Sanders claim about Osama bin Laden's phone use and journalists is untrue https://t.co/6KQmfZ7OvX
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
Month: August 2018
Impact of Alex Jones lies about Sandy Hook
In the 5 years since Noah Pozner was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, death threats and online harassment have forced his parents to relocate 7 times. “I would love to go see my son’s grave and I don’t get to do that," his mom said. https://t.co/P7273oZuyG
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) August 1, 2018
Trump considering drastic reduction in limit on refugees
.@POTUS reportedly considering "a cut of more than 40% from this year’s limit" on refugees entering the US. As Jews, we know the pain when the government closes its doors those seeking refuge. We implore the White House to reconsider.https://t.co/6PQhCUKeMQ
— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) August 1, 2018
Last year, after a fierce internal battle that pitted Mr. Miller, who advocated a limit as low as 15,000, against officials at the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department and the Pentagon, Mr. Trump set the cap at 45,000, a historic low. https://t.co/R4tITFBPc8
— Ali, Ibrahim (@ShatahJR) August 1, 2018
Donald Trump set a record-low refugee cap. Now he may cut it in half. https://t.co/9a1VjNKAWO pic.twitter.com/k0mDD6333a
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 1, 2018
The Russia investigation was not based on the Steele Dossier
How many times are Trump and his supporters going to lie about this?
They continue to make this false assertion, when the evidence of its falsity is in the public record for all to see. https://t.co/ZCY6BcwQcO
— Ken Dilanian (@KDilanianMSNOW) August 1, 2018
These repeated (and now boring) misleading tweets from @realDonaldTrump are inconsistent with the actions of an innocent person.
Also, the GOP Nunes memo states @FBI investigaton started before FBI knew about the Dossier, which keeps getting more corroboration. #wednesdaywisdom https://t.co/FauOH84uxi
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 1, 2018
Trump lies about his association health plans
Trump says of his new association health plans: "I hear it's like record business that they're doing…we just opened about two months ago, and I'm hearing that the numbers are incredible."
The new plans can't be sold until September 1.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 26, 2018
Trump’s Florida speech July 31, 2018
My biggest concern was the hatred expressed by his cult members. Sad!
The 38 most stunning lines from Donald Trump's Florida speechhttps://t.co/rFV44lPGxH pic.twitter.com/BPJvty8M1w
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 1, 2018
In an almost hour-long speech in Tampa, President @realDonaldTrump covered topics ranging from immigration, voter ID, his popularity and more: https://t.co/DjJyXINzaL #TrumpTampa pic.twitter.com/RVT75w1Fxm
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 1, 2018
I missed this whopper from Trump last night: “we've started large portions of the wall.” (False: not even close to what Trump promised during the campaign.) https://t.co/7C5YzqjQj6
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
Trump has made 4,229 false statements in 558 days
I call most of them lies
The pace of lies is increasing
A @WashingtonPost analysis: President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days https://t.co/Fz7E0pahyI
— Robert Costa (@costareports) August 1, 2018
Donald Trump is averaging 7.6 mistruths a day | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/HSW8fRKMdl pic.twitter.com/XqeUDvmgtY
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 2, 2018
2020 census update
update on adding the citizenship question
this is such a huge and impt story I can't stress enough https://t.co/rjB43ATQl5
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 1, 2018
The 2020 census is already in trouble, @fivefifths writes: https://t.co/0JbMhcwcTw
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 31, 2018
"The addition of the citizenship question is one more part of a broader Republican vote suppression effort that includes aggressive gerrymandering, voter ID laws, voter purges and restriction of early voting." https://t.co/oWHcgbDO8H
— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) July 30, 2018
Documents uncovered in our case have revealed that attacking immigrant communities is, in fact, the administration's goal — and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross lied to Congress to cover it up. https://t.co/uAVrfdUlcN
— ACLU (@ACLU) July 28, 2018
In the ruling, the judge said plaintiffs had made a plausible case that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census was a deliberate attempt by the Trump administration to discriminate against immigrants https://t.co/RKN8LL6I0Q
— Serge Kovaleski (@sergenyt) July 27, 2018
A federal judge allows a lawsuit that may block a citizenship question on the Census https://t.co/lWG3QfoKN3 pic.twitter.com/7kj6cm3ugR
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2018
QAnon: a popular right-wing conspiracy theory
Trump and his supporters like conspiracy theories. This one is really bizarre and I can’t understand why anyone would believe it.
The wildest right-wing conspiracy theory showed up at a Trump rallyhttps://t.co/6AF82VuxDp
— Axios (@axios) August 1, 2018
from the article linked to in the tweet above”…the main idea behind the movement is that every other president before Trump was corrupt and involved in serious criminal activity. The military then recruited Trump to run for president in order to stop it.”
