CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “By the way, stock market right now is setting records, its records. And we’re rounding the corner of the plague, I mean on this whole horrible thing. We’re rounding the corner. And it is a disgraceful thing that China did to the world. I will tell you. But we’re rounding the corner on COVID. […]
9/16/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS: [Greta Van Susteren: “Has China been straight with us about the virus?”] “No, because when I spoke to President Xi and he told me he had it under control. That was very early in all fairness. Maybe he didn’t even know, but I think he probably did, but they told me they had it […]
9/16/2020
DONALDISM: “My actions speak louder than my words, but my words were exactly perfect.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Greta Van Susteren Interviews Donald Trump at The White House – September 16, 2020,” fact.se, Sep. 16, 2020 […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Greta Van Susteren: “Mr. President, last February it was reported that you said that you had downplayed the coronavirus. And then recently you said that you have up-played it. So downplayed or up-played?”] “It’s totally a mischaracterization, and it just keeps going on and on and on and nothing. I don’t want […]
9/16/2020
COVID-19: “But we have done a phenomenal job on COVID-19, as they like to call it; I call it other things. But we have done a phenomenal job. I get calls from other people in other countries. They can’t believe the job we’ve done.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | September […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS: [Reporter: “Why not wear it [masks] more often or have the White House staff wear it more often to set an example for the country?] “Well, I’m tested [for coronavirus], and I’m sometimes surprised when I see somebody sitting and — like, with Joe. Joe feels very safe in a mask. I don’t know, […]
9/16/2020
PALESTINE: “You know, I stopped funding the Palestinians fairly early on, because they were saying bad things about our country. I said, ‘Well, you mean we’re giving them $750 million a year, and they’re saying all bad things about our country?’ So I stopped funding them very early on. But they get funded by other […]
9/16/2020
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: “The WTO, as far as I’m concerned, was created to suck money and jobs out of the United States to the benefit of China and other countries — that’s what my opinion is — whether it was created or it just turned out to be that way. But the World Trade Organization […]
9/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/COVID-19/VOTING: “Our biggest threat to this election is governors from opposing parties controlling ballots, millions of ballots. To me, that’s a much bigger threat than foreign countries, because much of the stuff coming out about foreign countries turned out to be untrue… [T]he most foolproof thing, the thing that really works is you go […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: [Reporter: “Mr. President, earlier today, [CDC Director] Dr. Redfield confirmed that it looked like November, December the first doses would be able to be distributed. But then he said that the vaccine for the general public likely would not be available until probably next summer, maybe even early fall. Are you comfortable with that […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “And, by the way, we’d recommend they open up their states… let your people have freedom. And it’s unfair to your people to keep them closed at this stage. We know the [coronavirus] vaccine — we know the vaccines are coming, but we know the problem; we understand who the vulnerable are, which is […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “We’re on track to deliver and distribute the [coronavirus] vaccine in a very, very safe and effective manner. We think we can start sometime in October. So as soon as it is announced, we’ll be able to start. That’ll be from mid-October on. It may be a little bit later than that, but we’ll […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “To get the [coronavirus] vaccine into the hands of American people, we’re fully mobilizing the awesome power of American industry and also our military. This is the largest, fastest, and most advanced vaccine distribution effort in American history, by far. I was reading where Biden was saying that, oh, he’s going to have a […]
9/16/2020
ENVIRONMENT/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t worry, wonderful & beautiful Alaska, there will be NO POLITICS in the Pebble Mine Review Process. I will do what is right for Alaska and our great Country!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 4:20 pm […]
9/16/2020
DRUGS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump promised the opioid crisis would end ‘quickly’ if he won, but the fact is drug overdose deaths are up nearly 10% across the country. It’s heartbreaking. As president, I promise I’ll take action to end this epidemic. https://t.co/tnVAqXbXpm?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 3:25 pm […]
9/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/CLIMATE CHANGE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if more of America is ablaze?“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 3:10 pm […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “We’re going to get this virus under control and get your life back on track.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 2:10 pm […]
