist president in American history.
Former Bush toady and FOX News contributor Ari Fleischer declared that he was “incensed” about this because he was a minority within a minority as a Jewish person and declared that he would be offended if someone told him that he wasn’t Jewish because of his politics.
I'm incensed about this because politically speaking, I'm a minority within a minority. As a Jewish Republican, if someone told me I'm not Jewish because of my politics, it would be offensive. It's contrary to individualism and it's disdainful of idelogical diversity. https://t.co/v1zEGOixCl — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) May 22, 2020
But the hollow opportunism of his bad-faith pearl-clutching was quickly thrown back in Fleischer’s face by prominent social media commentators, who were not about to forget that President Trump literally said that Jews who vote for Democrats are “disloyal to the Jewish people and “disloyal to Israel.”
I’m so happy to hear you say that Ari. Not often that you admit you are incensed by one of Trumps comments. https://t.co/cFmrRXW8rM pic.twitter.com/pjcdJ9lue6 — Tim Miller (@Timodc) May 22, 2020
Jewish conservatives tell us liberals we're not really Jewish all the fucking time. Ben Shapiro has practically made a career out of it. pic.twitter.com/mVkF6qW25R — Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 22, 2020
So much this! This is why conservatives are always so circumspect about making sure never to imply that some Jews are less Jewish than others simply because they oppose some policy, or a broad obvious trend in one party, or any one particular occupation. https://t.co/G5VSvOkWa7 — David Roth (@david_j_roth) May 22, 2020
President Trump has spent his entire presidency blowing racist dog whistles for his white supremacist supporters, openly pursuing a white nationalists agenda and dabbling in anti-Semitism whenever it suits him.
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It is beyond repugnant to watch slugs like Ari Fleischer try to use his minority status to try to smear Joe Biden in the defense of a man like Trump when he knows full well that Trump and his family gleefully promote racist and anti-Semitic ideas and conspiracy theories.
Anyone who watches the full interview with Charlamagne Tha God can tell that Biden had been joking with the radio host, who didn’t react negatively to the comments. While there is an argument to be made that Biden was being overly familiar with a community that he has a long relationship with and perhaps could have phrased it better, there can be no stones thrown from men like Fleischer, who lives with his fellow Republicans in a glass house in the shape of a Ku Klux Klan hood.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-22--Right-wing reporter asks Trump’s press secretary if he will be “pardoning” Obama for imagined crime

The Trump White House is entirely incapable of responding to tough questions .
Whenever a reporter tries to cut to the heart of some issue with this uniformly disastrous administration they ’ re met with insults , misdirection , and outright lies .
Since any honest form of journalism must paint this presidency in an unflattering light , Trump and his lackeys rely on right-wing propaganda outlets like Fox News and the even more rabidly conservative One America News to get their mendacious messaging out .
OAN , a disreputable far-right network that would have never obtained a press pass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fixture of White House Press briefings over the past few years and OAN ‘ s White House correspondent Chanel Rion has built a reputation for lobbing softball questions to Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany .
Rion invariably echoes Trump talking points and peppers her interactions with conspiracy theories and anti-Democrat sentiments .
In no sense should what she does be considered serious journalism .
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Today , Rion absurdly asked if Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ illegally wiretapping ” him and for other “ potential crimes.
” The ridiculous question was a transparent attempt to amplify the “ Obamagate ” conspiracy theory that Trump has been ranting about for weeks .
The reality , of course , is that Obama didn ’ t actually do anything illegal .
In fact , when Trump was asked directly by a reporter what crime he believes his predecessor committed he was unable to conjure up a coherent answer .
McEnany was suspiciously well-prepared for the question .
“ So I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said McEnany , treating the question as if it were legitimate .
She then launched into what appeared to be a preprepared rant about Obamagate , chastizing the other reporters in the room for not taking the ludicrous and nonsensical conspiracy more seriously .
She then presented a series of slides of Trump talking points on the subject .
The pathetic performance seems to indicate backroom cooperation between OAN and the White House which , in addition to being a disgrace to journalism , demonstrates just how desperate this administration is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to hear what YOU have to say .
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The Trump White House is entirely incapable of responding to tough questions. Whenever a reporter tries to cut to the heart of some issue with this uniformly disastrous administration they’re met with insults, misdirection, and outright lies.
Since any honest form of journalism must paint this presidency in an unflattering light, Trump and his lackeys rely on right-wing propaganda outlets like Fox News and the even more rabidly conservative One America News to get their mendacious messaging out.
OAN, a disreputable far-right network that would have never obtained a press pass under a normal administration, has become a fixture of White House Press briefings over the past few years and OAN‘s White House correspondent Chanel Rion has built a reputation for lobbing softball questions to Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. Rion invariably echoes Trump talking points and peppers her interactions with conspiracy theories and anti-Democrat sentiments. In no sense should what she does be considered serious journalism.
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Today, Rion absurdly asked if Trump is considering pardoning former President Obama for “illegally wiretapping” him and for other “potential crimes.”
The ridiculous question was a transparent attempt to amplify the “Obamagate” conspiracy theory that Trump has been ranting about for weeks. The reality, of course, is that Obama didn’t actually do anything illegal. In fact, when Trump was asked directly by a reporter what crime he believes his predecessor committed he was unable to conjure up a coherent answer.
McEnany was suspiciously well-prepared for the question.
“So I have not spoken to the president about that,” said McEnany, treating the question as if it were legitimate. She then launched into what appeared to be a preprepared rant about Obamagate, chastizing the other reporters in the room for not taking the ludicrous and nonsensical conspiracy more seriously. She then presented a series of slides of Trump talking points on the subject.
The pathetic performance seems to indicate backroom cooperation between OAN and the White House which, in addition to being a disgrace to journalism, demonstrates just how desperate this administration is to peddle its half-baked narratives.
Watch the embarrassing interaction below.
