Hope you’ll make the time to read this story. It’s not just about density. It is also a reflection of our deeply segregated country in along racial, economic, religious and ideological divides. https://t.co/lb8OyRUrYt
— Jennifer Medina (@jennymedina) May 25, 2020
Month: May 2020
Trump threatens to move the Republican convention
He is using it to attack the governor of North Carolina who is concerned about the health and safety of the residents there.
Party committees announce location site, etc., two years in advance because it takes that long to plan a full-scale convention. Trying to this is 2-3 months? Just not possible. https://t.co/kfIfnJjUUF
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) June 4, 2020
Trump is reportedly insisting the Republican National Convention be held without face masks or social distancing measures https://t.co/a8D7NDgqQQ pic.twitter.com/sTUHhYW2Bu
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) May 31, 2020
Trump just gave the governor of North Carolina a week to come up with a plan for the Republican convention.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 26, 2020
The Republican National Convention, such as it will be, is going to be held at Mar-a-Lago, right? https://t.co/xrcZSkTfYr
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 25, 2020
Amusing that Trump is now threatening to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte.
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) May 25, 2020
Apparently, it was the only city that submitted a bid.
Good luck finding a new location with three months to go. https://t.co/Cgy7fs89ye
The President began a solemn Memorial Day railing against North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, ahead of the 2020 Republican National Convention. Trump threatened to pull the event out of Charlotte, where it's expected to be held August 24 to 27. https://t.co/dZZrAL5vhW
— CNN (@CNN) May 25, 2020
President Trump threatens to move the Republican National Convention from Charlotte if North Carolina’s Democratic governor doesn't immediately sign off on allowing the event to go ahead in August with full attendance despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/CSJshLDsRy
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 25, 2020
Trump threatens to move convention elsewhere if NC Gov doesn’t immediately guarantee Charlotte will be fully open for 50,000 visitors.
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) May 25, 2020
(Gov Cooper has been following a three phase reopening model based on health metrics, as the WH advised) https://t.co/57QZUV5Uxw https://t.co/uawxKyiWqc
With the health and safety of our residents and visitors being the top priority, the city of Charlotte will continue to follow guidance from Governor Cooper and public health professionals in determining the best and safest way to host the Republican National Convention.
— Mayor Vi Lyles (@CLTMayor) May 25, 2020
Trump’s threat to pull the convention from Charlotte unless the gov allows for attendees to attend in full (and risk mass infection) raises the tantalizing prospect that this year’s RNC gathering will end up at… Doral.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 25, 2020
President Trump threatened to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, North Carolina, where it is scheduled to be held in August. He said the state’s governor needed to “guarantee” that the event would take place. https://t.co/yLDoUrEX2Z
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 25, 2020
. @NC_Governor understands that our state isn’t out of the woods.
— Susan Ryan (@zuzanryan) May 25, 2020
Holding a major convention in Charlotte wherein most attendees would refuse to wear masks/social distance would be catastrophic.
Thank you for continuing to protect North Carolinians, Governor Cooper! https://t.co/z1a07oRjaD
How can you run a nation when you can't run a convention for fear of empty seats?https://t.co/BEGZrhlSbA
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) May 25, 2020
It’s worth noting President Donald Trump is not a party in the #RNC2020 contract. It’s an agreement between the city of Charlotte and RNC Host Committee.
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) May 25, 2020
Again, at odds with the experts – Trump is threatening to move August’s Republican National Convention from Charlotte if the state won't commit to "full attendance".
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) May 25, 2020
NC currently limits indoor gatherings to ten.
Here’s what we actually reported. If the president is interested in hosting the RNC at Doral, it would be news to us! (And news). Florida is a state that’s further along in its reopening plants > https://t.co/cO8FE904O6
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 25, 2020
Actually no one reported that, sir. As always appreciate you checking to see what was what before you tweeted. https://t.co/Q6z64qBIJj
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 25, 2020
Trump’s disgusting attacks on Joe Scarborough
Trump is spreading baseless conspiracy theories. Sad!
