8/27/2020

NBA/PROTESTS/SPORTS: “I don’t know much about the NBA protest. I know their ratings have been very bad, because I think people are a little tired of the NBA, frankly, but I don’t know too much about the protests. But I know their ratings have been very bad and that’s unfortunate. They’ve become like a political […]

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8/27/2020

POLICE: “We have to give law enforcement, our police, back their power. They are afraid to act… When there is police misconduct, the justice system must hold wrongdoers fully and completely accountable, and it will. But when we can never have a situation where things are going on as they are today, we must never […]

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8/27/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “I say very modestly that I have done more for the African-American community than any president since Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican president. And I have done more in three years for the Black community than Joe Biden has done in 47 years.” -Donald Trump in an Aug. 27, 2020 speech, “Full […]

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8/27/2020

CRIME/DEMS/JOE BIDEN/PROTESTS: “Democrats and Biden didn’t even mention the Anarchists, Agitators, Looters and so called ‘Peaceful Protesters’ at their Convention. They will allow rampant crime, just as they do in Portland. If they ask us, as they must do, we will end crime in their Democrat run cities, FAST!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 27, 2020 […]

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8/27/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Andrea Mitchell: “Would you consider not debating the president?”] “I’m gonna debate him. Now I know for certain that— I’m going to be a fact-checker on the floor, while I’m debating him… It’s just one lie after another. Lying, lying, lying lying. One after another. But the debates are going to take […]

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8/26/2020

ISRAEL/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS: “Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for vice president, told a virtual fundraiser Wednesday that Joe Biden’s administration would offer unwavering support for Israel and would never let Iran obtain a nuclear weapon. ‘Joe has made it clear he will not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes and […]

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8/26/2020

IMMIGRATION/TRUMP ADMIN: “Sudha Narayanan and Neimat Awadelseid looked forward to Tuesday—the day, after a yearslong process, they would become U.S. citizens. They found out only minutes before the ceremony that President Trump would attend, and they didn’t know it would be aired during the Republican convention that night. Ms. Narayanan and Ms. Awadelseid said they […]

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8/26/2020

CDC/COVID-19/TRUMP ADMIN: “Trump administration officials on Wednesday [Aug. 26, 2020] defended a new recommendation that people without Covid-19 symptoms abstain from testing, even as scientists warned that the policy could hobble an already weak federal response as schools reopen and a potential autumn wave looms. The day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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8/26/2020

VOTE BY MAIL: “I think there’s more enthusiasm now than there was four years ago. The only thing I’m concerned about is the unsolicited ballots, where they’re going to send 80 million unsolicited ballots to people that they don’t even know if they’re alive or if they’re living there … I think it is a […]

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8/26/2020

JOE BIDEN: “The contrast tonight couldn’t be clearer: We can choose four more years of fear, division, and hate. Or we can choose a different path — one of hope, unity, and light. Let’s overcome this era of darkness, together” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 26, 2020 11:25 pm […]

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8/26/2020

COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “180,000 people have died from this COVID crisis. And the heartbreaking truth is that it didn’t have to happen this way.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 26, 2020 10:54 pm […]

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8/26/2020

JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Once again, a Black man — Jacob Blake — was shot by the police. In front of his children. It makes me sick. Is this the country we want to be? Needless violence won’t heal us. We need to end the violence — and peacefully come together to demand justice.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, […]

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8/26/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN: “I know how to lead this nation through a crisis because I’ve done it before. I won’t waste any time getting this virus under control and building our country back better.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 26, 2020 12:15 pm […]

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8/26/2020

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump can try and shift blame all he wants, but the fact is Maine’s hardworking lobstermen and women are hurting under his watch. They deserve better. And as President, I will work to protect the livelihood and safety of the fishing community.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 26, 2020 10:23 am […]

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8/26/2020

JOE BIDEN: “I promise you that as president, I will protect America. I will protect you and your family. I will defend our nation from threats seen and unseen. It’s the least of what we should expect from an American president.” Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 26, 2020 9:30 am […]

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8/26/2020

DEBATES/JOE BIDEN: “President Trump says he will call for drug tests for both former Vice President Joe Biden and himself before the first candidates’ debate on Sept. 29. In an Oval Office interview Wednesday [Aug. 26, 2020], the president expressed suspicion at what he said was a sudden, marked improvement in Biden’s debate performance during […]

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8/26/2020

GOP/TRUMP ADMIN: “Democrats and government watchdogs have fumed over Trump holding RNC activities at the White House and raised various alarms, from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo making a convention speech while on a diplomatic trip to Jerusalem to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf conducting an immigrant naturalization ceremony at the White House with […]

