Trump lies about California water and fires

Trump lies about California’s water supply for firefighting. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he just wants to attack California and Democratic Governor Brown.

Trump doubles down on his previous ignorant tweet about California #water and fires. The only water that reaches the ocean these days is what's left AFTER the massive diversions OUT of our rivers for cities and farms. And there's no shortage of fire-fighting water. Nuts. https://t.co/xWFeuoKv54

— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) August 6, 2018

Scott McLean, deputy chief for Cal Fire, tells me there's no basis, "at all," for Trump's suggestion that firefighters there are short of water: “I can reassure you we have water. There is plenty of water."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 6, 2018

How does @GOPLeader not got a byline – or at least a contribute line – on these tweets?https://t.co/q5R8x1R1FP

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 6, 2018

Donald Trump has some thoughts on fighting wildfires. They’re nonsense. https://t.co/eAcbfG98bq

— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 6, 2018

It's Sunday. That means @realDonaldTrump is lying, again. There is more than enough readily available water in CA to fight the fires.

The truth is that wildfires across the United States started increasing in the 1980s. Some of this increase is attributable to climate change. https://t.co/K0V6bKT9Go

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 6, 2018

We asked a California water expert to make sense of Donald Trump's moronic wildfire tweets https://t.co/sVjZEZNAcE pic.twitter.com/YjYJsokzke

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 6, 2018

AP fact check: Trump's claims on California wildfires are inaccurate https://t.co/4d9Ln7CM0U pic.twitter.com/HPu3AO93bq

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 7, 2018

In a tweet, Trump said "vast amounts of water" in California are "foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." But, as we wrote in 2016, diverting fresh water prevents salt water from contaminating agricultural and urban water supplies. https://t.co/5nfV9MEWwX

— FactCheck.org (@factcheckdotorg) August 6, 2018

Fact Check: Trump's Claims On California Wildfires Are Inaccurate. @cbsladavelopez reports. https://t.co/cmIQqJTY1M pic.twitter.com/9tI1Gq3hcg

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) August 7, 2018

Trump has accused California of mismanaging water to fight the wildfires. California officials disagree. "We have plenty of water to fight these wildfires, but let’s be clear: It’s our changing climate that is leading to more severe and destructive fires." https://t.co/R6IsjZXOsz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 7, 2018

12 of the last 21 people Trump called “stupid” are black

57%. Sure it's just coinciden….oh wait https://t.co/1R9K1ujUS6

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 6, 2018

Trump administration could waste millions on the border wall

From a new GAO report, on The Wall™ (https://t.co/5NxTZ57L3o): pic.twitter.com/4ZBD2SUPXT

— David Gura (@davidgura) August 6, 2018

The Trump admin's at risk of wasting some of the billions it wants to spend on the border wall, according to a GAO report.

"DHS faces an increased risk that the [wall] will cost more than projected, take longer than planned, or not fully perform."https://t.co/NXwSOGc8SN

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 6, 2018

GAO Report: Trump’s border wall could waste billions of dollars https://t.co/FQ0AjxZyg8

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) August 6, 2018

And ironically as @realdonaldtrump wastes taxpayer money on something voters don't want, TSA wants to make us terrorist targets by ending key security measures at airports -why? to SAVE MONEY! GAO says there is no full analysis of border wall costs yet:
https://t.co/7vh5QgqEjE

— Maria Cardona (@MariaTCardona) August 6, 2018

Thanks to Trump for endorsing Kobach

Trump endorsed Kris Kobach for the Republican nomination for governor of Kansas in spite of recommendations of his advisors. I think this is great – Kobach will probably do worse in the general election than the incumbent Republican governor. Good job, Trump!

What a disaster for the KS-GOP https://t.co/fI089F2mr6

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 6, 2018

Trump's endorsement of Kris Kobach could cost the GOP a governor's race in red Kansas https://t.co/QIN7Dza98T | Analysis by Harry Enten pic.twitter.com/p03vWVFBFG

— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2018

Republicans were fearing this, worried Trump would push Kobach through in Tuesday primary – and thereby give Democrats a shot to win a gov race in a red state https://t.co/wraEYSbGdd

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 6, 2018

President Trump has backed Kris Kobach in his race to be governor of Kansas. it was a move that Republican governors and some of Trump's aides tried to avert. https://t.co/FN4SjaTLJ4

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 6, 2018

'Strong on crime'? Kobach was in contempt of court. https://t.co/o2ehKFqAr6

— Pitt Griffin (@pittgriffin) August 6, 2018

Kobach led Trump's voter fraud commission which disbanded having found no evidence of the president's long-debunked 3-5 million fake voter claim. https://t.co/LpL5vLxSIE

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 6, 2018

I have a section on Kris Kobach in my new story on ICE–he's the intellectual architect of Trump immigration policy; he popularized the theory of "self-deportation" and wrote the pernicious laws that provided the spiritual model for the administration. https://t.co/MTZjPKhVNd

— Franklin Foer (@FranklinFoer) August 6, 2018

Kris Kobach's record speaks for itself: He's defrauded taxpayers to enact his racist agenda, losing continuously in court. As Secretary of State, his office carelessly posted thousands of social security numbers online.