Note how McEnany had a slideshow ready to go in response to this question from OAN. This was almost certainly a planted question from @ChanelRion, who was recently barred from attending the White House briefings as a reporter. https://t.co/1f07Wt3qyB — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2020
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-22--Trump’s Memorial Day speech to veterans devolves into messy attacks on Pelosi and lies about Dr. Fau

Trump’s Memorial Day speech to veterans devolves into messy attacks on Pelosi and lies about Dr. Fauci

The President of the United States is not entirely there .
The man ’ s ability to speak coherently and his raw cognitive powers have always been a problem but in recent weeks they ’ ve gotten worse .
Perhaps it ’ s the stress of realizing he botched the response to the worst pandemic in living memory or perhaps it ’ s because he knows he stands little chance of beating Joe Biden in November , but whatever it is his mind is coming apart at the seams .
Today , Trump gave an address to a group of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What should have been a somber occasion to remember the fallen quickly devolved into the kind of circus we have unfortunately been conditioned to expect every time a microphone is placed in front of our leader .
As he has done repeatedly in the past , Trump took credit for The Veterans ’ Access to Care through Choice , Accountability , and Transparency Act of 2014 which—as the year clearly tells you—was actually signed into law by President Obama .
Trump is so starved for accomplishments that he ’ s been reduced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then tried to blame Obama for not developing testing for COVID-19 , a virus that didn ’ t even exist during his tenure .
Trump also invented a quote from Dr. Fauci , Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and prominent member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force , in a pathetic attempt to make himself look good .
The president went on to ramble about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) , one of his preferred targets in recent days as he has seemingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his reelection chance .
After throwing out his usual arsenal of lies about Pelosi he accused Democrats of being “ sick ” and then trailed off as he lost his train of thought .
The entire performance was a travesty , a hodgepodge of self-aggrandizing lies and bizarre tangents that did nothing to honor the fallen and served only to remind the world what an unhinged , confused old man the president is .
Every day it becomes clearer how imperative it is that we remove him from office .
Vote in November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too .

The President of the United States is not entirely there. The man’s ability to speak coherently and his raw cognitive powers have always been a problem but in recent weeks they’ve gotten worse.
Perhaps it’s the stress of realizing he botched the response to the worst pandemic in living memory or perhaps it’s because he knows he stands little chance of beating Joe Biden in November, but whatever it is his mind is coming apart at the seams.
Today, Trump gave an address to a group of veterans ahead of Memorial Day weekend. What should have been a somber occasion to remember the fallen quickly devolved into the kind of circus we have unfortunately been conditioned to expect every time a microphone is placed in front of our leader.
As he has done repeatedly in the past, Trump took credit for The Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 which—as the year clearly tells you—was actually signed into law by President Obama. Trump is so starved for accomplishments that he’s been reduced to claiming those of his predecessor.
He then tried to blame Obama for not developing testing for COVID-19, a virus that didn’t even exist during his tenure.
Trump is commemorating Memorial Day by blaming Obama for not developing tests for a virus that didn't exist until 3 years after he left office pic.twitter.com/wn40sXOMwg — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2020
Trump also invented a quote from Dr. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and prominent member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, in a pathetic attempt to make himself look good.
Dr Fauci never said this pic.twitter.com/cJRqFUmT6l — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2020
The president went on to ramble about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), one of his preferred targets in recent days as he has seemingly convinced himself that attacking her will bolster his reelection chance. After throwing out his usual arsenal of lies about Pelosi he accused Democrats of being “sick” and then trailed off as he lost his train of thought.
“These people are sick. Anyway … ” — Trump’s Memorial Day speech has now devolved into lies about Nancy Pelosi pic.twitter.com/K0ET6wBfQx — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 22, 2020
The entire performance was a travesty, a hodgepodge of self-aggrandizing lies and bizarre tangents that did nothing to honor the fallen and served only to remind the world what an unhinged, confused old man the president is. Every day it becomes clearer how imperative it is that we remove him from office. Vote in November and make sure everyone you know does too.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-22--Michigan’s AG claps back at Trump after he trashes her as “wacky do-nothing” in mask dispute

On Friday morning , President Trump sparked a new feud with the “ wacky do-nothing ” Attorney General of Michigan in defense of the Ford Motor Company , which came under fire for allowing him to wander around their factory without a mask on .
During yesterday ’ s visit to the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti , Michigan , President Trump did not wear a mask during his interactions with reporters and claimed that company officials told him he didn ’ t have to .
He did admit he wore a mask earlier but “ didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of seeing it.
” But his refusal to wear a mask during the press portion earned him the ire of Attorney General Dana Nessel , who declared that the president was not welcome in the state for refusing to wear a mask during a portion of his visit : “ He is a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules .
This is not a joke.
” This did not sit well with the President , who can be counted on like clockwork to issue formulaic attack tweets whenever he is publicly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A.G. Nessel of taking her “ anger and stupidity ” out on Ford and falsely credited himself with bringing manufacturing jobs back to Michigan .
Attorney General Nessel didn ’ t take this lying down , however , calling him out for targeting Michigan ’ s women leaders and taunting him with the all the lawsuits that Nessel and other Democratic Attorney Generals have filed and won against Trump and his administration .
Trump is obsessed with primitive conceptions of “ strength ” and “ weakness , ” only capable of viewing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caveman .
It renders him incapable of accepting the tamest of criticisms from women or following basic common courtesies like wearing a mask out of shameful insecurity .
There ’ s a very good reason that states like Michigan are enforcing mask use regulations : they ’ re trying to save lives .
For the President of the United States to so publicly flaunt their directives is extremely counterproductive , and Attorney General Nessel is absolutely in the right to chastise Trump for it .
His inappropriate reaction is just more evidence that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be run out of office as soon as possible .

On Friday morning, President Trump sparked a new feud with the “wacky do-nothing” Attorney General of Michigan in defense of the Ford Motor Company, which came under fire for allowing him to wander around their factory without a mask on.
During yesterday’s visit to the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, President Trump did not wear a mask during his interactions with reporters and claimed that company officials told him he didn’t have to. He did admit he wore a mask earlier but “didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.”
But his refusal to wear a mask during the press portion earned him the ire of Attorney General Dana Nessel, who declared that the president was not welcome in the state for refusing to wear a mask during a portion of his visit: “He is a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules. This is not a joke.”