9/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is Donald Trump’s America after one term. Why would we give him a second? https://twitter.com/i/status/1306373549939195905“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 1:25 pm […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS: “If you look at what we’ve done and all of the lives that we’ve saved — and I’m going to ask that a graph be put up, and now it’s up. This was right at the beginning. This was our prediction that if we do a really good job, we’ll be at about a […]
9/16/2020
CDC/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/QUOTE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “When I said I trust vaccines, and I trust the scientists, but I don’t trust Donald Trump — this is what I meant: RT @Acosta Trump contradicts [Robert] Redfield on when vaccine will be widely available saying of the CDC director: ‘I think he made a mistake when he said that. […]
9/16/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: [Reporter: “Are you prepared to sign off on the Oracle and TikTok deal, even though the Treasury isn’t getting paid?”] “It has to be 100 percent as far as national security is concerned. And, no, I’m not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal.” [Reporter: “What about the […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINE: “Today, my administration released our detailed national [coronavirus] vaccine distribution plan, and that includes a plan to ensure that we swiftly deliver the vaccine directly to America’s senior citizens in nursing homes. And it’s all set. We have our military lined up. Everybody is lined up. And we think that’s going to go very […]
9/16/2020
NATURAL DISASTERS: “Hurricane Sally made landfall, as you know, in Alabama and Florida last night as a Category 2 hurricane, and has caused 35 inches of rainfall in some places. That’s a lot… The governors have all been spoken to, and it’s a combination of real spirit. And they have a tremendous esprit de corps. […]
9/16/2020
BREXIT/JOE BIDEN/TRADE DEALS/UK: “We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit. Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border. Period.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 10:48 am […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “We all want a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, but it needs to be based on science — not politics. Tune in as I discuss how we can develop and equitably distribute a safe and effective vaccine: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1PlJQNyDDVvxE“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 9:52 am […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’ve lost nearly 200,000 Americans to COVID-19. It didn’t have to be this bad — but Donald Trump failed to do his job.” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 7:10 am […]
9/16/2020
HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fact of the matter is Donald Trump doesn’t have a health care plan. I do — and you can read it here: http://JoeBiden.com/HealthCare“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 5:31 am […]
9/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/JOE BIDEN: “Science will win. RT @sciam Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now. The 2020 election is literally a matter of life and death. We urge you to vote for health, science and Joe Biden for President.” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 4:58 am […]
9/16/2020
MEDIA/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jim, you didn’t make a mistake. It’s true, and that’s why you said it. No pandering! RT @therecount Jim Cramer apologizes to Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “I made a very stupid comment.” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 4:50 am […]
9/16/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/GOP: “Democrats are ‘heartless’. They don’t want to give STIMULUS PAYMENTS to people who desperately need the money, and whose fault it was NOT that the plague came in from China. Go for the much higher numbers, Republicans, it all comes back to the USA anyway (one way or another!).“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, […]
9/16/2020
2020 ELECTION/CLIMATE CHANGE/JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s climate denial may not have directly caused the record fires we’re seeing on the West Coast. But if he gets four more years in the White House, they’ll only become more common, devastating, and deadly.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 4:20 am […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “Vaccines are moving along fast and safely!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 4:09 am […]
9/16/2020
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for the great reviews of the @ABC News show last night!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 3:45 am […]
9/16/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SHUTDOWN/SPORTS: “Great News: BIG TEN FOOTBALL IS BACK. All teams to participate. Thank you to the players, coaches, parents, and all school representatives. Have a FANTASTIC SEASON! It is my great honor to have helped!!!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2020 3:33 am […]
9/16/2020
NFL/POLITICS/PROTESTS/SPORTS: “ ‘Cratered’. We have plenty of politics to go around without disrespecting our great American Flag or Anthem. I thought the NFL learned their lesson two years ago. The people will not put up with this (again). Just not worth it, hard to watch! RT @dhookstead The NFL’s TV ratings have crated, and are […]
9/15/2020