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8/26/2020

GOP/TRUMP ADMIN: “White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday dismissed accusations that Trump administration officials violated federal law by speaking at the Republican National Convention, arguing that critics have overstretched the bounds of the Hatch Act… “Nobody outside of the Beltway really cares. They expect that Donald Trump is going to promote Republican […]

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8/26/2020

JOE BIDEN/VOTING/WOMEN: “Today, on Women’s Equality Day, Jill and I join with all Americans in celebrating the long line of women who have reached out through history as fearless, ambitious trailblazers to deliver a better future for America’s daughters… Now, it is up to us to carry forward the banner of equality for the next […]

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8/26/2020

CORONAVIRUS/FDA/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar pushed back Wednesday against claims that President Trump pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients, but he did credit Trump for removing ‘unnecessary bureaucratic red tape that stands in the way of saving lives.’… […]

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8/26/2020

NATURAL DISASTERS/TEXAS: “Hurricane Laura is a very dangerous and rapidly intensifying hurricane. My Administration remains fully engaged with state & local emergency managers to continue preparing and assisting the great people Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Listen to local officials. We are with you!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 26, 2020 6:17 am […]

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8/26/2020

2020 ELECTION/CHINA/JOE BIDEN/STOCK MARKET: “Just In: Chinese State Media and Leaders of CHINA want Biden to win ‘the U.S. Election’. If this happened (which it won’t), China would own our Country, and our Record Setting Stock Markets would literally CRASH!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 26, 2020 5:05 am […]

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8/25/2020

JOE BIDEN: “I believe the American people are ready for something better. This is our moment to prove hope is more powerful than fear, love is more powerful than hate, and light is more powerful than darkness.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 25, 2020 10:17 pm […]

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8/25/2020

JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN: “Two years ago, we lost a genuine American hero, and to me, a true friend. John McCain never stopped pushing me and our nation to be better. I miss him dearly.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 25, 2020 2:44 pm […]

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8/25/2020

JOE BIDEN: “It’s time for us, for We the People, to come together. Because united, we can — and will — overcome this season of darkness in America.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 25, 2020 6:13 pm […]

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8/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA: “FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn is walking back comments on the benefits of convalescent plasma, saying he could have done a better job of explaining the data on its effectiveness against the coronavirus after authorizing it for emergency use over the weekend… The FDA’s decision to authorize emergency use came a day after President […]

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8/25/2020

DHS/NOMINATIONS: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would nominate acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to the role permanently. Wolf has been serving in an acting capacity since November of last year. The last Homeland secretary to be confirmed by the Senate, Kirstjen Nielsen, resigned in April 2019… Trump’s announcement comes after a government […]

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8/25/2020

PARDONS: “President Trump on Tuesday [Aug. 25, 2020] announced a pardon of Jon Ponder as part of the convicted bank robber-turned activist’s appearance at the Republican National Convention. Ponder, who founded the nonprofit Hope For Prisoners, spoke in a video at the convention, along with Richard Beasley, the FBI agent who arrested him. The president […]

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8/25/2020

DEMS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “80 Million Unsolicited Ballots are impossible for election centers to tabulate accurately. The Democrats know this better than anyone else. The fraud and abuse will be an embarrassment to our Country. Hopefully the Courts will stop this scam!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2020 1:37 pm […]

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8/25/2020

TRUMP FAMILY: “My father is the only person to challenge the establishment, the entrenched bureaucracy, big pharma and media monopolies, to ensure that Americans’ constitutional freedoms are upheld and that justice and truth prevail. My father does not run away from challenges even in the face of outright hatred, because fighting for America is something […]

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8/25/2020

MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We all know Donald Trump makes no secrets about how he feels about things. Total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our President. Whether you like it or not, you always know what he’s thinking, and that is because he’s an authentic person who loves this country and its people, […]

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8/25/2020

CIVIL UNREST/NATIONAL GUARD/PROTESTS: “We again request Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown), the Governor of Oregon, and Mayor @TedWheeler of Portland, to call up the National Guard like should have been done 3 months ago… …They must stop calling these anarchists and agitators ‘peaceful protestors’. Come back into the real world! The Federal Government is ready to end […]

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8/25/2020

DHS/NOMINATIONS: “I am pleased to inform the American Public that Acting Secretary Chad Wolf will be nominated to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Chad has done an outstanding job and we greatly appreciate his service!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 25, 2020 6:30 am […]