This did not sit well with the President, who can be counted on like clockwork to issue formulaic attack tweets whenever he is publicly challenged by a woman. Trump accused A.G. Nessel of taking her “anger and stupidity” out on Ford and falsely credited himself with bringing manufacturing jobs back to Michigan.
The Wacky Do Nothing Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel, is viciously threatening Ford Motor Company for the fact that I inspected a Ventilator plant without a mask. Not their fault, & I did put on a mask. No wonder many auto companies left Michigan, until I came along! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Do nothing A.G. of the Great State of Michigan, Dana Nessel, should not be taking her anger and stupidity out on Ford Motor – they might get upset with you and leave the state, like so many other companies have – until I came along and brought business back to Michigan. JOBS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Attorney General Nessel didn’t take this lying down, however, calling him out for targeting Michigan’s women leaders and taunting him with the all the lawsuits that Nessel and other Democratic Attorney Generals have filed and won against Trump and his administration.
https://twitter.com/dananessel/status/1263680532950499331?s=20
Trump is obsessed with primitive conceptions of “strength” and “weakness,” only capable of viewing the world through the lens of a greasy caveman. It renders him incapable of accepting the tamest of criticisms from women or following basic common courtesies like wearing a mask out of shameful insecurity.
There’s a very good reason that states like Michigan are enforcing mask use regulations: they’re trying to save lives. For the President of the United States to so publicly flaunt their directives is extremely counterproductive, and Attorney General Nessel is absolutely in the right to chastise Trump for it. His inappropriate reaction is just more evidence that he is unfit for office and must be run out of office as soon as possible.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-24--“You blew it”: Trump’s bitter slam at his former AG Jeff Sessions ups the ante in their Twitter feud

Donald Trump is not one to forgive a grudge .
When , in one of the few lawful acts ever taken by a member of the Trump administration , then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the handling of the investigation of the Trump campaign ’ s ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 election — an action that eventually led to the appointment of Robert Mueller to lead the team conducting the inquiry — Sessions earned Trump ’ s eternal ire .
After he was ousted from the White House in favor of William Barr , a man who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all comers , Sessions set his sights on regaining the Alabama Senate seat he gave up to join the Trump administration , only to have the president endorse Coach Tommy Tuberville for the seat in the Republican primaries .
Without a clear winner in the initial primary , that contest is now headed for a runoff election .
Just yesterday , Trump sent out this vicious tweet attacking his former close collaborator and defender : Today Sessions responded with a tweet reminding the president how much of his own reputation he put on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a president he now implies was unworthy of his trust .
You wouldn ’ t expect Donald Trump to not respond to Sessions once the cannons were blasting away on Twitter .
The president declared an all-out Twitter feud with his reply to Sessions ’ missive .
Trump ’ s reply is a risky strategy for the president , given how much insider information Sessions likely has from his days early in the campaign and the beginnings of the administration that he could release publicly or surreptitiously before election day .
With Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his massive failure in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic , Sessions will have to calculate whether the Trump supporters in Alabama are disillusioned enough with the president that his next move should be a complete break with Trump and a campaign based on returning the Republican party to normalcy after its decimation by a nasty disease…and by COVID-19 too .
We ’ ll see if Sessions has the courage to tell the truth about his time working for the president before the Alabama GOP primary runoff election which is currently postponed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that continues on an upward trajectory in that state .
If not , perhaps the former Senator is thinking he can win on name recognition alone .
In a year in which the Republicans and Trump are both facing uphill battles , perhaps the best course for Sessions ’ political future is to lose the runoff and try again someday when the legacy of Donald Trump is just a long-forgotten nightmare .
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Donald Trump is not one to forgive a grudge.
When, in one of the few lawful acts ever taken by a member of the Trump administration, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the handling of the investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russian meddling in the 2016 election — an action that eventually led to the appointment of Robert Mueller to lead the team conducting the inquiry — Sessions earned Trump’s eternal ire.
After he was ousted from the White House in favor of William Barr, a man who sees his job as defending Trump against all comers, Sessions set his sights on regaining the Alabama Senate seat he gave up to join the Trump administration, only to have the president endorse Coach Tommy Tuberville for the seat in the Republican primaries. Without a clear winner in the initial primary, that contest is now headed for a runoff election.
Just yesterday, Trump sent out this vicious tweet attacking his former close collaborator and defender:
3 years ago, after Jeff Sessions recused himself, the Fraudulent Mueller Scam began. Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions. He let our Country down. That’s why I endorsed Coach Tommy Tuberville (@TTuberville), the true supporter of our #MAGA agenda! https://t.co/pCi7jftce2 https://t.co/sAn1VbxNwc — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Today Sessions responded with a tweet reminding the president how much of his own reputation he put on the line only to be besmirched by a president he now implies was unworthy of his trust.
.@realDonaldTrump: Mr. President, Alabama can and does trust me, as do conservatives across the country. Perhaps you’ve forgotten. They trusted me when I stepped out and put that trust on the line for you. — Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) May 23, 2020
You wouldn’t expect Donald Trump to not respond to Sessions once the cannons were blasting away on Twitter.
The president declared an all-out Twitter feud with his reply to Sessions’ missive.
….price. You should drop out of the race & pray that super liberal @DougJones, a weak & pathetic puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi & Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, gets beaten badly. He voted for impeachment based on “ZERO”. Disgraced Alabama. Coach @TTuberville will be a GREAT Senator! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
Ouch!
Trump’s reply is a risky strategy for the president, given how much insider information Sessions likely has from his days early in the campaign and the beginnings of the administration that he could release publicly or surreptitiously before election day.
With Trump’s approval ratings already plummeting due to his massive failure in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sessions will have to calculate whether the Trump supporters in Alabama are disillusioned enough with the president that his next move should be a complete break with Trump and a campaign based on returning the Republican party to normalcy after its decimation by a nasty disease…and by COVID-19 too.
