Greetings from Battle Creek, where President Trump will rally supporters in a few hours. Note the festive Christmas decorations, complete with “Keep America Great” hats as🎄🎄🎄toppers
Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad @parscale doesn't waste 10 seconds before talking about the impeachment "hoax" and "scam" at the rally. Crowd loudly booooooos. The president is on his way here now.
@parscale Vice President Pence up next. Currently playing: "My Way." Program starting 40 mins behind schedule, which will still make for remarkable split screen with DC votes. The president is expected to focus at least one third of his remarks tonight on impeachment, per WH spokesman.
Pence has used "partisan impeachment" at least three times in three minutes during his intro remarks. He said "what’s going on in Washington DC tonight is a disgrace."
Whoa. Pence just announced Trump will not be coming out quite yet. He "wanted to wait" and watch the "strong, unified Republican vote" before making remarks at rally tonight, VP said. Crowd seems a bit stunned. Back to campaign playlist.
Annnnnd just like that, President Trump is now taking the stage to his now-signature "God Bless the USA". Seems to be confusion overall about the timing here. A split screen for the ages as votes near.
President Trump's first few reflections on impeachment: “It doesn’t really feel like we’re being impeached. The country is doing better than ever before. We did nothing wrong.”
Another reference to impeachment, more as an aside: Trump mentioned the "crap that we’re going through right now." House voting to impeach him at that very moment.
This is where Donald Trump was when he became only the third president in history to be impeached. He’s been on stage for the last 30 minutes so likely does not know the timing yet.
Notably, President Trump just brought up his teenage son Barron at this rally, unprompted, arguing he could "go into Central Park" and get a bigger crowd than Sen. Warren.
TRUMP: "Crazy Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame" for impeaching him tonight
President Trump mentions Hillary Clinton: crowd chants "LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!"
Trump campaign puts out statement on impeachment votes while the president is still on stage in Michigan giving his own response:
Trump now knows he was impeached and highlights this result: "We didn't lose one Republican vote and three Democrats voted for us"
A statement that will resonate: "In the life of Trump, 10 months is an eternity" (!)
Trump is nearing 80 minutes on stage tonight and is just now getting to the part of the evening where local lawmakers and officials join him on stage.
Trump has just passed the 90 minute mark at this MI rally. And he just did a call and response with the crowd about sinks, showers and... yep, you guessed it.... toilets #10flushes
One of the longest speeches of the president's time in office was his two-hour long CPAC speech this year. This may not surpass that but it's getting close: currently at 1 hour 50 mins on stage (as he repeats for second time he's glad he fired Comey's "ass")
Ok there it is. President Trump has been on stage for (what will now be known as the impeachment response rally) TWO full hours tonight, tying his prior record for longest political speech while in office.
Total time President Trump spent on stage tonight in Battle Creek, Michigan: 2 hours and 5 minutes (!)
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