Trump lies about Republican approval

It’s not as high as he says. Trump lies about everything.

This has actual numbers. They’re very high but not as high as he says.

GALLUP: President Trump's job approval rating is 38% 👍 to 57% 👎.

He rates at 91% with Republicans, 33% with independents (down 10 points from earlier this year), 2% with Democrats. pic.twitter.com/ZH3Tx0dUEh
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 6, 2020

This must be a relief.

He was down to 95 pct approval in the make-believe Republican Party poll, but now he's back up to 96 pct. https://t.co/s5JOOkcqva
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) July 5, 2020

Serious question: does someone show him a fake poll with the same number every day? Does he just make it up over and over again and expect no one will notice? https://t.co/rylvYFvyW0 pic.twitter.com/gzF5j1G94p
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) January 19, 2020

Just setting the record straight: In the new, high-quality Marist poll, Trump has 86% approval among Republicans. Not 96%. https://t.co/zCb89oroLc
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 6, 2020

Over the course of his presidency to date, an average of 87% of Republicans have approved of Donald Trump’s handling of the job, compared with an average of just 6% of Democrats. https://t.co/4WXzOstCOm pic.twitter.com/R564ajEeUp
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 24, 2020

Trump is at 80 percent approval with Republicans. He represents Republican voters. People who write columns like this do not. The sooner this sinks in, the better. https://t.co/YODI4u0e5i
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) August 24, 2020

Protests all over the country

How Black Lives Matter reached every corner of America https://t.co/6waroYIarl
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) June 13, 2020

The map of cities with BLM demonstrations now passes 2800 https://t.co/x1PV3VHztz

And a report from one of them, the famed Punxsutawney PA:

https://t.co/2ypMZPChBL
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) June 10, 2020

I've only been alive for 37 yrs but dare I say that these anti-racism protests are an unprecedented show of global solidarity. They underscore that though racism may take different forms depending on where you live, it infects every corner of the world. https://t.co/IYW5hjF96Q
— John Eligon (@jeligon) June 7, 2020

Something happening here…
This is Maryville,MO. Population around 12,000. NW Missouri in the middle of corn and bean land. Wow. Very moving to me. https://t.co/sJjuLRNUGQ
— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) June 7, 2020

hazard kentucky https://t.co/xk75Md3my9
— Campbell Robertson (@campbellnyt) June 7, 2020

#BlackLivesMattter protest in Alliance, Nebraska. Population is less than 9,000. https://t.co/MoTHBEHmMJ
— Arielle Zionts (@Ajzionts) June 7, 2020

Just a few of the towns in today's @annehelen Twitter thread of protests in smaller communities across USA:

Shawnee, KN
Henderson, KY
Vidor, TX
Rochester, NY
LaGrange, IL
Woodstock, VA
Kent, OH
Provo, UT
Bristol, PA
Lewiston, ID
Alpine, TX
Wasau, WI
Troutdale, OR
Norman, OK
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 6, 2020

wow. vidor. https://t.co/oOL37lfKq5
— Campbell Robertson (@campbellnyt) June 6, 2020

The patterns, they are a shifting. See https://t.co/4m4MF6VL8k and https://t.co/1c3Z7wW2tg
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 6, 2020

I grew up in rural KS, and a HS friend now lives in Winfield, KS.

My soul was happy to see her pics from #BLM protest she attended. It's not many people, but it takes tremendous courage to protest racial injustice in such small numbers in the face of (likely) deep opposition. pic.twitter.com/yQ1KBmVHwz
— Meg Guliford (@mkguliford) June 6, 2020

A #BlackLivesMatter march in Harvard, Nebraska—a town with fewer than 1,000 residents and exactly one African American man. Something is, indeed, happening in America and not just in big cities. (H/t @redcloud_scribe)https://t.co/yxVetlkCNQ
— Ted Genoways (@TedGenoways) June 6, 2020

George Floyd was killed in America. His death has sparked a global movement. https://t.co/7bIhFXpede pic.twitter.com/2MrUPVjIkJ
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 11, 2020

Right-wing extremists – the boogaloo movement

This is a real problem. This is not a made up problem like antifa.