Twitter remains silent about Trump's appalling attacks against Joe Scarborough… https://t.co/gCmxbNlwqv pic.twitter.com/5Yx4OckrEf
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 25, 2020
Dear @Twitter why is he allowed to do this? This most certainly violates user rules. He is falsely accusing another user @JoeNBC of murder. He is publicly harassing a family who lost a child. This is not okay. Please suspend @realDonaldTrump account. https://t.co/uKCvLpRlUc
— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) May 24, 2020
Completely unfounded conspiracy. Just stop. Stop spreading it, stop creating paranoia. It will destroy us. https://t.co/XgDl6LmANb
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) May 24, 2020
“No one in Klausutis’s family would talk about Trump’s tweets for this article, fearing retaliation by online trolls of the type who went after parents of the Sandy Hook massacre victims.” https://t.co/HGZZkMFeig
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 24, 2020
This is right. They've declined all interview requests in recent weeks –> https://t.co/y52lyVbo4h
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 24, 2020
The woman's name was Lori Klausutis, she died of natural causes (https://t.co/As4ET3QEad), and it's absolutely disgusting that Trump is traumatizing her family by exploiting her like this https://t.co/RPcX6qMyxr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 24, 2020
A lot of stories about how Trump’s campaign has this big plan to capitalize on Biden’s gaffes.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 24, 2020
Quick q for the MAGA braintrust:
Was the President leveling false murder accusations against a cable news host on the message calendar this week? Was that part of the plan? https://t.co/80UYGsN6Th
This isn’t quite true. Under Clinton v. Jones, to be protected, the president’s statements have to fall within the “outer perimeter” of his official responsibilities. It’s hard to see how these statements have anything to do with presidential duties. https://t.co/thHty6PQQi
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 24, 2020
You just can't quit @JoeNBC @Morning_Joe can you? #Obsessed #DerangedDonald You owe an apology to the family of Lori Klausutis for your pathetic attempt to score cheap political points at the expense of her memory. Only a very sick, sociopath would be doing this. https://t.co/SOOpCGJTYa
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) May 24, 2020
The president just retweeted someone calling the first woman nominee of either major political party in the US “a skank” a few hours after another Scarborough murder allegation on the weekend the country closes in on 100K coronavirus deaths. pic.twitter.com/5H2E63kWOn
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 24, 2020
Untrue! He is acussing a private citizen of murder! Casting false light! Libeling him. Sorry David this is not what #SCOTUS meant with protected Presidential speech. https://t.co/sVVIJ7rmZo
— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) May 24, 2020
Trump accusing a cable host of murder is not Trump being nutty but him feeding a propaganda machine that brought you tunnels under a pizza joint, denial of the Sandy Hook murders, Benghazi hearings, Seth Rich/Vince Foster theories, and the notion that Ukraine hacked the election.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 24, 2020
In 2001, a staffer for @JoeNBC named Lori Klausutis tragically passed away. She had an abnormal heart rhythm and collapsed, striking her head. She left behind a husband and relatives. It is truly vile that the President spreads conspiracy theories about her death. pic.twitter.com/GSeKLiqSbE
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 24, 2020
I can confirm: This has been happening. Direct result of Trump's tweets. https://t.co/w4S9fwtg48
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 24, 2020
Just when you think we've hit rock bottom, it turns out that you can dig even deeper. https://t.co/kpudRSm4Gx
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) May 24, 2020
The President is personally calling for the criminal investigation of a journalist who has criticized him. This is clearly outrageous, and every Republican in Congress knows it but is too chicken shit to say anything about it. Not a single one should ever work in politics again. pic.twitter.com/vOUutxTxtG
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) May 24, 2020
Right-wing politicizes wearing masks
They’re wrong
“This is not the hill to die on, Americans, I promise you. This is not it. Sacrifice is pretty easy. It’s uncomfortable but I do it all day long every day.” —@Supermansings on the politicization of wearing masks in public. pic.twitter.com/l8hLKpmoTI
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) May 23, 2020
“A person walking around without a mask isn’t telegraphing that they don’t care about their own life; they’re shouting that they don’t care about yours.” https://t.co/Sh91Oi49zD
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) May 21, 2020
Lol 1) Disney doesn’t give a crap about people who are threatening not to go bc of masks because 2) all these complainers are totally going to wear a mask and still go 😂 https://t.co/s91QZmRmL3
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) May 17, 2020
Be a real man, brave enough to admit your breath smells like ass, then break out the listerine and put on a mask https://t.co/wgi3bv1fhu
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) May 14, 2020
News media is enthralled with the 16% https://t.co/BMsA8HhISm
— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) May 13, 2020
Having read threads from @davidfrum and @KeithNHumphreys respectively about the right-wing virtue signaling of not wearing masks and the political/cultural challenges of getting Americans to act like civic-minded adults, there's an unforeseen complication here for Trumpers. /1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 13, 2020
One of the weirder things about Trump and co trying to make masks come kind of culture war symbol of weakness, is that univeral, normalized mask-wearing is almost certainly a key aspect of reducing aggregate risk when people engage in social/economic activity!
