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May 23, 26 tweets

I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's rally in the Bronx. Follow along for clips and commentary.

Trump describes New York subway as "worse than a third world country"

"Get me the snake!" -- Trump calls for someone offstage to bring him his favorite poem

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Trump has put his crowd to sleep by bragging endlessly about his business exploits in New York.

a throwback! Trump's crowd in the Bronx chants "lock her up!" after he brings up Hillary Clinton

"We had four of the greatest years in the history of the country" -- I think most people remember Trump's presidency a bit differently

Trump promises more infrastructure weeks

Trump is still wanting someone to bring him "The Snake"

Trump claims he needed just 3 more weeks to finish the border wall. Right. And his healthcare plan is coming in 2 weeks.

Trump brags about the African American unemployment rate during his administration, which ended up being lower under Biden

"We had no wars" -- Biden in fact ended the war in Afghanistan

same tbqh

stealing Marco's bit

Trump has once again put his audience in the Bronx to sleep with an endless story about some guy he knew that nobody has heard of

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"They want to get us from within!" -- Trump speculates that China is using migrants to build a sleeper cell army in the US

Trump promises the largest deportation operation in US history. His crowd in the Bronx chants, "Send them back! Send them back!"

Trump on migrants: "They're being raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before."

TRUMP: Viktor Orban, you ever heard of him?

CROWD: *cheers approvingly*

TRUMP: Known as a strongman. They say 'Trump loves strongman.' I like weak men, actually.

Trump: "I'm going to indemnify all police officers and law enforcement officials throughout the US to protect them from being destroyed by the radical left for taking strong actions on crime."

Trump speaking to people in a park in the Bronx: "Right now, you don't have public spaces. They're occupied by migrants."

Trump invites a Puerto Rican-American on stage and the guy apologizes to Trump on behalf of Justice Merchan

Trump in the Bronx: "You live in a blue city but it's going red very, very quickly."

I'll have some of what he's smoking.

Trump glitches: "It is hard working patriish-lic"

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