We’ll see if Sessions has the courage to tell the truth about his time working for the president before the Alabama GOP primary runoff election which is currently postponed to July 14th due to the coronavirus pandemic that continues on an upward trajectory in that state.
If not, perhaps the former Senator is thinking he can win on name recognition alone.
In a year in which the Republicans and Trump are both facing uphill battles, perhaps the best course for Sessions’ political future is to lose the runoff and try again someday when the legacy of Donald Trump is just a long-forgotten nightmare.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-23--The New York Times dedicates front page of Sunday edition to printing names of COVID-19 victims

In an unprecedented move , there will only one story on the front page of tomorrow ’ s Sunday edition of The New York Times .
There will be not a single photo on the front page , another first for the New York newspaper of record .
Instead , the entire front page will list the names and a brief biography of a small one percent fraction of the Americans who have died from the coronavirus pandemic .
The list of names is accompanied only by the headline : “ U.S .
deaths near 100,000 , an incalculable loss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to look at each victim as an individual and an integral part of our nation — “ They were not simply names on a list .
They were us , ” the sub-headline reads .
At first glance , the small type and long lines of uninterrupted text may fool the reader into thinking that they were reading the legal notices section of the paper rather than the longest and most prominent set of continuous obituaries In the paper ’ s history .
Although The Times did publish biographies of virtually every person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrorist attacks , they never before have dedicated an entire front page to a simple list of those we ’ ve lost in a major disaster before .
Even worse than seeing the names and realizing that each name represents a human life lost , is the realization that this lengthy list of names could be nearly 10 times longer if it were to include each and every victim identified so far as having succumbed to the virus .
Given the likely undercounting of deaths due to COVID-19 early in the pandemic when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is today , the list likely omits many more victims whose deaths have still to be recognized as coronavirus-related .
While Donald Trump has been no fan of the publication he regularly refers to as “ the failing New York Times , ” he is likely to completely blow a gasket when he sees this front page .
It will be hard to tell what he will be more upset about : the public manifestation of the damage his inaction to stem the spread of the pandemic laid bare for all to see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that his photo wasn ’ t on the cover to accompany the obituaries .
If this doesn ’ t inspire you to fight for the removal of Trump from office in the November elections , then who knows what possibly could ?
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In an unprecedented move, there will only one story on the front page of tomorrow’s Sunday edition of The New York Times.
There will be not a single photo on the front page, another first for the New York newspaper of record.
Instead, the entire front page will list the names and a brief biography of a small one percent fraction of the Americans who have died from the coronavirus pandemic.
The list of names is accompanied only by the headline: “U.S. deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss” and a subheading urging the reader to look at each victim as an individual and an integral part of our nation — “They were not simply names on a list. They were us,” the sub-headline reads.
At first glance, the small type and long lines of uninterrupted text may fool the reader into thinking that they were reading the legal notices section of the paper rather than the longest and most prominent set of continuous obituaries In the paper’s history.
Although The Times did publish biographies of virtually every person killed in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, they never before have dedicated an entire front page to a simple list of those we’ve lost in a major disaster before.
Even worse than seeing the names and realizing that each name represents a human life lost, is the realization that this lengthy list of names could be nearly 10 times longer if it were to include each and every victim identified so far as having succumbed to the virus.
Given the likely undercounting of deaths due to COVID-19 early in the pandemic when testing was even scarcer than it still is today, the list likely omits many more victims whose deaths have still to be recognized as coronavirus-related.
While Donald Trump has been no fan of the publication he regularly refers to as “the failing New York Times,” he is likely to completely blow a gasket when he sees this front page. It will be hard to tell what he will be more upset about: the public manifestation of the damage his inaction to stem the spread of the pandemic laid bare for all to see in a starkly graphic form or the fact that his photo wasn’t on the cover to accompany the obituaries.
If this doesn’t inspire you to fight for the removal of Trump from office in the November elections, then who knows what possibly could?
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-23--Trump plays while America burns with COVID-19 in first pandemic trip to his Virginia golf course

Do you have a sneaking suspicion that the real reason that Donald Trump has been pressing so hard for America to reopen in the midst of a still spreading COVID-19 pandemic is that he misses spending every weekend pouring your tax dollars into his own coffers while playing golf at one of his own resorts with all the revenue that Secret Service accommodations and golf cart rentals garner ?
If so your suspicions were confirmed this morning when Bloomberg News reported that : Trump ’ s eagerness to get back on the links was presaged last weekend when he called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the PGA tournament last Sunday .
“ We want to get sports back .
We miss sports , ” Trump told the NBC sportscasters .
“ We need sports in terms of the psyche , the psyche of our country.
” “ We want to be back to normal where you have the big crowds where they ’ re practically standing on top of each other , not where they ’ re worried , ” Trump continued , displaying his magical thinking and scientific denialism of the seriousness and contagion of the COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clock to do anything at all to prevent the worsening of a pandemic that is rapidly approaching a death toll of 100,000 Americans , Trump is emulating Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burns with a dash of Marie Antionette ’ s “ let them eat cake ” thrown in for good measure as the Republican Senate recessed without even considering the latest stimulus and relief bill that could help bail out faltering state budgets depleted by record-shattering unemployment claims .
Playboy ’ s White House correspondent Brian Karem found the comparison to Marie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his tweet satirically reprimanding the president ’ s skewed priorities .
Other Twitter commentators were equally critical of Trump ’ s tone-deaf decision to ignore the suffering of the American people while he enjoyed being chauffeured between strokes at his exclusive golf club .
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Hear that sound ?
It ’ s the sound of the American empire imploding , courtesy of Donald Trump , making America great again by regressing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death rates .
Original reporting by Ros Krasny and Mark Satter at Bloomberg News .
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Do you have a sneaking suspicion that the real reason that Donald Trump has been pressing so hard for America to reopen in the midst of a still spreading COVID-19 pandemic is that he misses spending every weekend pouring your tax dollars into his own coffers while playing golf at one of his own resorts with all the revenue that Secret Service accommodations and golf cart rentals garner?