ECONOMY/JOBS/JOE BIDEN: “As President, I will restore the leadership that has been lacking in the White House for the past four years, and help working families recover from this crisis and build back better than they were before. That means supporting the small businesses that fuel our economy, advancing racial equity across our economic system, […]
9/15/2020
COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/TAXES: “President Trump failed Pennsylvania when he promised to bring back jobs but only brought a tax scam that favored the super wealthy and CEOs. He failed Pennsylvania when he intentionally misled the American people and refused to act to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed the lives of nearly 8,000 Pennsylvanians. […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS/JARED KUSHNER/RALLY: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner responded to tapes of President Donald Trump downplaying the threat of the coronavirus in March by saying Trump was ‘very forthcoming with the American people’ about the dangers of the illness… Kushner also addressed concerns over a large indoor Trump rally in Las Vegas on Sunday in […]
9/15/2020
FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN: “Under a Biden-Harris administration, the United States will put democracy and human rights at the center of America’s foreign policy. We cannot stand up for these principles around the world if we do not first do the same for all Americans at home. When I am President, authoritarian leaders will never have […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over the past three and a half years, Donald Trump has recklessly and routinely taken a battering ram to the pillars of America’s democracy — repeatedly attacking our institutions and values — amplified racist hatred for his own political ends, and traded the friendship of our democratic allies for photo ops […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP ADMIN/WOMEN: “[T]he Trump Administration has completely abdicated U.S. leadership on women’s rights globally and sought to roll back protections for women here at home. The United States must champion gender equality, at home and abroad. We must accelerate our progress. Women’s leadership is critical.” -Joe Biden, “Statement By Vice President Joe Biden On The […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “[T]here’s institutional racism that exists for brown and black people, and Asian American. Institutional racism. Across the board. In jobs, education… across the board. And the American people have finally had the blinders taken off. They’ve realized what’s happening in the middle of this COVID crisis.” -Joe Biden in an interview with José […]
9/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/VOTING: “[L]ook, people are going to come out and vote. You’re not going to stop people from voting. You’re going to see the largest turnout of voters in modern history as a percentage of voters. They’re not going to stay quiet. I put full faith in the ability of those people when they […]
9/15/2020
COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “We cannot open the country unless you deal with COVID. That’s what this president doesn’t get… you cannot open it unless you’re able to begin to deal with reducing the access, reducing the danger of COVID in the country… This president knew– he knew the danger, he knew how deadly pandemic was and […]
9/15/2020
COVID-19/HISPANICS/JOE BIDEN: “And look what’s happening in terms of COVID now. You have– in the United States of America, you are three times as likely to get COVID if, in fact, you are Hispanic or Latino, you’re twice as likely to die if you get it, and you have a significant number of Latinos or […]
9/15/2020
PALESTINE: “I said to people that negotiated with them [Palestine] before, ‘Why did you pay when they treat the United States with such disrespect?’ They speak so badly. ‘Death to America. Death to Israel.’ I said, ‘We give them $750 million a year.’ I said, ‘Why didn’t somebody cut off those payments?’ ‘Well, we didn’t […]
9/15/2020
DACA/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “I’m going to reinstate [DACA] and then they’re going to be part of what I’m going to send to the United States Congress. It’s a total immigration bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people in the United States of America. This is… this is… It makes no sense for us […]
9/15/2020
IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “Look, a lot of… look, I can only imagine what it’s like, someone in your family deported… And I… to me, it’s all about family. Beginning, middle and end. It’s about family. That’s not gonna happen in my administration. It’s simply not can happen. We are going to abide by the law. We […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “There should be no second-class citizens in America, period. Nobody should be treated like a second-class citizen. And this president has treated Puerto Rico, and Puerto Rican citizens, and Puerto Ricans in the United States as second-class citizens… He refers to Puerto Ricans in ways that are derogatory. I think that this […]
9/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/IRAN/JOE BIDEN: “I really believe Iran wants to make a deal. They’ve had a very tough time. Their GDP is down 27 percent because of the sanctions and all of the other things. And I don’t want that to happen. I don’t want — I want Iran to be a great country, a great […]
9/15/2020
MIDDLE EAST: “But we’ll have at least five or six countries coming along very quickly [in the peace deal], and we’re already talking to them. And they want to see peace. You know, they’ve been fighting for a long time. They’re tired. They’re warring countries, but they’re tired. They’re tired of fighting. And so you’re […]