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8/25/2020

CANADA/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS: “Beautiful Maine Lobsters will now move tariff-free to Europe! For first time in many years. GREAT new deal by USTR levels playing field with Canada. Millions of $’s more in EXPORTS… …More JOBS from Eastport, Cutler, & Jonesport to Stonington, Friendship, and Casco Bay. I am proud to help the great people of […]

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8/25/2020

2020 ELECTION/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “For our Country to be sending 80 million UNSOLICITED BALLOTS is very unfair and a roadmap to disaster. Even recent small and easier to control elections which did this are a catastrophic disaster. Fraudulent & missing Ballots like never seen before. 20% and 30% off. STOP!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]

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8/24/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/ECONOMY: “It’s going to be a year of tremendous success. We’re fighting off this horrible thing [coronavirus] that was delivered by China. And it was by China and we’re never going to forget it and I let them know. We’re never going to forget what they did because you know what? We’re going to do […]

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8/24/2020

2016 ELECTION: “But I have to tell you, I think we have the greatest base of support anywhere at any time, any election and people are starting to find that out. They found it out in 2016… I’ll never forget, a Congressman from Tennessee came up… And he said, ‘Sir, I don’t know. I can’t […]

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8/24/2020

NASA: “We put NASA back in action. NASA had grass growing through its runway. It had grass growing through the cracks of its runways. It was closed, essentially, just a disaster. Now it’s the number one space center anywhere in the world by far. You saw the ships going up. And for some reason, a […]

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8/24/2020

COVID-19/DEMS/VOTE BY MAIL: “And they [Democrats] now want to have it where the signature [on a mail-in ballot] doesn’t have to be verified. That’s right. The signature doesn’t have to be verified. And then they’re going to play the game that we’re not patriotic. What they’re doing is using COVID to steal an election. They’re […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “I’m just saying we cannot have these live… mail-in ballots sent to everybody, including mostly people that never asked for them… I’m up by massive numbers on enthusiasm. So our voters are saying, ‘I’m very angry about this. I’ll go to the poll directly and vote.’ But that vote is the saying, […]

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8/24/2020

2020 ELECTION: “The only way they can take this [2020] election away from us is if this is a rigged election. We’re going to win this election.” -Donald Trump, “12:36 pm President Trump makes surprise appearance during RNC roll,” c-span.org, Aug. 24, 2020 […]

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8/24/2020

VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “[T]hey’re going to mail out 80 million ballots. It’s impossible. They have no idea. Who’s mailing them? Mostly Democrat states and Democrat governors. Well, supposing they don’t mail them to Republican neighborhoods. That means they’re not going to get them. So they’re going to complain and the election’s going to be over… […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN/VOTE BY MAIL: “But see, under their plan where they send these ballots, you don’t have to want to vote. You get the ballot and then they have harvesting. They get guys to go, ‘Do you want to vote?’ ‘No, not really, but I have a ballot.’ ‘All right, good. Who’s it for?’ ‘Sleepy […]

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8/24/2020

HOUSING/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: Executive Order on Targeting Opportunity Zones and Other Distressed Communities for Federal Site Locations -Donald Trump, “Executive Order on Targeting Opportunity Zones and Other Distressed Communities for Federal Site Locations,” whitehouse.gov, Aug. 24, 2020 […]

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8/24/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “Equal justice has not been real for Black Americans and so many others. We are at an inflection point. We must dismantle systemic racism. It is the urgent task before us. We must fight to honor the ideals laid in the original American promise, which we are yet to attain: That all […]

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8/24/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Yesterday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back as police attempted to restrain him from getting into his car. His children watched from inside the car and bystanders watched in disbelief. And this morning, the nation wakes up yet again with grief and outrage that yet another […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/VLADIMIR PUTIN: “President Trump refuses to confront Vladimir Putin over Russia’s continuing assault against Ukraine, even insinuating on several occasions that Crimea is rightfully Russian territory. He withheld vital military assistance in an effort to extort Ukrainian President Zelensky into interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. He sidelined professional diplomats in […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN/UKRAINE: “As a Senator and as Vice President, I strongly supported Ukraine’s ongoing quest to become a modern, democratic European state, in which all citizens can live in peace and prosperity… As President, I will make it clear to the Kremlin that it must end its aggression toward and occupation of Ukraine. A Biden-Harris […]

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8/24/2020

DRUGS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “President Trump has made his executive order tying prescription drug prices in the United States to the prices paid in Europe and other developed nations — and the ensuing war that has broken out with the pharmaceutical industry — a centerpiece of his campaign for re-election. The problem: No such executive order has […]