If so your suspicions were confirmed this morning when Bloomberg News reported that:
“Trump arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Virginia around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. He was spotted earlier wearing a white polo shirt and signature white ‘Make America Great Again’ cap. The White House doesn’t always confirm Trump’s activities while at his golf courses.”
Trump’s eagerness to get back on the links was presaged last weekend when he called into NBC’s live coverage of the PGA tournament last Sunday.
“We want to get sports back. We miss sports,” Trump told the NBC sportscasters. “We need sports in terms of the psyche, the psyche of our country.” “We want to be back to normal where you have the big crowds where they’re practically standing on top of each other, not where they’re worried,” Trump continued, displaying his magical thinking and scientific denialism of the seriousness and contagion of the COVID-19 virus.
Instead of working around the clock to do anything at all to prevent the worsening of a pandemic that is rapidly approaching a death toll of 100,000 Americans, Trump is emulating Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burns with a dash of Marie Antionette’s “let them eat cake” thrown in for good measure as the Republican Senate recessed without even considering the latest stimulus and relief bill that could help bail out faltering state budgets depleted by record-shattering unemployment claims.
Playboy’s White House correspondent Brian Karem found the comparison to Marie Antionette appropriate enough to include it in his tweet satirically reprimanding the president’s skewed priorities.
Today @realDonaldTrump returns to the “Let ‘em eat cake” golf course for some fun. 1.6M COVID19 cases. 98K dead. Record unemployment. All is well. POTUS is on the links. pic.twitter.com/s8jCx42vkg — Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) May 23, 2020
Other Twitter commentators were equally critical of Trump’s tone-deaf decision to ignore the suffering of the American people while he enjoyed being chauffeured between strokes at his exclusive golf club.
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Saw it with eyes closed — MamaBear (@momisalright) May 23, 2020
On the other hand, this may be the best way he can help the country at this moment — Adam Cohen Lawyers for Good Government #DemCast (@axidentaliberal) May 23, 2020
Swish! Put. Swish! Put. Swish! Put.
Hear that sound? It’s the sound of the American empire imploding, courtesy of Donald Trump, making America great again by regressing to the days of pervasive pestilence and dismal death rates.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-23--Trump Saturday AM Twitter roundup: desperate attacks, misleading polls, and recycled material

So much to tweet , so little time !
Donald Trump went on another Twitter bender this morning , spitting out 21 posts to the social media platform in his continuing demonstration that maintaining his personal branding and campaigning for re-election is more important than trying to navigate the country out of a pandemic crisis that he minimizes and has mismanaged disastrously .
Yet for all his literally furious activity tweeting away , it seems as if the president is running out of original material for his social media con machine .
Trump is increasingly padding his daily Twitter output @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those of supporters of his administration who parrot his conspiratorial ravings .
Perhaps he thinks that because whatever made-up scandal du jour he had posted about recently hadn ’ t gained significant media traction , simply retweeting the message a second or third time will help make whatever particular lunatic assertion he ’ s pushing go viral .
That being said , let ’ s look at Trump ’ s morning posts to investigate what the president thinks is more important spending time on than responding to the collapse of the economy and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to COVID-19 .
Trump began his day on Twitter with a click-bait captioned retweet of an earlier response to a post from the law professor Jonathan Turley , who had testified for the president ’ s side in his Senate impeachment trial .
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Trump continues to peddle the rehashed “ Obamagate ” faux-scandal as a distraction to his coronavirus failures despite the fact that the barely-articulated accusations he makes contain no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a retweet by his social media director Dan Scavino Jr. congratulating the incoming — and completely unqualified — Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe , Trump reposted a two-day-old tweet accusing Democrats of election fraud by attaching an article from a source that is hardly a paragon of journalistic accuracy , Breitbart News .
Next Trump moved on to promulgating his own brand of “ FAKE NEWS , ” with his third retweet of a phony poll meme claiming a 50 % approval rating , a number that he has never approached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ office , according to the FiveThirtyEight compilation of all polls .
In truth , the latest poll from The Hill HarrisX shows Trump losing to Former VP Joe Biden by a narrow one-point margin , but puts him nowhere close to 50 % approval which is not much to brag about to begging with depending on which side of the glass half-empty or half-full debate you fall on .
The reason that Trump retweeted that ego-boosting , but meaningless , meme became apparent in his next set of retweets , all of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his virtual in-house cheerleaders at Fox News had to report .
Trump ’ s appeal to the late Roger Ailes — the nefarious right-wing political mastermind who wrote the book on how to weaponize politicized opinion-masquerading-as-news — is telling .
Ailes built his cable “ news ” operation to brainwash Americans into voting against their own self-interests and died before the apotheosis of his efforts — the inauguration of Donald Trump — would allow him to see the Frankenstein ’ s monster that he had created .
All those negative numbers inspired Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obamagate ” accusations for his next post , this one a retweet from one of the the president ’ s congressional bulldogs , Rep. Jim “ Gym ” Jordan ( R-OH ) .
One would think that touting the fact that a top prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller — someone who has presumably read all of the redacted parts of the Mueller report — is actively campaigning for Joe Biden is more of an indictment of Trump than anyone else , but in the topsy-turvy world of the right-wing , one must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump went on to post a shout out to his bikers for Trump buddies and praise an African American Trump supporter in a poorly thought-out tweet meant to help cure his horrendous approval numbers in the black community that the casual observer might mistakenly interpret as a tribute to Democratic Senator Kamala Harris .
The New York Times was the president ’ s next target with a couple of tweets so full of petty jealousy and personal animosity that the effectiveness of the newspaper ’ s coverage of the president in getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ morning tweetstorm continued with an endorsement of a Pennsylvania GOP congressional candidate , a foolish push to reopen churches in the middle of a pandemic that could backfire and lead to fewer evangelical Trump supporters still alive in November to vote for him , and another quixotic appeal to black voters , using his signing of the criminal justice reform bill as bait .
Needing some filler , Trump then retweeted his attacks on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from Thursday , still angry over her calling out his refusal to wear a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ford factory in that state in violation of the state ’ s and the motor company ’ s own health guidelines .
