Thread by @Monaheart1229

Little run-down from Trump's MI rally rant last night. It was his longest yet at 2hrs & 1 min.
And God, it was just AWFUL. #ThursdayMotivation #TrumpResignNow
washingtonpost.com/politics/we-lo…

2-" as Trump kept talking and kept delaying his return to Washington. His face flushed and grew slick with sweat, and his voice strained. He bragged and fumed, imitated and mocked, cast himself as a victim and attacked those who dared to challenge him, including a recently

3-"widowed congresswoman. He chastised the arena’s security guards for not aggressively grabbing the wrists of a protester being removed. He spoke extensively off the cuff, then suddenly switched to a traditional campaign speech, then cut himself off with a tangent.

4-"He repeatedly repeated himself. Time after time, Trump seemed to start wrapping up, only to launch into one story, air one more grievance, shame one more enemy, list one more overlooked accomplishment, lash out at one more media outlet, detail one more gruesome murder

5-"committed by an undocumented immigrant...The rally had a Christmas theme, and Trump appeared through a faux brick chimney, Santa-style. He learned the final vote tally via a sign held up by his campaign spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, whom he seemed to call “Hailey.”

6-"He celebrated that all Republicans voted against the impeachment charges, without mentioning that Rep. Justin Amash — whose district he was standing in — left the Republican Party earlier this year and voted for impeachment. He noted that three Democrats opposed one or both

7-"of the charges. Again and again, he proclaimed his innocence. “They don’t even have any crime!” the president said at one point. “This is the first impeachment where there’s no crime. I say: ‘Tell me what I did, please.’ ‘Well, we don’t know. You violated the Constitution.’

8-"..Although the president didn’t get to stare down members of Congress through the television screen as they cast their votes, their faces seemed fresh in his mind as he rattled through a list of those he believed had betrayed him.

9-"His cruelest attack was on Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), whose husband — former congressman John Dingell — died in February. Trump said he gave the late congressman — the longest-serving member in the history of the House — “the A-plus treatment” when he died and that

10-"Debbie Dingell called to thank him. Trump recounted the conversation, becoming breathless as he imitated the grieving widow: “John would be so thrilled. He’s looking down, he’d be so thrilled. Thank you so much, sir.” Trump then added: “Maybe he’s looking up, you don’t know.”

11-"Although the crowd initially booed the congresswoman, there were surprised gasps in the audience when Trump implied that Dingell’s late husband was in hell-along with some whistles & cheers. In the stands, several people asked one another if Trump had actually just said that.

12-"As Trump rattled through his grievances, he also lashed out at Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) for accepting campaign donations from him for “years and years and years” and then voting for his impeachment. He accused Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) of being a “stone-faced

13-"pathological liar” who fabricated information about Trump that’s “totally fictitious, totally out of thin air.” The president also insisted that the representative is “not the best looking guy,” to which a supporter in the crowd shouted: “He’s a piece of Schiff!”

14-"Trump said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) used to “kiss my ass” years ago when he came looking for campaign cash. He read aloud from a letter he sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) the day before in which he accused her of waging a

15-"“war on American democracy,” threatening to destroy the country that the Founding Fathers envisioned and “interfering in America’s elections.” Later in the evening, Trump said that Pelosi should focus on the problems of homelessness and poverty in her home state and

16-"pledged to “vote her the hell out of office.” Whenever Trump mentioned Pelosi, a man in the crowd dressed as Santa stood and shouted: “Nancy Pelosi is a ho, ho, ho!”..Throughout the night, Trump kept fondly reflecting back on the “wonderful, beautiful journey” of his 2016

17-"presidential campaign — and provided previews of his attacks on the next crop of Democratic candidates. At one point, he imagined aloud a conversation between Clinton and her husband, the last president to be impeached.

18-"“You horrible human being, you better start listening to me, or you’re gonna get your ass whooped,” Trump said, pretending to be Bill Clinton berating his wife for not campaigning in states like Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016.

19-"As Trump’s speech stretched on, the crowd slowly started to thin. Three teenagers had to be home before their 10 p.m. curfew. The foul-mouth Santa stuffed his hat and beard into a grocery sack. A local single mother asked if Melania Trump was expected to come onstage as she

20-"debated whether she should stay until the end. Onstage, Trump riffed on how energy-efficient lightbulbs make his skin look orange and how modern water-saving dishwashers don’t properly clean dishes. He promised to continue to restrict the resettlement of refugees and

21-"admitted that he didn’t like Michigan’s previous governor, even though he was a fellow Republican. He bragged about firing former FBI director James B. Comey and wondered which tough-looking guys in the front row should go into law enforcement.

22-"“The best is yet to come,” Trump declared, but then quickly stopped his slide toward an ending by saying: “You know, the interesting thing . . . ” Finally, after another aside about his successes, Trump promised to make America great again. The crowd cheered as the

23-"Rolling Stones’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” blared. Trump lingered on the stage for two-&-a-half more minutes, pointing to people in the crowd, waving and pumping his fist. He then disappeared into the faux brick Christmas chimney and started his journey back to DC"