The far-right boogaloo movement is growing online at breakneck speed. But Trump isn’t interested in terrorists of the far-right variety — no matter how many Americans they kill or maim, writes @mehdirhasan. https://t.co/UZiFyarMFg
— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 10, 2020

Arr ests in Nevada

Why Rightwing Protestors Wear Hawaiian Shirts – Boogaloo Meaning https://t.co/e7SjV9VXYb
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) June 5, 2020

Just getting around to reading the Boogaloo complaint (the terrorist attack FBI thwarted but doesn't want to talk about). They planned to use IRA training manuals.

cc: @thegrugq https://t.co/izM1xS3Swo pic.twitter.com/vhya5cndQK
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 5, 2020

The Boogaloo movement, seeking to start a new American civil war, continues to organize and recruit on Facebook, despite calls for the social media platform to intervene. https://t.co/rKR1lDz4cK
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 8, 2020

Three current and former military members who allegedly planned violence at a protest were followers of the Boogaloo movement. The emerging Boog scene is full of service members and veterans: https://t.co/FptZR4GiQz
— Kelly Weill (@KELLYWEILL) June 8, 2020

THREAD: TTP identified multiple boogaloo Facebook groups that organize the exact same way described here, yet they remain active.

Facebook has failed to remove these groups or even moderate content like bomb-making instructions (still active today)

Why is that, @brianfishman? https://t.co/tCnom3rUxO
— Tech Transparency Project (@TTP_updates) June 7, 2020

A Las Vegas man accused of conspiring in a plot to incite violence at a Black Lives Matter rally as part of a “Boogaloo” plot is being investigated for alleged child sex abuse https://t.co/qRh7EJsQlE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 10, 2020

Normal stuff https://t.co/e8SLwkG60B
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 2, 2020

Trump officials deny that there is systemic racism

They’re wrong

It is racist to say there’s no systemic racism in the US. Denying it is exactly as bad as saying nigger. https://t.co/HjdjnBnjsi
— Touré (@Toure) June 10, 2020

JUST IN: "I don’t believe there’s systemic racism in the U.S.," top Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow tells @ABC News. https://t.co/JsAo4rBy2e pic.twitter.com/qOGtT2GMQN
— ABC News (@ABC) June 10, 2020

KUDLOW: "I don't believe there's systemic racism in the U.S."

41% of Black businesses have closed down due to the pandemic.

Half of Black adults are jobless.

This is Trump's top economic adviser. What more proof does he need?

WATCH: pic.twitter.com/zigKGDyfPu
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 10, 2020

Barr Says There Is No Systemic Racism in Policing https://t.co/qLjOCc0VgV
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 8, 2020

Time to toss the ‘bad apples’ excuse. From a WaPo op-Ed— “Robert C. O’Brien went on CNN to deny there is systemic racism among police, an insulting, willfully ignorant” comment https://t.co/wmdu3PnQwp
— @anesta_4 (@afpanesta) June 1, 2020

Intern pictures

A tale of two Presidential intern pics. pic.twitter.com/I2jvqmZ9eE
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) June 9, 2020

The Georgia primary voting fiasco

a preview of problems we could have in November

Republicans and Democrats demand investigations after major voting issues in Georgia @abbydphillip reports pic.twitter.com/i5jguHg9sh
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 10, 2020

Voter disenfranchisement has been a GOP strategy for decades.

Mitch McConnell wants people to wait in long lines, and choose their health or their vote.

Well, not everyone— just those in poorer communities.

For him, it’s not a flaw. It’s a feature.

And it must not succeed. https://t.co/bxBC7UBnn8
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 10, 2020

After watching the election in Georgia today it’s clear the GOP wants to pick their voters instead of letting the voters pick their leaders.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 10, 2020

Someone called the police on black Americans trying to make sure that other black Americans exercised their right to vote … https://t.co/n5UA0DDezn
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 10, 2020

Imagine an election meltdown like today's in Georgia, except in November (with twice the turnout rate), in a state poised to tip the presidential race & where non-white turnout is poised to decide the winner.

Goodnight.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 10, 2020

Absentee ballot mystery: Georgia says 96% of ballots that were requested were delivered. Voters and local officials report many people did not receive them so they showed up in person. Vendor used by state says they sent out 100% of ballots. What happened? No one seems to know
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 10, 2020

Polls in Georgia were supposed to have closed 3 hours ago and there are still hundreds of black voters in line. This is a travesty https://t.co/QjVOP93B6b
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 10, 2020

I did some digging to find out why Georgia's election today was such a catastrophe. The problem goes much deeper than malfunctioning voting machines. https://t.co/Qhs5SpaUDE @Slate
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 9, 2020