A retweet of a biased Fox News clip filled the next slot in the president ’ s periodic attacks on Joe Biden , before it was time to post some more misleading poll results .
Trump forgot to include the fact that the same poll found that if a second wave of coronavirus erupts from the premature reopening of businesses then Donald Trump will shoulder most of the blame and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trusted to make decisions about reopening the economy ( just 50 % trust a lot or some ) .
Ah , that ’ s where they got the 50 % approval number from .
They just forgot to mention that 50 % equaled last place in the poll .
Trump concluded his morning Twitter session with two more political attacks .
The first was another attack on Joe Biden , again recycling an earlier tweet .
We ’ re so glad that Trump is finding his purpose in life , but anyone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America ’ s “ greatness ” is so divorced from reality as to require institutionalization .
The final tweet in Trump ’ s AM arsenal was a petulant tweet against Never Trump Republicans who are preventing him from reaching a perfect 100 % approval rating amongst members of his own party .
Trump ’ s math skills are apparently as bad as every other skill he lacks since a simple equation can tell you that if two Republicans in name only equals four percent of the party , then the total party membership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much as many of us would like that to be true , it ’ s obvious that the attack ads being run by disgruntled members and former members of the party occupied by Team Trump are quite effective at riling the president ’ s combative nature .
We can only hope that those ads combined with the obvious mismanagement of both the medical response to the pandemic and the economic fallout will peel away enough disenchanted Republicans to ensure Trump ’ s defeat in November .
That ’ s the state of Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A rehash of old material and failed strategies to improve his standing in the election polls .
The man needs a new writer and some fresh content if he expects to keep the gap between his claimed popularity and the reality on the ground to be the least bit credible .
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So much to tweet, so little time!
Donald Trump went on another Twitter bender this morning, spitting out 21 posts to the social media platform in his continuing demonstration that maintaining his personal branding and campaigning for re-election is more important than trying to navigate the country out of a pandemic crisis that he minimizes and has mismanaged disastrously.
Yet for all his literally furious activity tweeting away, it seems as if the president is running out of original material for his social media con machine.
Trump is increasingly padding his daily Twitter output with retweets of his earlier posts and those of supporters of his administration who parrot his conspiratorial ravings.
Perhaps he thinks that because whatever made-up scandal du jour he had posted about recently hadn’t gained significant media traction, simply retweeting the message a second or third time will help make whatever particular lunatic assertion he’s pushing go viral.
That being said, let’s look at Trump’s morning posts to investigate what the president thinks is more important spending time on than responding to the collapse of the economy and the over 96,000 deaths already reported due to COVID-19.
Trump began his day on Twitter with a click-bait captioned retweet of an earlier response to a post from the law professor Jonathan Turley, who had testified for the president’s side in his Senate impeachment trial.
Caught in the act! https://t.co/BHBGMYMpc2 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
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Trump continues to peddle the rehashed “Obamagate” faux-scandal as a distraction to his coronavirus failures despite the fact that the barely-articulated accusations he makes contain no logic or truth.
After a retweet of a retweet by his social media director Dan Scavino Jr. congratulating the incoming — and completely unqualified — Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, Trump reposted a two-day-old tweet accusing Democrats of election fraud by attaching an article from a source that is hardly a paragon of journalistic accuracy, Breitbart News.
Next Trump moved on to promulgating his own brand of “FAKE NEWS,” with his third retweet of a phony poll meme claiming a 50% approval rating, a number that he has never approached during his now over three years in office, according to the FiveThirtyEight compilation of all polls.
In truth, the latest poll from The Hill HarrisX shows Trump losing to Former VP Joe Biden by a narrow one-point margin, but puts him nowhere close to 50% approval which is not much to brag about to begging with depending on which side of the glass half-empty or half-full debate you fall on.
The reason that Trump retweeted that ego-boosting, but meaningless, meme became apparent in his next set of retweets, all of which attacked the negative poll results that even his virtual in-house cheerleaders at Fox News had to report.
.@FoxNews should fire their Fake Pollster. Never had a good Fox Poll! https://t.co/joHfkQwd9L — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Why doesn’t @FoxNews put up the CNBC POLL or the (believe it or not!) @CNN Poll? Hope Roger A is looking down and watching what has happened to this once beautiful creation! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Trump’s appeal to the late Roger Ailes — the nefarious right-wing political mastermind who wrote the book on how to weaponize politicized opinion-masquerading-as-news — is telling.
Ailes built his cable “news” operation to brainwash Americans into voting against their own self-interests and died before the apotheosis of his efforts — the inauguration of Donald Trump — would allow him to see the Frankenstein’s monster that he had created.
All those negative numbers inspired Trump to circle back to the ludicrous “Obamagate” accusations for his next post, this one a retweet from one of the the president’s congressional bulldogs, Rep. Jim “Gym” Jordan (R-OH).
• Obama-Biden IRS targeted conservatives before 2012 election. • Obama-Biden FBI targeted President Trump before 2016 election. • Mueller’s top prosecutor is now actively campaigning for Joe Biden. But Republicans are at fault? https://t.co/g8QLQyhBDd — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 22, 2020
One would think that touting the fact that a top prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller — someone who has presumably read all of the redacted parts of the Mueller report — is actively campaigning for Joe Biden is more of an indictment of Trump than anyone else, but in the topsy-turvy world of the right-wing, one must abandon all logic before entering that portal.
Trump went on to post a shout out to his bikers for Trump buddies and praise an African American Trump supporter in a poorly thought-out tweet meant to help cure his horrendous approval numbers in the black community that the casual observer might mistakenly interpret as a tribute to Democratic Senator Kamala Harris.
HARRIS IS A GREAT AMERICAN! pic.twitter.com/cfvCPltijX — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
The New York Times was the president’s next target with a couple of tweets so full of petty jealousy and personal animosity that the effectiveness of the newspaper’s coverage of the president in getting under his skin becomes undeniable.