QAnon is the one conspiracy theory to rule them all https://t.co/AAFRWVTcLS pic.twitter.com/MPt7eDMHDp
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 1, 2018
What is QAnon? Well, do you remember Pizzagate? It's a little like that: a web of baseless conspiracy theories. https://t.co/vbTGVDJudb
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2018
Even if someone is killed, I have no faith whatsoever that President Trump would do a thing to change the tenor of his rallies. Nor will he ever try to quiet his fellow conspiracists. https://t.co/zbtLUqL8yf
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 1, 2018
"We are Q": Conspiracy cult leaps from the internet to the crowd at Trump's "MAGA" tour https://t.co/t3N7ydvIXX pic.twitter.com/L4WMo54KgM
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 1, 2018
"The president condemns and denounces any group that would incite violence against any individual." — Sarah Sanders on Qanon
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 1, 2018
There are a whole bunch of 'em… https://t.co/ixGxyT6DR5
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 31, 2018
— yobaba (@yoyobaba) August 1, 2018
As QAnon goes mainstream, Trump’s rallies are turning darker https://t.co/PhpYm9rF6d pic.twitter.com/p1xb3lWQWo
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 1, 2018
Front and center at Trump's Tuesday night rally: the letter Q, which refers to the leader of an online conspiracy involving satanism, pedophilia and Jews https://t.co/LBFMI4Dz6O
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2018
Can anyone recall another time when there was more conspiracy-mongering by supporters of the party in power than the party out of power? https://t.co/BfOKibGgHK
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 1, 2018
Opinion: What makes QAnon so scary https://t.co/OESTqNAYyA
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2018
One of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a Youtuber who goes by the name Lionel, was invited to the White House to meet Trump. pic.twitter.com/xKSGoEeObW
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 24, 2018
QAnon is not just a harmless weird thing. Multiple QAnon believers have been in stand-offs with police. Trump meeting this guy gives the whole group credibility, and further unmoors a segment of voters from reality.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 25, 2018
Conspiracy theorist shares Oval Office photo with Trump https://t.co/PY83WUfEEJ
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) August 25, 2018
Shortly after a QAnon conspiracy theorist posed in the Oval Office for a photo with Trump, he tweeted about people having chips implanted in their skin as part of government mind control. https://t.co/PSFtcNjesZ
— Axios (@axios) August 27, 2018
QAnon believers are rejoicing over today's presidential text alert, which they see as a step towards Trump imposing martial law https://t.co/yt1LKJnTUB
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 3, 2018
update 11/17/18
QAnon’s true believers are devastated as the conspiracy theory goes down in flames https://t.co/eJPYCesyDE
— Salon (@Salon) November 16, 2018
update 1/4/19
Trouble in QAnon world. Praying Medic, a major QAnon promoter who has been retweeted by Hannity, is now urging disappointed believers not to focus so much on the mass arrests they were promised. pic.twitter.com/f2aup526ky
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 3, 2019
Sarah Sanders won’t condemn the “CNN Sucks” crowd
Someone is going to get hurt by the hostile Trump supporters who are egged on by their leader.
Sanders does not condemn the mob scene last night in Tampa, where scores of Trump fans angrily shouted "CNN sucks" to interrupt @Acosta live shot. She called it "freedom of speech." Earlier, President Trump promoted the taunts by tweeting video of it.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 1, 2018
You’re right @Acosta. This is dangerous and it gets worse by the day. People are getting more and more radicalized. Eventually violence becomes inevitable. We all have to do our part to help the country heal – now. https://t.co/timtPXPfsY
— Carlos Curbelo (@carloslcurbelo) August 1, 2018
Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy. pic.twitter.com/IhSRw5Ui3R
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
“Many of the people who went to the polls driven by fear and anxiety are now going to rallies, projecting that fear and anxiety onto those whom they see as the primary obstacles to making America great.” https://t.co/qixtbHdwnF
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) August 1, 2018
No Eric. Not the truth. And you know better. https://t.co/f01GWOE70t
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
After each live shot, @Acosta would walk down and politely talk to the people who just heckled him. He talked to one group for at least 15 minutes. pic.twitter.com/J26nlxfD6k
— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) August 1, 2018
We have no equivalent to the dark carnival that is a trump rally. This is not a thing on the left. We just argue about healthcare and climate and sometimes relitigate 2016 but we are not actually out of our minds.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 1, 2018
Hannity: Jim Acosta deserved to be attacked by Trump supporters at rally https://t.co/HcmcB87rqe pic.twitter.com/iMjXa5ZYFW
— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2018
Trump is leading a hate movement against the media. My take on the rage and abuse directed at @Acosta last night and its place in the never-ending civility debate:https://t.co/1GbZN3jj5j
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 1, 2018
Trump, WH seem to endorse crowds heckling journalists https://t.co/Raz9vkflhW @SymoneDSanders @kaitlancollins @HolmesJosh @jrpsaki discuss @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 1, 2018
stop infantilizing Trump supporters, treating them as hapless victims. Whatever one’s economic hardships, threatening, unhinged conduct and crude insults shouldn’t be excused. Trump cultists claim to be disrespected; they are only ones showing disrespect https://t.co/gcIrrMuNeU
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) August 1, 2018
Their continuing rage, despite all their winning, tells you everything you need to know: their anger isn’t related to anything real. It’s an itch, rooted in a deep sense of inferiority and insecurity, that can never be scratched. There is no political or policy solution to it. https://t.co/rqFkORNXgl
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 1, 2018
Sad! 