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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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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."
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Sen. Roger Wicker: "This nomination is unconventional, just like that New York developer who rode down the escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy for president. That may be what makes Mr. Hegseth an excellent choice."
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Trump: "If I didn't know that we won in 2020, I wouldn't have done this."