….beginning, was forced to apologize (Fake News!) after the seriously wrong call of the 2016 Election, and is now willing to write anything, even if not truthful. He laughs at his boss, Publisher A.G. Sulzberger, and I laugh at them all. The @nytimes is a total mess! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
The morning tweetstorm continued with an endorsement of a Pennsylvania GOP congressional candidate, a foolish push to reopen churches in the middle of a pandemic that could backfire and lead to fewer evangelical Trump supporters still alive in November to vote for him, and another quixotic appeal to black voters, using his signing of the criminal justice reform bill as bait.
All things that I have GOTTEN DONE, including Criminal Justice Reform! https://t.co/YWaQwLHlNC — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
Needing some filler, Trump then retweeted his attacks on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from Thursday, still angry over her calling out his refusal to wear a face mask during his tour of the Ford factory in that state in violation of the state’s and the motor company’s own health guidelines.
A retweet of a biased Fox News clip filled the next slot in the president’s periodic attacks on Joe Biden, before it was time to post some more misleading poll results.
USA will be bigger and stronger than ever before! https://t.co/R5vvAAoj1P — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
Trump forgot to include the fact that the same poll found that if a second wave of coronavirus erupts from the premature reopening of businesses then Donald Trump will shoulder most of the blame and that “Donald Trump is the person least trusted to make decisions about reopening the economy (just 50% trust a lot or some).
Ah, that’s where they got the 50% approval number from. They just forgot to mention that 50% equaled last place in the poll.
Trump concluded his morning Twitter session with two more political attacks. The first was another attack on Joe Biden, again recycling an earlier tweet.
Sleepy Joe cannot bring us to greatness. He is the reason I’m here! https://t.co/BD21ZWVdXB — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
We’re so glad that Trump is finding his purpose in life, but anyone who still believes that this charlatan will restore America’s “greatness” is so divorced from reality as to require institutionalization.
The final tweet in Trump’s AM arsenal was a petulant tweet against Never Trump Republicans who are preventing him from reaching a perfect 100% approval rating amongst members of his own party.
Who are the 4%? A RINO or two! https://t.co/fYjnhC6rrl — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2020
Trump’s math skills are apparently as bad as every other skill he lacks since a simple equation can tell you that if two Republicans in name only equals four percent of the party, then the total party membership would be only 50 people.
As much as many of us would like that to be true, it’s obvious that the attack ads being run by disgruntled members and former members of the party occupied by Team Trump are quite effective at riling the president’s combative nature. We can only hope that those ads combined with the obvious mismanagement of both the medical response to the pandemic and the economic fallout will peel away enough disenchanted Republicans to ensure Trump’s defeat in November.
That’s the state of Trump’s Twitter feed this Saturday morning. A rehash of old material and failed strategies to improve his standing in the election polls.
The man needs a new writer and some fresh content if he expects to keep the gap between his claimed popularity and the reality on the ground to be the least bit credible.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-24--Trump all but accuses Morning Joe of murder in wild Saturday night tweet

President Trump viciously lashed out on Saturday night by all-but accusing MSNBC ’ s conservative ex-Republican host Joe Scarborough of murdering one of his aides while he was a Florida Congressman .
After Joe Scarborough and his now-wife Mika Brezinski had a public falling out with their former friend Donald Trump after criticizing him on the air , Trump began to publicly suggest that there was foul play involved in the 2001 death of one of Scarborough ’ s aides while he was a Florida Congressman .
Medical examiners have concluded that 28-year-old Lori Klausutis died in Scarborough ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her to lose consciousness and she tragically struck her head on a desk .
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But Trump has clung to the story ever since and enjoys taunting Scarborough with the accusation .
He is now repeating his demand that somebody , whether it be Comcast itself or the police , open a “ cold case ” into the matter , which is odd because media conglomerates usually do not conduct criminal investigations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prompted his latest outburst against the MSNBC host , but we can safely infer at this point that the President saw something critical of him on television .
The president can send out all the insulting conspiracy tweets he wants , but all they accomplish is digging him into a deeper hole as the coronavirus crisis grows around him .

President Trump viciously lashed out on Saturday night by all-but accusing MSNBC’s conservative ex-Republican host Joe Scarborough of murdering one of his aides while he was a Florida Congressman.
A blow to her head? Body found under his desk? Left Congress suddenly? Big topic of discussion in Florida…and, he’s a Nut Job (with bad ratings). Keep digging, use forensic geniuses! https://t.co/UxbS5gZecd — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2020
After Joe Scarborough and his now-wife Mika Brezinski had a public falling out with their former friend Donald Trump after criticizing him on the air, Trump began to publicly suggest that there was foul play involved in the 2001 death of one of Scarborough’s aides while he was a Florida Congressman.
Medical examiners have concluded that 28-year-old Lori Klausutis died in Scarborough’s office after an abnormal heart rhythm caused her to lose consciousness and she tragically struck her head on a desk.
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But Trump has clung to the story ever since and enjoys taunting Scarborough with the accusation.
He is now repeating his demand that somebody, whether it be Comcast itself or the police, open a “cold case” into the matter, which is odd because media conglomerates usually do not conduct criminal investigations.
It’s not clear what prompted his latest outburst against the MSNBC host, but we can safely infer at this point that the President saw something critical of him on television.
The president can send out all the insulting conspiracy tweets he wants, but all they accomplish is digging him into a deeper hole as the coronavirus crisis grows around him.
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occupydemocrats--2020-05-24--Conservative columnist slams Trump’s press secretary as a “grotesque” “Twitter troll”

It ’ s not often that someone is appointed to a top job in the White House and proceeds to make everyone who ’ s held that position before them cringe as they see their former career devalued so thoroughly , but Donald Trump has managed to find four people for the role of Press Secretary that perfectly fit that description .
From Sean Spicer ’ s initial lies about the size of the crowd at Trump ’ s inauguration to Sarah Huckabee Sanders ’ persistent false declarations about anyone involved in the Mueller investigation to Stephanie Grisham ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her job in her 281 days without a single press briefing , the predecessors to the current press secretary , Kayleigh McEnany , each diminished the office they held by breaking any bonds of trust with a media corps that has been treated with contempt by the Trump administration because it fails to unquestioningly parrot the easily provable falsehoods issued by the president and his representatives .