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8/24/2020

CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP ADMIN: “TikTok, the video-sharing application owned by China-based ByteDance, filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. government challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the company’s American operations… The Trump administration has expressed concern about U.S. data security and data privacy with several Chinese companies, including Huawei and WeChat. ByteDance argued that is […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “Yesterday, Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by police. His kids watched from the car. Today, we woke to grieve yet again. We need a full and transparent investigation.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 24, 2020 12:39 pm […]

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8/24/2020

JOE BIDEN: “I have known Vice President Biden for two decades now. I served with him in Congress for much of that time. He is a good and decent man. I haven’t always agreed with him, and there will be many policies on which we will disagree in the future, and that’s okay… And so, […]

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8/24/2020

2020 ELECTION: “We have to win [the 2020 election]. This is the most important election in the history of our country… Our country can go in a horrible, horrible direction, or in an even greater direction, and before the plague came in from China, that’s where we were going.” -Donald Trump, “12:36 pm President Trump […]

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8/24/2020

2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/USPS: “We have to be very, very careful and you have to watch, every one of you, you have to watch, because bad things happened last time with the spying on our campaign and that goes to Biden and that goes to Obama… This time they’re trying to do it with the whole […]

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8/24/2020

2016 ELECTION/VOTE BY MAIL: [Crowd: “Four more years!”] “Now if you really want to drive them crazy, you say, ’12 more years.’” [Crowd: “12 more years!”] “Because we caught them doing some really bad things in 2016. Let’s see what happens. We caught ’em doing some really bad things. We have to be very careful […]

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8/24/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “These are my friends, these are the incredible workers that helped us so much with the COVID. We can call it many different things from China virus, I don’t want to go through all the names because some people may get insulted, but that’s the way it is. These are great, great people, doctors, […]

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8/24/2020

CORONAVIRUS/FDA: [Tim Boyum: “Over the weekend, you criticized, sort of, the FDA, for potentially delaying whether it’s a [coronavirus] vaccine or therapeutic. Do we have evidence of that or is that a gut feeling that you have?”] “Well, I think there’s some evidence and I think it’s a big gut feeling, and in the meantime, […]

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8/24/2020

VOTE BY MAIL: “I’m concerned that it’s just not a fair situation, because they’re mailing out — forget about absentee, and absentee we like, but forget about absentee, when you look at the fact that they’re going to be mailing out 80 million ballots to people that haven’t even asked for them, and people are […]

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8/24/2020

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Remember I used to talk about the forgotten men and women of our country? And I still talk about them… They’re no longer forgotten. You’ve become a very, very important voice. Very important voice. They used to say, ‘Who are these people?’ I said, ‘They’re the forgotten people. They work hard. They […]

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8/24/2020

REGULATIONS/TAXES: “We’ve slashed regulations to cut the death tax. Now, the death tax is a big deal. So if you have a farm or a business, like Kirby, like your business, and you want to leave it to your beautiful family, which I just met, and they have to go out and get a big […]

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8/24/2020

BUSINESS/SPORTS: “Through the Paycheck Protection Program, we’ve saved 5 million small businesses and 50 million jobs. This includes nearly 130,000 small businesses and 1.2 million jobs right here in North Carolina. And you’re ready to open up. You got to tell — and you’re ready to play football. Got to play football. You got to […]

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8/24/2020

DEMS: “The problem is your [North Carolina] governor doesn’t want to reopen. He wants to keep it shut down, and you can’t do that because there’s a lot of bad statistics on the other side. Shutdowns cause problems too with suicide and depression and loss of jobs and loss of a lot of other things. […]

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8/24/2020

TRUMP TAXES: “Manhattan’s top prosecutor on Monday [Aug. 24, 2020] agreed to delay enforcement of a subpoena for eight years of President Trump’s tax returns. Cyrus Vance Jr., the Democratic district attorney for Manhattan, had the legal right as of this Friday [Aug. 21, 2020] to enforce a New York grand jury subpoena to obtain […]

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8/24/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS: “In our fight against the China virus, we’ve launched the greatest industrial mobilization. This is the greatest industrial mobilization. All of the things that we’ve done to take on this horrible, horrible scourge that has come in. To take on this horrible, terrible ‘plague,’ I call it sometimes. And we didn’t deserve this. We […]

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8/24/2020

2020 ELECTION/ECONOMY: “I just want to thank the people of North Carolina because to be honest with you, I felt an obligation to be here. You have a governor is in a total shutdown mood. I guarantee you on November 4 [the day after the 2020 election] it’ll all open up, it will be fine […]