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 13, 2020
Mike Pence traveled to Iowa to make a show of meeting food industry leaders, but all 5 of them were wearing masks. So before he came out, they were instructed to remove them, and they all did. https://t.co/XbEgnSC1Bf https://t.co/ihzsxuhkn4
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) May 9, 2020
Trump’s anti-Semitic remarks about Henry Ford
They were for the bigots who are a part of his base.
Trump is tweeting about a Biden gaffe re African Americans that Biden has now apologized for.
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 22, 2020
In span of days Trump has praised 'bloodlines' of notorious anti-Semite Henry Ford & lectured Asian American reporter to "ask China." No apology.
"Good bloodlines." TRUMP=DEATH embraces Henry Ford's eugenics. Jared, you there?
— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) May 22, 2020
"Bloodlines." Word choice matters, fucknuts. It's the tell. https://t.co/IxLly5KDak
— David Simon (@AoDespair) May 22, 2020
Six days ago Trump tweeted support for Nazi symps and it’s like it never happened. Read @monacharenEPPC at @BulwarkOnline on why this should a big deal. https://t.co/BEBGbIHBsL https://t.co/eZNle8BE4C
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 22, 2020
In 1918, Henry Ford purchased his hometown newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. A year and a half later, he began publishing a series of articles that claimed a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America. https://t.co/qIxaSd5CrE https://t.co/6R2lyJKwAz
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) May 22, 2020
Henry Ford was a virulent antisemite who famously claimed that a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America. A fact the president clearly knew when he made this statement. He owes the Jewish community an apology. https://t.co/wc3v4LKiHG
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) May 22, 2020
Don't anyone doubt for a second that whoever wrote Trump's speech saying Henry Ford had "good bloodlines" knew Henry Ford wrote a pamphlet called "The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem." This is the gaslit dog whistling this White House does. It's dark, scary stuff. https://t.co/uy1YuwBuOo
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 22, 2020
In 1918, Henry Ford purchased his hometown newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. A year and a half later, he began publishing a series of articles that claimed a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America. Ford bound the articles into four volumes titled "The International Jew.” https://t.co/HdSDUgYubq
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) May 21, 2020
Y’all President out here cozying up to Nazis again https://t.co/XYbv4j0peO
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 22, 2020
When the President of the United States praises "bloodlines" on national TV, I feel the same kind of existential dread and fatigue, the same kind of chest pain as I do when I read accounts of the Holocaust (of which I've been doing a lot for my book). It's…awful.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 22, 2020
Trump keeps screaming out loud his approval of those with a history of hate and people refuse to listen. https://t.co/xLcHOjOQFw
— 🇺🇸🇵🇷 Name is Bishop🌊 (@BishesBrew) May 21, 2020
Spoiler: Ford was an anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer. And Trump has praised him in the past. No reluctance. Make of that what you will. https://t.co/uo0rUItDdb
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 21, 2020
More on extremist right-wing reopening rallies
Many of these people are not wearing masks or social distancing. They could get sick and get other people sick.