Voters will remember tomorrow. https://t.co/aCepSUyYIm https://t.co/inEsXor0T2

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2018

Kobach led Trump's voter fraud commission. Along with the president, who claims 3-5 million people voted illegally, Kobach said there was widespread voter fraud, but he never provided any evidence. The commission met twice and faced multiple lawsuits before disbanding. https://t.co/DeMWO7Eni3

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 6, 2018

WHAT A STORY, by @ProPublica: Kobach went around helping towns pass anti-immigration ordinances, & then got himself hired to defend them in court. Towns then spent millions on legal fees, faced financial crisis, & usually lost—while Kobach earned $800K. https://t.co/usaRYSn7RU pic.twitter.com/0JIMoOBrs4

— Taniel (@Taniel) August 1, 2018

Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign employs three men who are members of a white nationalist group: https://t.co/RqhpaslTgX

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 3, 2018

How Kris Kobach could make Kansas crazy again https://t.co/PnuHE0lSKW pic.twitter.com/mjBTwmdZcn

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 6, 2018

Kansas is struggling financially. But for Republican Kris Kobach, the race for governor is all about illegal immigration https://t.co/uqR5b7XpuA pic.twitter.com/iXAU7cMXK7

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 6, 2018

Source tracking Kansas gov race saw polls last week that had Kobach up narrowly but then Colyer pulling even by end of week.

The Monday track after Trump got behind Kobach?

Kobach +7

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 7, 2018

update after the primary which is still too close to call:

He is simply a slimy, awful, racist, lying excuse for a human being. Shameful to all those who voted for him https://t.co/gExK2eqrAr

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 9, 2018

Well that seems like maybe kinda a big deal, no? https://t.co/CoBmuy1rsI

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 9, 2018

Trump donors contributed to a legal defense fund for Trump allies in Russia probe

NEW: Handful of top Trump donors made large contributions to legal defense fund established to help Trump allies caught up in Russia probe, tax records shared with @ABC show. https://t.co/y8HCeb72Ww pic.twitter.com/MCrxrNSi4P

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 6, 2018

Big @lachlan scoop: here are the donors paying into Trump's legal defense fund https://t.co/21Of4tC0Tj

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 6, 2018

Trump lies about comparison with Obama’s approval ratings

Trump lies about everything. This one is easy to disprove.

This is a lie. Obama's net approval number was more than 4 points better than Trump's on this day in their presidencies, per RealClearPolitics polling averages – Obama was at negative-5.2, Trump is at negative-9.5. pic.twitter.com/BNV776v8Hy

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2018

Not true, of course, at least in terms of the approval numbers https://t.co/sxfizjCucz pic.twitter.com/Bi7FIER6JK

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) August 5, 2018

Re Obama, this is false. Just check out the @FiveThirtyEight poll comparison. Doubts were rising about Obama at this point but his net approval rating was -3%, versus -11.4% for Trump. https://t.co/GHo1k59ATw https://t.co/LISwWGUuUU

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 5, 2018

And here's how Trump's -11.4% net approval at this point compares with GWBush (+39.4%), Clinton (+12.8%), GHWBush (+34.8%), Reagan (-5.6%), Carter (-4.8%), Ford (+1.3%), Nixon (+24.3%), LBJ (51.9%), JFK (+43.2%), Ike (+53.8%), and Truman (-19%).

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 5, 2018

Polls on Trump and race

Trump supporters don’t understand that he’s a racist because his bigotry is not directed against them.

The way Donald Trump is handling race relations:
ALL
Approve 36%
Disapprove 58%
REP.
Approve 79%
Disapprove 15%
DEM.
Approve 4%
Disapprove 94%
IND.
Approve 31%
Disapprove 62%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 6/27 – 7/1/18)
more: https://t.co/y7sFCxMUS3

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 4, 2018

ICYMI
Do you think President Trump is racist?
ALL
Yes 49%
No 47%
REP.
Yes 11%
No 86%
DEM.
Yes 86%
No 10%
IND.
Yes 50%
No 44%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 6/27 – 7/1/18)
more: https://t.co/y7sFCxMUS3

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 4, 2018

Democratic enthusiasm surge in primaries

Study shows Democratic voter enthusiasm surging (@Dchinni @salbron @chucktodd) article & video: https://t.co/NJXK6F7Hdx pic.twitter.com/ihbmV3VfWv

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) August 5, 2018

Muslim-American women running in 2018

Muslim-American women hope to make history in the midterm elections https://t.co/zYwwmfdhJv pic.twitter.com/vUGUJK4H8p

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 5, 2018

Trump approval ratings

ICYMI
President Trump’s approval ratings so far are unusually stable – and deeply partisan (Amina Dunn, Pew) details: https://t.co/XjaqHd8aXu pic.twitter.com/mBs696oNOu

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) August 5, 2018