9/15/2020
ISRAEL/UAE: “I think what Israel is getting and what we’re all getting, but what Israel is getting more than anything else is peace. They’re going to have peace. As you know, UAE — United Arab Emirates — is a great warring nation, a very powerful nation in the region. And they very much wanted to […]
9/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “To be clear: I am not currently president. But if you chip in now, we can change that in November: https://joe.link/35LrCCJ“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 4:20 pm […]
9/15/2020
HISPANICS/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN: “Hispanic Heritage Month is a reminder of the strength we draw as a nation from our immigrant roots. No matter where your family came from, we’re here because we all share the same ideals. That’s the story of America — and it is well worth celebrating.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 4:15 […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump not only suggested we sell or trade Puerto Rico — but he also left our fellow Americans without the resources they desperately needed after Hurricane Maria. It’s unacceptable. As president, I’ll support the island’s full recovery and invest in its people and future.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September […]
9/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/MINING: “Minnesota’s Iron Range could help deliver the battleground state’s 10 Electoral College votes to President Trump. And maybe even the White House. If Trump manages to turn Minnesota red come November, he could lose Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and still get reelected as long as he maintains […]
9/15/2020
FLORIDA/HISPANICS/JOE BIDEN: “Today marks the official start of Hispanic Heritage Month. Tune in as we kick off our celebration from Florida: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqJDpyERzvJV” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 1:34 pm […]
9/15/2020
PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to be back in Philadelphia. Thank you Pennsylvania, see you again soon! #MAGA https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eh_iyluWAAEGamY?format=jpg&name=medium” ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 1:27 pm […]
9/15/2020
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “We’re going to be doing a healthcare plan very strongly and protect people with preexisting conditions. I will say this, they will not do that, because they have socialized…” [George Stephanopoulos: “You fought to repeal Obamacare, you are arguing… the Supreme Court right now to strike it down, that would do away […]
9/15/2020
RACISM: [Pastor Carl Day, audience member: “you have yet to address and acknowledge that there’s been a race problem in America.”] “I hope there’s not a race problem. I can tell you, there’s none with me, because I have great respect for all races, for everybody. This country is great because of it.” -Donald Trump, […]
9/15/2020
POLICE/PROTESTS/RACISM: [Laura Galvas, audience member: “In light of ongoing protests surrounding the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the recent shooting of Jacob — Jacob Blake, do you feel racial injustices are occurring in this nation? And if so, what can be done to address them?”] “Well, I think they were tragic events, and […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS: [George Stephanopoulos: “But we’re still – are dealing with 195,000 deaths [from coronavirus] in the United States right now… Does it make you think, is there anything I could have done differently?”] “I think we could have had two million deaths if we didn’t close out the country…” [George Stephanopoulos: “So you regret nothing?”] […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS: [Joni Powell, audience member: “My question is, if you believe it’s the president’s responsibility to protect America, why would you downplay a [coronavirus] pandemic that is known to disproportionately harm low-income families and minority communities?”] “Yeah. Well, I didn’t downplay it. I actually — in many ways I up-played it in terms of action. […]
9/15/2020
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now, I’m not going to make people feel like I want to — look, we’re a leader of a great country. We want to keep it that way. I don’t want to scare people. I don’t want to make people panic. And you’re not going to go out and say, oh, this […]
9/15/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: [George Stephanopoulos: “But you know we have 4 percent of the world’s population, more than 20 percent of the [coronavirus] cases, more than 20 percent of the deaths.”] “Well, we have 20 percent of the cases because of the fact that we do much more testing. If we wouldn’t do testing you wouldn’t […]
9/15/2020
2020 ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/JOE BIDEN: “Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly. The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science… That is why we […]
9/15/2020
DOJ/JOHN BOLTON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether President Trump’s former national security adviser John R. Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published a memoir this summer, a case that the department opened after it failed to stop the book’s publication this summer, according to three people familiar with […]
9/15/2020