#Trump is resisting mail voting to push as much of the vote as he can into Election Day. Why? Because the lines tend to be a lot longer in crowded cities that tilt Democratic than in rural areas that lean Republican.
Look at what’s happening in #Georgia. https://t.co/TFaJXmJttu
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) June 10, 2020

As I said, the lines in Georgia today lead directly to John Roberts' door. https://t.co/ZBH8IvQUam
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 9, 2020

“I have never seen the scale of election failures happening in Georgia today,” McDonald said. “This does not bode well for November.” Unless it's your goal, that is. https://t.co/NowWU8BPDd
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 10, 2020

https://t.co/nHLzE07BKF via @AsteadWesley and Stephanie Saul
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2020

After waiting 3 hours, Ron Clark said he was unable to vote in Atlanta because poll workers didn't know how to use new machines. “Right know I just feel like a lot of people are doubting the strength and the effectiveness of democracy in our country.” https://t.co/Zu2V93iMEX
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) June 9, 2020

Democracies don’t collapse all at once. Leaders who don’t want to give up power don’t just announce democracy is over.

It often starts by making it impossible for anyone who wants to change the status quo to vote. https://t.co/zy56YdvItg
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 9, 2020

This doesn’t happen by accident. It’s by design https://t.co/pTCtMNJq9a
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 9, 2020

Voting shouldn’t be this difficult for anyone, but Trump has made clear that placing obstacles to voters is a Republican electoral strategy. https://t.co/tERICb1p3X
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 9, 2020

If any place in this country screams out for U.N. monitors, it’s Georgia. https://t.co/l4Vk8PPjSU
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 9, 2020

While you watch Georgia today, read @markniesse and @jackgillum on how Gov. Kemp, then the state's chief elections officer, launched a last-minute investigation of Democrats for a "hacking attempt" that didn't happen. https://t.co/nyXGG9SD5E
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 9, 2020

Georgia closed 214 polling places after Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act

There were 80 fewer polling places for June primary in metro Atlanta, where majority of black voters live

Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation passed by House Dems to restore the VRA
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 9, 2020

This is not a democracy. It's also the Republican strategy for November. https://t.co/ijvFH7HiHI
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 9, 2020

These reports out of Georgia that reek of voter suppression are a bitter irony on the very morning George Floyd is laid to rest, his brother having urged people to vote for change. They’re stealing our votes while we bury our martyrs. https://t.co/SxxfxD0GWD
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 9, 2020

Trump won’t rename military bases named after Confederates

This is terrible. The military was open to considering this. Trump just cares about the bigots who are a large part of his base. Biden should form a panel to come up with names for the bases that would be implemented on January 20, 2021 if Biden wins. Trump is an impediment to progress.

Predictably, the president of The United States stands firmly on the side of white supremacy https://t.co/9DFmzG0ZFD
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) June 10, 2020

Things President Trump is against:

– changing Confederate names of U.S. Army bases

– removing Confederate statues and monuments

– athletes silently protesting police brutality and racial injustice

– putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) June 10, 2020

NEW: President Trump says he opposes efforts to remove Confederate commanders' names from military bases https://t.co/XrOSQ3I8wE pic.twitter.com/Mm3zeFpTl2
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 10, 2020

People around the president have described this as his worst moment since Charlottesville in 2017. Here's the president invoking the same argument he did back then. https://t.co/kawSjNxrFp
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 10, 2020

The president digging into "heritage" as he did in 2017 after Charlottesville, telling his advisers it was a good fight for him. https://t.co/kawSjNxrFp
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 10, 2020

for Trump. racism = heritage

It has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc. These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2020

Bigot!

.@nielslesniewski asks @PressSec if Trump would veto a measure renaming a fort for “a general who won the Civil War.”

Answer is yes.
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 10, 2020

I thought Trump liked winners

McEnany: "To suggest these forts are somehow inherently racist and their names need to be changed is a complete disrespect to the men and women, who the last bit of American land they saw before they went overseas and lost their lives were these forts" pic.twitter.com/4pMAJe5fsd
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) June 10, 2020

nonsense!

