Aaron Rupar: The Oval Office photo op / mini presser today

[Dennis Donovan]

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At his White House prayer event, Trump laments that students are prevented from praying on the football field (what?), and then criticizes the "growing totalitarian impulse on the far left" that he claims wants to "prohibit religious expression."

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Trump, like a big baby, has a map of the regions that voted for him in 2016 splayed out on his desk during the prayer event



Trump jokes about shredding the Constitution and serving more than 2 terms during the White House prayer event: "So while I'm president -- which will be hopefully for 5 years and I dunno, maybe we'll work with the media on a major extension of that."

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Awkward -- Betsy DeVos forgets a kid's name, gets immediately corrected by him

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Here's Trump claiming he doesn't know Lev Parnas, who he posed for numerous photos with, thirteen (13) different times in a video clip that ends with him shushing a reporter

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REPORTER: What's your message to the millions of Catholics in the United States? Why should they vote for you?

TRUMP: "Well I have a great relationship with Catholics. I've done so much for Catholics. You take a look at the abortion issue."

That's it. Entirely transactional.

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Asked directly if he authorized Giuliani to send President Zelensky a letter seeking a meeting, Trump says "I don't know anything about the letter" & then slathers praise on Giuliani.

"He's a very legitimate guy... if he wrote a letter it wouldn't have been a big deal," he adds

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Trump pushes big lies

1) "You have a fake whistleblower that wrote a report that bore no relationship to what was said"- the report was accurate

2) "I released [transcript] after they had done these fraudulent acts"- it was released before the Schiff paraphrasing he's mad about

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Get a load of this woman SCREAMING at reporters to leave as soon as Trump's prayer event ended

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5:12 PM - Jan 16, 2020

It's just another day at 1600 Penn...

[lunatica]

1. There's a Muslim woman standing in the back

How did she get past the racists in the Oval Office?

[Liberal In Texas]

15. Token

Maybe an actress? They pay people for the rallies after all.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Article 6 of the Constitution

Yee gads, I thought those sycophants, with the Constitution in their pocket, had actually read it.

[Claritie Pixie]

3. He did that weird hissing tongue thing when he said Thank You at the end. Creepy AF.

Like this:

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. Is he pushing his dentures into place? He looks like Lindsey here.

[Docreed2003]

8. WTF is that??

That's bizarre and unnatural...almost serpentine.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. I read that the tongue thing can be a symptom of dementia.

I have to remind myself that not all people have all the symptoms, or at the same time line of their dementia.

His hisssssing tongue thing has been photo'd more often in the past year, tho.

[Newest Reality]

9. I have obtained...

I have obtained the original picture before it was doctored with Photoshop, (darn good job, BTW):

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Twitter reply :

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[Dennis Donovan]

5. There's no way he doesn't know Lev.

Thanks for the reply tweets!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Just one lie after another...

I'm waiting for the day when he claims he doesn't know Jared... "he was just the coffee boy."

[tblue37]

6. His voice sounds rough. Notice that he does that bizarre tongue thing when he says, "Thank you"

around 9 or 10 seconds in.

[shanti]

12. Yes!

That's the first time I've seen the tongue thing in motion, usually it's a still shot. So it happens when he's saying thank you? It's like he is forcing himself to say it!

He turns my stomach.

[tblue37]

13. Or he has a neurological issue that affects his tongue control. That could also

explain his slurring.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. I mentioned upthread that the tongue thing can happen in dementia.

The brain-muscle pathway becomes affected.
This time, tho he did it more often and it seemed to last longer than in the past vids I have seen.

[tblue37]

19. Could be a progressive condition. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

11. I'm sick and tired of these staged photo opps. Where do they get all of these people from? I ...

suspect that they are unwilling victims to his charade.

[Mossfern]

16. Actors

They probably get paid a good penny.

[Liberal In Texas]

18. So he's planning on not leaving office.

"So while I'm president -- which will be hopefully for 5 years and I dunno, maybe we'll work with the media on a major extension of that."

He thinks he can get a 3rd term by working with the media? Like this is a reality show that he wants renewed. He really is on a different planet.

[smirkymonkey]

20. What a total freakshow!

I just can't believe anyone in their right mind can watch this and think it is even remotely normal or acceptable.

[displacedtexan]

21. Acreage doesn't vote.

Thus endothelial today's lesson. Go forth among the deplorable and repeat it.