great thread by CNN’s Daniel Dale:
Trump won the Pennsylvania county where he's speaking now by 18 points. He tells the crowd that he thinks it was "28 points."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 13, 2019
Thousands of union workers at a plant being built outside Pittsburgh were given the choice of attending a speech by President Trump on Tuesday or staying away — and losing some of their pay for the week https://t.co/sN53HuhUF2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2019
Trump, at official WH event in PA: "We'll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win… What a group: Pocahontas and Sleepy Joe."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 13, 2019
Trump is joking about calling off the 2020 election and serving a 3rd term during a speech to energy workers in PA that is not supposed to be a campaign event pic.twitter.com/EI9jZA1HaO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2019
President Trump remarks on U.S. Energy and Manufacturing at @Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, PA – LIVE online here: https://t.co/o193g7Uysz pic.twitter.com/7ixuImlwC6
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 13, 2019
What always strikes me about Trump speeches like that is that they're covered by most media as if they're remotely normal. At most explicit, they'll be described as "freewheeling." The headline will be like "Trump talks up energy policies at Pennsylvania plant."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 13, 2019
TRUMP falsely says he won Beaver County, Pa. by 28 points in 2016.
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) August 13, 2019
Trump won Beaver County by 18.5 points.
(H/t @ToluseO) pic.twitter.com/SmaBLLxZDD
Isn’t 18.5% a be enough win?
And do I have a deal for you, if you believe this…a very good deal, a red hat! https://t.co/mSgsS9Yjr5
— Muckmaker™ (@RealMuckmaker) August 13, 2019
Donald Trump headed to a Shell plant being built outside of Pittsburgh to give what was billed by the White House as a speech on “America’s Energy Dominance and Manufacturing Revival” https://t.co/VbsNtgBAfm
— POLITICO (@politico) August 13, 2019
At an energy policy event in Pennsylvania, Trump is going on about how no one watches the Academy Awards anymore
— Sam Stein (@samstein) August 13, 2019
"That's a lot of people back there for an 11 o'clock speech," Trump says in Pittsburgh at 2:41 pm.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 13, 2019
The Subject Was Supposed to Be Energy, but Trump’s Visit to a Chemical Plant Seemed More Like a Rally via @lfadulu and me https://t.co/z6nhk5jB6u
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 14, 2019
Trump claims credit for Shell plant announced under Obama (from @AP) https://t.co/hiCVxtW3XW
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 13, 2019
Trump began yesterday's speech by saying, "This is my 13th visit to Pennsylvania during my administration, which is more than any other president to this point in the term."@markknoller, esteemed tracker of president data, says George W. Bush had made 21 visits to this point.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 14, 2019
"Don't worry about the rain, umbrellas work very well, especially when they're made in America."https://t.co/eg07kNNwQb
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 14, 2019
The president suggested in an official speech today that all the US exports to Japan is “wheat.” (Which he said Japan only buys out of pity, but anyway.) From the Japan page on the website of his Office of the US Trade Representative: pic.twitter.com/4XjSnoTAQO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 14, 2019
Trump today “was cheered on by fluorescent-vest-clad workers who were paid to attend by Shell, their employer, which is building the facility.” https://t.co/26ch1uAMTX
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) August 13, 2019
Narrator: "It was in fact the only thing keeping him out of bankruptcy court and prison." https://t.co/QmwIVEFaXB
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 14, 2019
President Trump claims that being president is costing him billions of dollars, "This thing is costing me a fortune, being president” https://t.co/yCIEu5ZggY
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 13, 2019
Shell spent shareholder money to finance a Trump campaign event pic.twitter.com/FGotH78EZr
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 16, 2019
Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette https://t.co/qTOnfBHwwd
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 16, 2019
ICYMI: Shell workers who attended Trump's event on Tuesday were told to stand for hours, no lunch was provided, nothing "viewed as resistance will be tolerated," no overtime pay for those who skipped event. #CaptiveAudience https://t.co/oT60aU78i2
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 15, 2019
Sad! 