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8/24/2020

FAKE NEWS/GOP/MEDIA: “Incredible that @CNN & MSDNC aren’t covering the Roll Call of States. Fake News! This is what the Republican Party is up against. Also, I’d like to hear the remarks of the Delegates from individual States, rather than @FoxNews anchors. Ridiculous!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2020 5:25 am […]

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8/23/2020

IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: “I haven’t been treated fairly. I was investigated by a phony deal on Russia. It was a phony deal. I had nothing to do with Russia. No phone calls, no nothing. I had nothing to do with and we had to fight that. Then they had a phone call of congratulations to Ukraine. […]

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8/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think I’ve done more for the black community than any other president other president other than perhaps Abraham Lincoln. I think it’s true with criminal justice reform and opportunity zones and all of the things I’ve done, prison reform. I mean, what I’ve done is more than anybody else. I don’t […]

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8/23/2020

OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “[W]hat we did with Obamacare is incredible. We got rid of the individual mandate, which was a horror show for people. It was horrible, it was killing them. Pre-existing conditions, we keep 100 percent, and we have done a great job.” -Donald Trump, “The Next Revolution w/ Steve Hilton – Sunday, August […]

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8/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/ECONOMY: “I’ll tell you, the truth is we were doing so good. We had never – we had the greatest economy ever in the world, not just here. This was our greatest economy prior to the China virus coming in. We had the greatest economy, Steve, as you know better than anybody, because I watch […]

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8/23/2020

CHINA/IRAN/JOE BIDEN: “Well, China owns Joe Biden… It’s ridiculous. By the way, they own Joe Biden. They owned him. And they want me to lose so badly. Probably only Iran would be the case where they’d rather have me lose even more than China. And by the way, with Iran, I will have a deal […]

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8/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As president, the first step I will take will be to get control of the virus that’s ruined so many lives. Because I understand something this president doesn’t. We will never get our economy back on track until we deal with this virus.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 23, 2020 6:50 pm […]

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8/23/2020

BELARUS/JOE BIDEN: “31 years after they joined hands to demand freedom from Soviet oppression, citizens of the Baltic states formed a human chain in solidarity with Belarusians fighting to throw off the chains of dictatorship. We stand with the people of Belarus as we stood with the Baltic nations.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 23, 2020 […]

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8/23/2020

JOE BIDEN: “I give you my word: If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us, not the worst. I will be an ally of the light, not of the darkness.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Aug. 23, 2020 12:25 pm […]

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8/23/2020

JOE BIDEN: “The job of a president is to represent everyone whether they voted for you or not. And to tell the truth. Take responsibility. Let people know what you’re going to do. The words of a president matter… We have to unite this country. And there’s just been too much misinformation that’s been laid […]

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8/23/2020

2020 ELECTION/JOE BIDEN: “I’m going to run [in the 2020 election] as a Democrat, but I’m gonna be an American president… I’m going to represent everyone whether they voted for me or not. That’s what presidents are supposed to do. That’s what I’m gonna do and reach out and just tell the truth, lay it […]

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8/23/2020

JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “The whole idea of when I wrote that [1994 crime] bill is community policing. Everybody forgets a third of that bill that I wrote was to put more cops in the street, not in their automobiles, but getting out and knowing the community. Knowing who owns the local grocery store, knowing everybody in […]

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8/23/2020

JOE BIDEN/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Robin Roberts: “President Trump says that you want to defund the police. Do you?”] “No I don’t. By the way, he proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support. Look, what the police need is the police, first of all, there has to be national standards that in […]

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8/23/2020

COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “We have to root out to systemic racism… That’s why we have to triple the money we’re spending on Title One schools, those schools that come from low tax base areas, so that we can in fact provide the kind of early education for three and four and five year olds, because we […]

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8/23/2020

CRIMINAL JUSTICE/DRUGS: “[W]e’re going to make sure that we change the entire system in the way in which we deal with, with criminal justice from punishment to rehabilitate, no one should be going to jail because they have a drug addiction. They should be going into mandatory drug treatment that’s why I set up drug […]

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8/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN: “You know, when I was asked a question about, you know, why should someone vote for you or they were talking about Trump, and I said, he said, ‘Well, we like Trump.’ I said, Well, and I shouldn’t have said it. And I said, ‘Well, OK. Who are you? How could you […]

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8/23/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CIVIL RIGHTS/JOE BIDEN: “I wouldn’t be here without the African-American community… I was a kid getting engaged in the Civil Rights movement. When I came back from law school, we didn’t have a law school in Delaware at the time. I went to Syracuse law school, came back. That semester, Dr. King had been […]

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