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IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 04:01 PM Aug 2020

"Trump kicks off Republican convention with rambling speech filled with lies"

I didn't realize Business Insider was so liberal.

Trump started out by rattling off a series of false and misleading statements on voting by mail.

Riffing almost the entire time, Trump touched on his usual slate of favorite topics, delivering lines such as, "The pandemic, we're handling it very well. Look at the crowds."

Other topics mentioned included an incorrect claim that the border wall is almost done, how much farmers supposedly tell Trump they love China, complaints over how cable news channels covered the roll call vote earlier in the hour, and how Trump believes the country was more divided under President Barack Obama.


The president dedicated most of the first half hour of his speech to repeating his favorite lies about voting by mail.

At one point, CNN cut away from his speech, citing the growing number of inaccurate claims Trump made about voting.
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"Trump kicks off Republican convention with rambling speech filled with lies" (Original Post) IllinoisBirdWatcher Aug 2020 OP
We're only on day one! Blue Owl Aug 2020 #1
Good I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #2
Insert famous Steven Colbert quote here JHB Aug 2020 #3
I turned down the sound RussBLib Aug 2020 #4
A rambling speech full of lies hauckeye Aug 2020 #5
Tee hee...this is actually great news flibbitygiblets Aug 2020 #6
keep digging bdamomma Aug 2020 #7

RussBLib

(9,019 posts)
4. I turned down the sound
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 04:45 PM
Aug 2020

As I was at my desk and dipped in a few times to listen. What a toxic mess he is building. Grievance and self-aggrandisement. This is our president. Smdh.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
6. Tee hee...this is actually great news
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 04:57 PM
Aug 2020

I was hoping pResident Needy Amin would do this. Just off-the-cuff whining and lying and blaming. If he had an ounce of self-restraint, they'd put together something like the Democrats did--something inspirational that might change the narrative (the MSM is SO easily fooled: "Oh, he's acting 'presidential', now he has finally grown into the job, blah blah blah&quot .

Remember before the 2016 elections when Tiffany and Don Jr speechified about what a great, loving father they had? I was worried they'd do a reprisal--maybe they still will. But who will believe it with the whiner-in-chief up there making it all about himself, refusing to take responsibility and just rehashing all his old schtick.

The NYAG new suit against the Rump organization isn't going to help lighten il Douche's mood either.

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