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@dominionvoting Trump at CPAC claims suburban women will vote for him because gangs will soon be "invading their territory"
@dominionvoting Trump claims that Hamas "will terrorize our streets" if Biden wins another term
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@dominionvoting "Remember this, I've been indicted more than Alphonse Capone!" -- Trump
@dominionvoting Trump claims that the country will break up if he doesn't win this year
@dominionvoting Cool! How'd the other guy do?
@dominionvoting Trump says that Republicans can "get nasty, and at some point they will probably have to do that."
"November 5 will be our new liberation day ... it will be their judgement day" -- Trump
Trump compares his prosecutions to "Stalinist show trials"
Trump still hasn't figured out what dogs do
Trump brings up the "J6 hostages" and claims, "there has never been in the history of our country a group of people treated the way they've been treated."
Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter
Trump on migrants: "They are terrorists ... it'll be the largest deportation in the history of our country."
Trump on migrants: "They are killing our people"
Trump on migrants: "They have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of. It's a very horrible thing."
Trump on migrants and diseases: "We don't want to have this contagion in our country"
Trump on the military: "I don't ever think it can be wokeanized at the lower levels."
Melania gets a standing ovation at CPAC in absentia
Trump defends mistakenly calling Obama the current president: "There are those people who say he's running our country"
Trump claims that while he was president top military officials wore MAGA hats around him, even though "they're not allowed to do that."
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Trump muses about police killing shoplifters and says, "that's why I'm giving immunity to police"
Trump on himself: "There's no cognitive problem. If there was, I'd know about it."
The CPAC audience is mostly silent as Trump repeats lines he already used earlier in the speech
"We built the wall" -- Trump
Glad we solved that problem then!
We've reached the ranting about water pressure part of Trump's speech: "In Beverly Hills, you pay a fortune in taxes, they say you can only brush your teeth once a day"
Trump: "If God came down and God was the vote-checker, I believe we would win California."
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Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6) wsj.com/us-news/as-sig…
Trump admits to taking more aspirin than his docs recommend: “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
What could possibly go wrong! (2/6)
The piece doesn't directly address what's going on with Trump's black hand, but says he has delicate skin that causes him to bleed constantly
"Trump said he applies makeup to his hands after he gets 'whacked again by someone.' He added: 'I have makeup that’s, you know, easy to put on, takes about 10 seconds.'" (3/6)
I'll be tweeting clips from @PatrioticMills's "How to Beat the Broligarchs" event this morning in this thread as part of my partnership with @SnapStream. Follow along!
Elizabeth Wilkins: "People are looking for different ideas. The bad version is that an undermining of people's faith in democracy leads to authoritarianism. The good version is that we get together to think about what we need in terms of power the ideas and the people to create a new common sense -- one that brings us back for the modern era to that marriage of democracy and capitalism, where democracy shapes markets for the public good."
@PatrioticMills @SnapStream Patriotic Millionaires founder Erica Payne: "Here's what happened. Doesn't matter who's in charge. Tax rates for the rich always go down."
Maria Bartiromo on a weaker than expected February jobs report: "The jobs picture is weakening. Weaker than expected jobs again in the month of February tells you that the Fed is gonna cut rates!"
BARTIROMO: We've got a meeting coming up. Does anyone on this panel think the Fed is gonna cut rates at the next meeting?
STEPHEN MOORE: Well, I don't think they should. I just don't see a case for lower interest rates right now. We still have inflation at the 3-4% range.
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Wyden: "Mr Kennedy has embraced conspiracy theories, quacks, charlatans, especially when it comes to the safety and efficacy of vaccines. He has made it his life's work to sow doubt and to discourage parents from getting their kids lifesaving vaccines. It has been lucrative for him."
I am going to put together a thread covering Trump's second inauguration. Follow along for clips and commentary.
(Below is a clip of Biden and Harris arriving.)
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Grassley kicks things off by saying Republicans recognize that Biden won the 2020 election -- something the leader of his party has never in fact been able to bring himself to admit