Remember the huge anti-stay-at-home protest in Wisconsin? 72 people have now tested positive here after indicating that they attended a “large event.” Hard to think of many others. https://t.co/PQl5NdyMsg
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) May 9, 2020
Here’s who’s behind ‘reopen’ rallies planned for Friday at Philadelphia City Hall https://t.co/QQxAwUztyI
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) May 6, 2020
Can we just fence off that area and let them live there? https://t.co/S0bb4YKCIu
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) May 1, 2020
So much of the coverage of these “re-open” events makes them look big.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) May 1, 2020
Here’s the “re-open” New York protest today.
pic.twitter.com/jIBb3WQhIi
Welcome to the nightmare world of Donald Trump. https://t.co/78Q6r1KraB
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) April 30, 2020
If the United Stares had a responsible president who cared about public health and safety—and who set an example by wearing a mask—shit like this just might not happen. https://t.co/I9SCPWDaOE
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 23, 2020
Trump continues to use official events for political purposes
His campaign should pay when he turns a presidential event into a rally. Reelection is his top priority.
Trump tells veterans he got Choice (created in 2014); claims he inherited no ventilators (thousands); claims he never had an empty seat (sure has); says Clinton got 223 electoral votes (232); adds new false element to false story about Pelosi; jabs "fake news," "sick" opponents.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 22, 2020
To spell it out: when a prez and staff are on “official” WH trips, they are NOT ALLOWED to turn them into campaign events. (If they do, they’re supposed to charge AIr Force One costs to the campaign; WH staffers can’t participate; etc.)
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 21, 2020
Or, that is how it was, when rules applied https://t.co/Ji42hvGYcm
Trump has completely obliterated the line between taxpayer-funded White House events and campaign events. He's delivering a slightly watered down version of his rally speech. pic.twitter.com/jMVQpSdoNu
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2020
Trump in an official speech at a Michigan auto plant: "I don't know how the hell these unions aren't endorsing Trump instead of the standard Democrat. A Democrat that doesn't even know where he is."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 21, 2020
I asked the WH about this once. I got a shrug and this response: “So sue us.” https://t.co/j6PI7W5Wnv
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 21, 2020
Trump turns photo op at Ford factory into a mini-political rally: "I don't know how the hell these unions aren't endorsing Trump instead of the standard Democrat," he says. "A Democrat that doesn't even know where he is." Also says Hillary made a bad trade deal w/South Korea.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) May 21, 2020
The dangers of conspiracy theories
Excellent column
It doesn’t much matter if someone thinks that UFOs landed at Roswell— but it matters greatly if someone thinks that the coronavirus isn’t real or that a vaccine may be more dangerous than the disease. Such beliefs pose a danger to public health. https://t.co/reOUvSuOog
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 23, 2020
If the United Stares had a responsible president who cared about public health and safety—and who set an example by wearing a mask—shit like this just might not happen. https://t.co/I9SCPWDaOE
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 23, 2020
Americans who “often” use social media to get COVID-19 news reported higher levels of exposure to the conspiracy theory that the pandemic was intentionally planned & were more likely to have watched some of the conspiracy “Plandemic” video. https://t.co/3yWNs1prTp pic.twitter.com/ImiC5MNklh
— Pew Research Journalism (@pewjournalism) July 10, 2020
Reopening won’t go well if people behave like this
Every time there's a large gathering like this, stories circulate about a new cluster of cases. I doubt this will be any exception. https://t.co/a9Tk3UP63i
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 23, 2020
FFS… boardwalk today in Ocean City, Md. No one has any self-control and we will all be in quarantine forever. pic.twitter.com/NzCWWZbnPm
— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) May 23, 2020
Bots are pushing for reopening America
Roughly half of the Twitter accounts pushing to 'reopen America' are bots, researchers found https://t.co/hjTqh8N28W
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) May 22, 2020
Nearly half of the Twitter accounts discussing 'reopening America' may be bots, researchers say. https://t.co/13RwLI2j4R
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 23, 2020
Bots account for nearly half of Twitter accounts spreading coronavirus misinformation, researchers say https://t.co/NwF3lu862d pic.twitter.com/j6xxIKJ4Tp
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 23, 2020
We face numerous challenges in addressing the health and economic crisis caused by COVID19. We don’t need the added burden of outside interference deliberately dividing Americans and spreading false information. https://t.co/QjlRpDsH1H
— Christy Smith (@ChristyforCA25) May 23, 2020
Sad! 