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Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman, didn't pay for the blue check.

Aug 7, 2019, 13 tweets

Before going to Dayton and El Paso to comfort families who lost loved ones, the president of the United States is tweeting grievances from the television.

Left, Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight, 8:57 p.m.
Right, Trump, 6:32 a.m.

If the president watched the whole show, he also saw Tucker Carlson claim that white supremacy is “actually not a real problem in America,” just “a hoax” and “conspiracy theory used to divide the country.” mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucke…

Catching up on the overnight tweets, the president was watching Laura Ingraham's show on delay late last night.

Left, Fox's The Ingraham Angle, 10:54 p.m.
Right, Trump, 11:41 p.m.

The national healer is watching television and has logged on.

Left, Fox News, 2:51 p.m.
Right, Trump, 301 p.m.

Is the president... tweeting this from Air Force One while flying between Dayton and El Paso? That's what his public schedule suggests...

Got nothing here. Last thing Fox has said was that Whaley "ended the press conference saying it was important for those first responders and families and that it was a healing thing to have the president of the United States come to visit after that terrible shooting. "

That was Dana Perino at the top of the 2 p.m. hour.

Wait this is wrong hold up.

There's a segment about half an hour earlier with John Roberts saying Brown/Whaley criticized Trump over guns and his "racist talk." (This also could have been relayed by staff.)

Left, Fox, 3:12 p.m.
Right, Trump, 3:48 p.m.

But nothing there about them misrepresenting what happened **at the hospital**

Uh best guess on what that Shep tweet is about.

Left, Fox, 3:25 p.m.

Smith: "An attack that the alleged shooter wrote was in response to a 'Hispanic invasion of Texas.' It's the language of President Trump.

Right, Trump, 3:55 p.m.

(He does not turn to OANN "whenever possible," that's total crap.)

When Sean Hannity's Seth Rich conspiracy playground is too much for you, there's always the place that employs the Pizzagate guy.

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