Kayleigh McEnany then reads it, says it is “directly from President. He spent a good bit of time working on that.” https://t.co/rLZbwIWmDA
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 10, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who is open to removing Confederate leaders’ names from military bases, was just in the Capitol meeting with senators about defense appropriations. He ignored a question from @tedbarrettcnn about Trump’s opposition to removing the Confederate names
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 10, 2020

In 2019 @PRRIpoll, 90% of Republicans who rely mostly on Fox, 91% of Repub evangelical Christians AND about 3/4 of both non-Fox and non-evangelical Rs said confederate flag was a symbol of Southern pride, not of racism. A reminder of how central these issues are to Trump-era GOP. https://t.co/zOGWXkiD2x
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 10, 2020

“We do not live in a country to which Braxton Bragg, Henry L. Benning, or Robert E. Lee can serve as an inspiration.” A remarkable call from David Petraeus to rename the 10 Army installations that honor Confederates https://t.co/6IGmMOZSCP
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) June 9, 2020

Black Journalists encounter racism in the media

"…our newsrooms do not reflect the world outside of them—which does not bode well for accurately representing the breadth of stories playing out every day…" https://t.co/yk66PFFxSE
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) August 29, 2020

"Newsroom diversity is still awful," @JemeleHill says, and "it has remained a consistent problem in our business." pic.twitter.com/hg0D01xJ79
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 7, 2020

The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette straight up did what a lot of news organizations imply. Whiteness is considered the default; “unbiased.” Black journalists have to jump through hoops and do a lot of unnecessary whataboutism in order to seem neautral https://t.co/JfVBof6oKE
— Jonquilyn Hill (@jonquilynhill) June 7, 2020

What's been unfolding at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "has underscored one of the fundamental challenges American media faces with its coverage: a lack of diverse voices, including of black journalists, in newsrooms…" https://t.co/ctZpAysiDQ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 7, 2020

Black journalists reporting during this difficult time: we see you and we thank you. Deeply grateful for the work you are doing every day. https://t.co/t2LtnfNFDx
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 7, 2020

.@trymainelee spoke to @washingtonpost’s @ElaheIzadi & @farhip on what it’s like to report on the national civil unrest as a black journalist for @MSNBC and his new podcast #IntoAmerica which often explores the racial inequalities in America. Listen here: https://t.co/W4dpo3mBnU pic.twitter.com/HFUvDxESqx
— MSNBC Public Relations (@MSNBCPR) June 2, 2020

“The attack on press freedom is disheartening on its own — but imagine the terror of wearing both a press badge and black skin in this country at the same time.” https://t.co/mE31sp77Oy
— Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) June 2, 2020

Trump has been terrible to Yamiche Alcindor

How absurd. Yamiche has never made it about herself. She has asked tough questions that deserve answers. Just because WH officials or the president can’t or won’t answer, doesn’t change that. Now everyone, don’t forget to pre-order her book when it’s available. https://t.co/xLrW4LTTuf
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 7, 2020

The actual “process”: Alcindor calmly asks good question, the president attacks her without cause, Alcindor calmly persists.

If Trump didn’t want to raise her profile, he could have just treated her with respect. https://t.co/jC9NyMm6Uc
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 7, 2020

Seeing black journalists tweet their experiences in newsrooms may feel a bit like inside baseball but it’s relevant to all because so many of the stories you’re finally getting now have been pitched for years but dismissed by editors who questioned our news judgement.
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 10, 2020

“…the resignation of Executive Editor and Vice President Stan Wischnowski following an insensitive headline does not fix the structural race problems that exist at the Inquirer.” via ⁦@solomonjones1⁩ https://t.co/54Ypm5llQ0
— Helen Ubiñas (@NotesFromHeL) June 9, 2020

Swabs had to be destroyed because of Trump’s photo op

All because he was too selfish and stupid to wear a mask

Trump toured a facility that makes swabs for coronavirus testing, but the swabs made during his unmasked visit will have to be thrown in the trash. Meanwhile "nearly a third of Maine nursing homes reported they had no nasal swabs to collect specimens."https://t.co/byvWbWtH4F
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 6, 2020

My tweet didn't convey the ambiguity surrounding Puritan Medical Products's decision to discard swabs made on the day of the president's visit.

I called the spokeswoman quoted by USA Today (https://t.co/9HdC9WjGMF), and she declined to comment.

I'll update if I hear back. pic.twitter.com/ETJiGlMI6M
— David Gura (@davidgura) June 7, 2020

Because @realDonaldTrump wore no mask, no protective gear and put one of their products near his nose, the Maine swab manufacturer that Trump visited today, must throw out all product manufactured during his visit.https://t.co/5Z5RsJl14M
— Rosalind Garcia (@GarciaRosalind) June 6, 2020

Month: June 2020