He used the Lincoln Memorial to spread lies and for political reasons. It was disgraceful. I wonder if Biden would be allowed to have a town hall there?
Trump wanted to have his Fox town hall inside the Lincoln Memorial. Events in the hallowed space are prohibited. So Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an order granting an exception. @katierogershttps://t.co/9lI9AxzCue
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 4, 2020
Here's a fact check of just some of the president's false and misleading claims at the Lincoln Memorial with Fox News. There were too many to do all of them on a Sunday night. With @tarasubramaniam, @MarshallCohen, @stark_talk: https://t.co/vI9XMKTX57
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 4, 2020
Even by Trump’s historically low standards, the town hall on reopening the nation’s economy featured some astounding falsehoods https://t.co/2FNrEAP20n
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 4, 2020
Citing the "extraordinary crisis" of the coronavirus, Trump's interior secretary relaxed the rules so Trump could hold a Fox News town hall at the Lincoln Memorial. https://t.co/dMjDtqQLUZ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 5, 2020
Yesterday, President Trump turned a town hall that was centered on the coronavirus pandemic into an appeal for his reelection https://t.co/6ppDoUCWNv
— POLITICO (@politico) May 4, 2020
In the last year, both the left and the right have been eager to claim the Lincoln Memorial and its symbolic backdrop.
— POLITICO (@politico) July 5, 2020
That's not a new American tradition — the memorial has a long history of allowing Americans to approach from all directions.https://t.co/qvngCbIUcV
Sad! 