HISPANICS/JOE BIDEN/LATINOS: “As we celebrate the Independence Day of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, we must affirm the democratic aspirations and human rights of people across Latin America. I’ll always fight for democracy and for those who come to America seeking a better life.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 12:25 pm […]
9/15/2020
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing [in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963] is a powerful reminder of our past and what remains at stake in this election. As we honor the memory of those four little girls, we must commit to defeating the poisonous ideology of white supremacy that lit the […]
9/15/2020
ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/UAE: “After decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new Middle East. Congratulations to the people of Israel, the people of the United Arab Emirates, and the people of the Kingdom of Bahrain. God Bless You All!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 11:01 am […]
9/15/2020
JOE BIDEN/PUERTO RICO: “I believe that every American deserves a fair shot to get ahead and a government that treats them equally. But that hasn’t been the case for the people of Puerto Rico. Today, I’m releasing my new plan to change that: https://t.co/qX7sQPPfmX?amp=1″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 11:00 am […]
9/15/2020
HISPANICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 10:03 am […]
9/15/2020
EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, President Trump has failed to provide desperately needed fiscal relief to our state and local governments — and we’re seeing the consequences every day. Our students and educators deserve better. As president, I’ll make sure they always have the resources they need.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 9:41 […]
9/15/2020
FLORIDA/JOE BIDEN/VETS: “The most sacred obligation of our government is to do right by those who defend our nation at war. I’m in Tampa, Florida, to hear from veterans and to discuss how I’ll honor that promise as president. Tune in: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1eaJbzOvXkQJX” ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 7:59 am […]
9/15/2020
ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/UAE: “HISTORIC day for PEACE in the Middle East — I am welcoming leaders from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain to the White House to sign landmark deals that no one thought was possible. MORE countries to follow!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 6:05 am […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is not responsible for COVID-19, but he is responsible for his failed response and for lying to the American people. https://twitter.com/i/status/1305884830370988035″ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 5:03 am […]
9/15/2020
CLIMATE CHANGE/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This morning, parents all across the West — already worried about their kids being indoors because of COVID-19 — are now also waking up worried about their kids being outside. We need a president who takes climate change seriously.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 4:50 am […]
9/15/2020
2016 ELECTION/2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/POLLS: “We are advertising all over the place, but as much as we do, the Fake News likes to say we aren’t. Just being smart. We have much more money than we had at same time in 2016. Also spending on other, and different, elements of the campaign. Starting to get great […]
9/15/2020
POLICE: “Police are so afraid today that if they do something slightly wrong, slightly wrong and their pensions gone, their jobs gone, who knows what happens. Their live is ruined; their wife or their husband will leave. The whole thing, it’s a very scary thing to do… These are great people for the most part. […]
9/15/2020
IMMIGRATION: “So we are doing something with immigration that I think is going to be very strong because we want people to come into our country… We want them to come in — a lot of people but we want them to come in through a legal system. Through a system that — they love […]
9/15/2020
HILLARY CLINTON/NORTH KOREA/OBAMA: “Look at North Korea, how that’s worked out. We haven’t — the sanctions are on. Everything’s the same. We haven’t spent anything. We’re getting along with him. I get along with Kim Jong-un. That was supposed to be a war. If President Obama were president, if Hillary Clinton ever got in, that […]
9/15/2020
JOHN MCCAIN: “As far as John McCain, I was never a fan of John McCain. I never thought he treated our vets well, he didn’t do the job. I was never a fan of his. But — and I think that’s fine and everybody knows that, and I said it to his face. I was […]
9/15/2020
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m fighting a battle. It’s a big battlefield, and I have a lot of forces against me. I have the media, which I call the fake news, because a lot of it is fake — and I mean a big full — as you understand. A lot of it is fake. […]
9/15/2020
POLICE/PROTESTS: “I think there’s problems, but I also think there’s some very big problems where, if you don’t give the police back their authority — right now, police are afraid they’re going to lose their pension, they’re going to lose their job if they talk to somebody in the wrong way. When I watched New […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: [George Stephanopoulos: “You were saying it [coronavirus] was going to disappear.”] “It is going to disappear. It’s going to disappear, I still say it.” [George Stephanopoulos: “But not if we don’t take action, correct?”] “No, I still say it. It’s going to disappear, George… It would go away without the vaccine, George, but it’s […]