While McEnany may at least be capable of conducting a briefing , it took her next to no time to break the vow of truth-telling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the White House press corps .
The latest press secretary knows that her primary job is not to facilitate communications between the inquiring minds of White House correspondents and an administration more prone to hyperbole than facts but to defend Donald Trump at all costs against all comers .
While McEnany ’ s take-no-prisoners style may be making her a favorite mouthpiece for Trump , it is winning her few fans among the journalists on the White House beat .
Now a prominent syndicated conservative columnist has taken a public swipe at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during press briefings “ indefensible and grotesque ” in an interview on , of all places , Fox News .
Jonah Goldberg was a panelist this morning on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace — one of the president ’ s least favorite journalists at the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable news outlet — when Wallace played a video clip of McEnany ’ s combative parrying with reporters over Trump ’ s ludicrous “ Obamagate ” accusations in the Michael Flynn case .
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Wallace , himself shocked at the exchange where the press secretary tried to dictate to reporters which questions she thought they should be asking , replied to the clip by saying : “ Unmasking is pretty routine .
It ’ s an effort by people in an administration to find out who a masked person is .
It happens in the Trump White House .
It happened I think 16,000 times the year before last .
What ’ s a crime is leaking it , but unmasking isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to say that if Kayleigh McEnany had told Sam Donaldson and me what questions we should ask , that would not have gone well.
” After the host expressed his dismay at McEnany ’ s antics , Jonah Goldberg chimed in with an unexpected response from a right-wing reporter .
“ “ I think her behavior is indefensible and grotesque .
I think that what she has done is — there ’ s this cliche in Washington that President Trump wants Roy Cohn as DOJ , as attorney general .
What Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Twitter troll who goes on attack , doesn ’ t actually care about doing the job they have , and instead wants to impress really an audience of one and make another part of official Washington another one of these essentially cable news and Twitter gladiatorial arenas and it ’ s a sign of the defining of deviancy down in our politics , and it ’ s only going to make things worse.
” The Trump administration ’ s contribution to the decline of journalism is matched only by its massive advancement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a whole .
It ’ s nice to see that even some people in the president ’ s own party are beginning to publicly acknowledge that fact .
Wallace himself expressed incredulity at Trump ’ s mouthpiece ’ s unprecedented behavior .
You can watch an excerpt of Jonah Goldberg ’ s comments on Kayleigh McEnany during Fox News Sunday this morning in the clip attached below .
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It’s not often that someone is appointed to a top job in the White House and proceeds to make everyone who’s held that position before them cringe as they see their former career devalued so thoroughly, but Donald Trump has managed to find four people for the role of Press Secretary that perfectly fit that description.
From Sean Spicer’s initial lies about the size of the crowd at Trump’s inauguration to Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ persistent false declarations about anyone involved in the Mueller investigation to Stephanie Grisham’s failure to perform the most basic functions of her job in her 281 days without a single press briefing, the predecessors to the current press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, each diminished the office they held by breaking any bonds of trust with a media corps that has been treated with contempt by the Trump administration because it fails to unquestioningly parrot the easily provable falsehoods issued by the president and his representatives.
While McEnany may at least be capable of conducting a briefing, it took her next to no time to break the vow of truth-telling that she made in her initial appearance before the White House press corps.
The latest press secretary knows that her primary job is not to facilitate communications between the inquiring minds of White House correspondents and an administration more prone to hyperbole than facts but to defend Donald Trump at all costs against all comers.
While McEnany’s take-no-prisoners style may be making her a favorite mouthpiece for Trump, it is winning her few fans among the journalists on the White House beat.
Now a prominent syndicated conservative columnist has taken a public swipe at the press secretary, calling her actions during press briefings “indefensible and grotesque” in an interview on, of all places, Fox News.
Jonah Goldberg was a panelist this morning on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace — one of the president’s least favorite journalists at the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable news outlet — when Wallace played a video clip of McEnany’s combative parrying with reporters over Trump’s ludicrous “Obamagate” accusations in the Michael Flynn case.
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Wallace, himself shocked at the exchange where the press secretary tried to dictate to reporters which questions she thought they should be asking, replied to the clip by saying:
“Unmasking is pretty routine. It’s an effort by people in an administration to find out who a masked person is. It happens in the Trump White House. It happened I think 16,000 times the year before last. What’s a crime is leaking it, but unmasking isn’t. In addition to which, I have to say that if Kayleigh McEnany had told Sam Donaldson and me what questions we should ask, that would not have gone well.”
After the host expressed his dismay at McEnany’s antics, Jonah Goldberg chimed in with an unexpected response from a right-wing reporter.
““I think her behavior is indefensible and grotesque. I think that what she has done is — there’s this cliche in Washington that President Trump wants Roy Cohn as DOJ, as attorney general. What Donald Trump wants in a press secretary is a Twitter troll who goes on attack, doesn’t actually care about doing the job they have, and instead wants to impress really an audience of one and make another part of official Washington another one of these essentially cable news and Twitter gladiatorial arenas and it’s a sign of the defining of deviancy down in our politics, and it’s only going to make things worse.”
The Trump administration’s contribution to the decline of journalism is matched only by its massive advancement of the decline of Western civilization as a whole.
It’s nice to see that even some people in the president’s own party are beginning to publicly acknowledge that fact. Wallace himself expressed incredulity at Trump’s mouthpiece’s unprecedented behavior.
"I spent six years in the White House briefing room covering Ronald Reagan. I have to say, I never…I never saw a White House press secretary act like that." – Chris Wallace https://t.co/yyLKQEn45a — Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) May 24, 2020
You can watch an excerpt of Jonah Goldberg’s comments on Kayleigh McEnany during Fox News Sunday this morning in the clip attached below.
.@JonahDispatch says @PressSec Kayleigh McEnany's behavior is "indefensible and grotesque" and that Trump wants a "Twitter troll who goes on [the] attack, doesn’t actually care about doing the job they have…" in a press secretary. pic.twitter.com/2cPZgVe0c5 — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 24, 2020
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