I am going to put together a mega thread covering the entirety of Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. Follow along for clip and commentary.
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The right is starting to get better at comedy and it’s making lefties nervous
classy
"She is some sick bastard, that Hillary Clinton. What a sick son of a bitch. The whole fucking party. A bunch of degenerates. Lowlives, Jew-haters, and lowlives. Every one of 'em. Every one of 'em."
normal lawyer things
Rent. Free.
adding this moment, which is of particular interest to Latino voters, to my thread 👇
"They thought they could kill him" -- Alina Habba on the registered Republican who shot at Trump
Grant Cardone calls Mark Cuban a "simp" and says Kamala Harris has "pimp handlers." He then says of Democrats "we need to slaughter these other people"
"They're on the side of the terrorists!" -- Rudy Giuliani is now on stage fear-mongering about Palestinians
"Now they're trying to kill him" -- Rudy Giuliani on the registered Republican who shot at Trump
Rudy has a Howard Dean moment (only much angrier) to wrap up his speech
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almost every speaker at this rally has claimed that "they" tried to kill Trump
"She is the devil. She is the antichrist."
having a normal one
"They even tried to take his life" -- Stephen Miller on the registered Republican who shot at Trump
"America is for Americans and Americans only" -- Stephen Miller
the contrast between the Harris event in Philadelphia and the Trump rally in New York City is jarring. here's a taste of Kamala's speech.
Byron Donalds comes out to John Cena's music
Byron Donalds: "I'll be damned if you're gonna have some school tell my boys that they can now be girls. Not on my watch. Not on the watch of Donald Trump."
nightmare rotation
Mike Johnson lies that Democrats are "full on to Marxism"
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"Don't you want a president who's gonna make America healthy again?" -- RFK Jr
Tucker Carlson: "There's not one moment I've ever been with him off camera where he's spending his time grousing about people he hates. Ever ... Trust me."
Carlson then invokes the great replacement conspiracy theory that has inspired numerous right-wing mass shooters.
Tucker Carlson with one of the most shameless comments of all time: "The liberation he has brought to us is the liberation from the obligation to tell lies."
Moments after praising Trump for purportedly liberating him from telling lies, Tucker Carlson blames Liz Cheney for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people
Hulk Hogan comes out as a surprise speaker. He rips off his shirt and does some Trump-like dancing.
Hulk Hogan: "You know something Trumpmaniacs? I don't see no stinking Nazis in here. I don't see no stinking domestic terrorists in here."
HULK HOGAN: What are you gonna do about putting God in our schools?
CROWD *Vote for Trump!*
Dr. Phil says "they" shot Trump
i haven't paid close attention to him but i did not realize Dr. Phil is this much of a clown
it was more subtle than during his ultra-fashy speech a few days ago in Georgia, but Tucker Carlson laid the groundwork once again for another MAGA attempt to overturn a Trump loss
JD Vance: "I've got the easiest job in American politics. All I've gotta do is remind people what life was like when Donald Trump was president."
Trump fans in Madison Square Garden break into a "Tampon Tim!" chant
"They even tried to kill him" -- JD Vance on the registered Republican who shot at Trump
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Eric Trump describes his dad as "the greatest president we have ever had" 😭 😂
Eric Trump claims "almost 200,000 people tried to get into this event tonight."
Lara Trump claims "Donald Trump made New York City"
Donald Trump Jr: "The king of New York is back to reclaim the city that he built"
Donald Trump Jr pushes the great replacement conspiracy theory that has inspired numerous right-wing mass shooters
"we must elect Donald J Trump president because we must crush JIHAD!"
Trumpers are all in on this bizarre idea that the greatest era in US history was the 1890s because tariffs and low taxes
Elon Musk, having a normal one
Elon Musk says he thinks when he's serving in the Trump administration that he can cut nearly 1/3 of the federal budget
Elon Musk with more weirdo antics
ok who did Melania plagiarize here?
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Trump begins by asking his fans if they were better off now than they were during the covid pandemic. The crowd indicates they preferred the pandemic.
In an unusual move, MSNBC is carrying Trump's MSG speech live. So is CNN, meaning Trump is currently on all three of the big cable networks.
Trump looks pale tonight and there's lots of weird lips and tongue stuff going on, like his mouth is dry
"That is a lot of fakers back there" -- Trump goads his MSG audience into booing "the fake news"
"A lot of people are coming from the Congo prisons" -- Trump
Trump in NYC claims migrants have taken over Times Square. A pretty egregious lie considering the rally is taking place just blocks away.
"The United States is now an occupied country" -- Trump
(it should go without saying that he's lying)
Trump on America in the 1790s, when slavery was legal: "That's when they had law and order."
He then addresses Speaker Johnson and says, "get ready"
They're not beating the fascist rally allegations -- huge cheers when Trump calls for the death penalties for migrants who commit murder
"Everyone knows she is a very low IQ individual" -- Trump on Kamala Harris
Trump egregiously lies about the federal Helene response, saying "they haven't even responded in North Carolina"
strong chyrons
Trump seems kinda loopy
The crowd at Madison Square Garden is completely dead as Trump fear-mongers about the draft
Trump on a possible war with China: "We would kick their ass."
"It's just this amorphous group of people ... they are indeed the enemy from within" -- Trump is indulging in Infowars-level conspiracism
Trump claims 101,000 people turned out for his rally in Butler (the Secret Service estimated the attendance was actually 21,000, so he's just off by 80,000 give or take)
Trump on RFK Jr: "I'm gonna let him go wild on health. I'm gonna let him go wild on the foods. I'm gonna let him go wild on the medicines."
"I would like to have their children" -- Trump on JD and Usha Vance
Trump: "Perfect, perfect, young, beautiful girls were cut up into little pieces by knives. MS-13. They're animals."
"They're the enemy of the people. The press" -- Trump
Trump: "Mayor Adams has been treated pretty badly ... I think they upgraded his seat in an airplane. I hear that's a very serious charge ... I don't know. Maybe it's something else."
"We're gonna build a beautiful dome over our country" -- Trump
Trump singles out Mike Johnson and calls for him to pass a bill making flag burning punishable by a year in prison
Trump: "For the past nine years we have been fighting against the most sinister and corrupt forces on earth."
Trump craps on New York in New York: "When I left New York was the place you wanted to be and now people just don't speak well of it."
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Pete Hegseth's mom Penelope on Fox & Friends makes a direct appeal on behalf of her son to Trump
Penelope Hegseth goes full MAGA on Fox & Friends by attacking the media for coverage of a letter she wrote to her son Pete criticizing him for his abusing behavior
"Not the Pete from seven years ago. But the Pete of today" -- Pete Hegseth's mom Penelope on Fox & Friends claims Pete is now a changed man
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Trump is extremely orange. Almost looks like a pumpkin.
I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's rally in Pittsburgh -- his third of four today. Follow along for clips and commentary.
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Trump's face is almost golden tonight. Whatever color it is, it's not a human one.
I'm going to do a thread on Trump's rally in Reading, Pennsylvania -- his second of four today. Follow along for clips and commentary.
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do you think Trump might be having some trouble with women?
It's worth highlighting that both Trump and Elon Musk have talked openly in recent days about bad things happening early in a second Trump term. (short 🧵)
Musk last month said Trump's election would bring "temporary hardship" because of draconian budget cuts (2/x)
I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's rally in Raleigh, North Carolina -- his first of four today. Follow along for clips and commentary.
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Trump is already very orange this morning. He might be neon by the time this day is through.