9/15/2020
CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN: [Julie Bard, audience member: “Why don’t you support a mandate for national mask wearing [for coronavirus]? And why don’t you wear a mask more often?”] “Well, I do wear them when I have to and when I’m in hospitals and other locations. But I will say this. They said at the Democrat convention […]
9/15/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS: “At the beginning, before anybody knew what it [coronavirus] was, I spoke with President Xi and he said, we are doing it well, we are having it under control. And I was very open with that. He told me that it was under control, that everything was, and it turned out to be not […]
9/15/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS: [Paul Tubiana, audience member: “I thought you were doing a good job with the pandemic response until about May 1st. Then you took your foot off the gas pedal. Why did you throw vulnerable people like me under the bus?”] “Well, we really didn’t, Paul. We’ve worked very hard on the pandemic. We’ve worked […]
9/15/2020
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On @foxandfriends Now! Enjoy!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2020 2:01 am […]
9/14/2020
CLIMATE CHANGE: “When you get into climate change — well, is India going to change its ways? And is China going to change its ways? And Russia — is Russia going to change its ways? You know, so you have a lot of countries that are going to have to change because they make up […]
9/14/2020
CLIMATE CHANGE/NATURAL DISASTERS: “So we talk about forest management. And I’ve been talking about it for a long time — that they have to do that. You go to other countries, and they don’t have this problem, and they have more explosive trees — meaning they catch fire much easier. So we have to talk […]
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NATURAL DISASTERS: “This is one of the biggest burns we’ve ever seen, and we have to do a lot about forest management. Obviously, forest management in California is very important. And now it extends to Washington and extends also to Oregon. There has to be good, strong forest management, which I’ve been talking about for […]
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CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/NATURAL DISASTERS: [Reporter: “is it possible that it’s also forest management and climate change — it’s both of things at the same time?”] “Well, I think something is possible. I think a lot of things are possible. But with regard to the forest: When trees fall down, after a short period of time — […]
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PROTEST/RALLY: “If you can join tens of thousands of people protesting in the streets, gamble in a casino, or burn down small businesses in riots, you can gather peacefully under the 1st Amendment to hear from the President of the United States.” -Tim Murtaugh, Trump campaign spokesperson, in a statement quoted by Timothy Bella, “‘Shameful, […]
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CORONAVIRUS/RALLY: “Every rally turned [coronavirus] superspreader event Donald Trump decides to hold serves as another reminder to Americans that Trump still refuses to take this pandemic seriously and still doesn’t have a plan to stop it, even after nearly 200,000 deaths and untold economic damage.” -Mike Gwin, Biden campaign spokesperson, in a statement quoted by […]
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CORONAVIRUS/NEVADA/RALLY: “Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak blasted the president for flouting the state’s coronavirus restrictions by packing hundreds of supporters, many without masks, into a building… The indoor rally, which featured maskless supporters standing shoulder-to-shoulder inside the industrial facility, came as the United States surpassed 190,000 dead from the novel coronavirus. In Nevada, where Trump held […]
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RALLY: “President Donald Trump told the Review-Journal in an exclusive interview Sunday [Sep. 13, 2020] that he did not believe he was subject to Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order limiting gatherings to 50 people when he addressed a crowd of thousands at an indoor rally in Henderson. The president blamed the Democratic governor for forcing […]
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CORONAVIRUS/RALLY: “Trump said in his interview with the Review-Journal that he is not afraid of getting the coronavirus from speaking at the indoor rally. ‘I’m on a stage and it’s very far away,’ Trump said. ‘And so I’m not at all concerned.’” -Debra J. Saunders, “In exclusive interview, Trump slams Sisolak, defends indoor rally,” reviewjournal.com, […]
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HHS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Caputo, 58, the assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, said without evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was harboring a ‘resistance unit’ determined to undermine President Trump. Mr. Caputo… has faced criticism for leading efforts to warp C.D.C. weekly bulletins to fit […]
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GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “It’s a beautiful thing to see what’s happening with the Republican Party. And remember it’s the party of Abraham Lincoln. A lot of people forget that. Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. The other side likes to try and claim him, big disinformation, but they can’t get away with that one.” -Donald Trump via […]