Trump lies about the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic National Convention

Trump lies about everything but I don’t get this one. He said they left “God” out and it is easily proven that “God” was included. Sad!

This is a flat lie, and It seems blasphemous as well to lie about God so as to manipulate people to gain personal power. https://t.co/D5M74oO2Ra
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) August 22, 2020

You’re just a mendacious p.o.s., @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/1DBB2retTz https://t.co/a0BsoMgIwW
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 22, 2020

Occam’s razor: Trump thinks the DNC cut “under God” bc at least of one of the caucuses (which were on Zoom and ended before prime time) didn’t have the full Pledge. This generated a Fox News story and the president watches Fox, duh.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2020

1. Donald Trump lied about Democrats removing the word God from the Pledge at their convention.
2. Donald Trump to pay Stormy Daniels’ legal fees after lying about their encounter shortly after his son was born.

Exodus 20:16. https://t.co/EHmCxrlTO7
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 22, 2020

You’ll be shocked to know that this viral claim is mostly false: https://t.co/IsU7lLpaqD https://t.co/r5FkC2dwj9
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 22, 2020

This is not true.

Here's the video from the Pledge at the Democratic convention on…

Night 1: https://t.co/FctHDuZVyE

Night 2: https://t.co/CNmbtyT598

Night 3: https://t.co/FqrWq7HTvR

Night 4: https://t.co/6lvXQBELwo https://t.co/eror5BenEr
— Zack Stanton (@zackstanton) August 22, 2020

Trump is lying when he says that the DNC removed 'under God' from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Snopes: "On the national stage, the phrase 'under God' was used during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each night of the 2020 DNC."

Trump's tweet is a lie.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2020

It is misleading to state the DNC "omitted" or "took the word GOD" out of the Pledge of Allegiance. https://t.co/iah0WZcmo3
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 22, 2020

Good one to practice your "truth sandwich" skills on.

The phrase "under God" was used during recital of the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each night of the 2020 DNC. Trump tried to appeal to evangelicals by claiming it was removed. It was not. https://t.co/ZQLE7zQDB7
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 22, 2020

Trump’s illegal idea to monitor polling places

Just more authoritarian intimidation and voter suppression

The President can not legally deploy sheriffs or other law enforcement agents to polling places.

But the problem is that, merely by threatening it, he will do the trick of deterring people from voting.

It’s a scare tactic. Don’t be intimidated.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) August 21, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to send law enforcement to polling places for the upcoming presidential election, part of a growing pattern of rhetoric in which he has suggested that he wants to make it harder for Americans to vote https://t.co/UY03fMxjs8
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 22, 2020

He can’t do that. The FBI’s Public Corruption program handles federal election crimes. We would never send law enforcement to a voting location. It has a chilling effect on the voter. I suspect POTUS knows this, but just to be clear, this won’t happen. https://t.co/4p7cs5ApH1
— Jeff Cortese (@jeffreycortese) August 22, 2020

Can the President send law enforcement officers to polling places?

Facts First: If history is any indication, Trump could run into some legal issues on this. https://t.co/pxIpv4NcZa
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 21, 2020

Opinion: It's not just about mail voting; they have a whole separate voter intimidation effort focused on the polls https://t.co/gthW0Grpzo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 21, 2020

Trump won’t be doing this because it’s unlawful, 18 USC 592, he can’t even station FBI Agents or US Marshals at polling places. But the message here is loud & clear, as is the dog whistle. This will backfire just like his Post Office scheme did. https://t.co/qFqM90Vxxo
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 21, 2020

Federal law expressly prohibits any federal officer from sending “troops or armed men” to any polling place “unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.”https://t.co/63FhWAuv9L

So what Trump is proposing is not just offensive; it’s also illegal. https://t.co/sAy57PUakS
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) August 21, 2020

Experts say Trump has no authority to deploy law enforcement officials to polling places. https://t.co/RoyT4vIFC0
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 21, 2020

Analysis: Trump’s claim he’ll send sheriffs to polling places is revealing in a lot of unintended ways https://t.co/DPww1VsLeM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 21, 2020

In Pennsylvania at least, law enforcement (or soldiers) at polling places is in direct violation of the law. It's right there in the PA Election Code. https://t.co/FL9mR2t2qa
— Mike Johnson (@MikeJohnsonPA) August 21, 2020

Bill Barr should be asked about this today – Will he abide by DOJ‘s long-standing precedent that forbids the presence of armed federal agents in polling places. Trump also seems to be calling for sheriffs to intimidate voters. He is trying to steal the election in plain view. https://t.co/1iu3dUhQ1N
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 21, 2020

Thank you, Madame Secretary. May other Secretaries of State join you in your resolve. https://t.co/Zdb0o9L0Ak
— Pam Houston (@pam_houston) August 21, 2020

Federal law prohibits president from sending “armed men,” such as federal law enforcement agents, to polls on Election Day. 18 USC 592. https://t.co/AaRKjk8JLo
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) August 21, 2020

Covers: A Change Is Gonna Come

Jennifer Hudson performed “A Change Is Gonna Come” on the third night of the Democratic Convention (August 19, 2020). Sam Cooke wrote and performed the original version which was released in 1964. The cover I know best was by The Band from 1973.

How the ending of 'One Night in Miami' re-created a long-lost cultural landmark https://t.co/SYEtX9gR1H
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 17, 2021

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Trump and his campaign post fake videos and pictures

There is also a fake Pelosi video. Social media needs to take all of this stuff down.

So the Trump campaign has taken over the @washingtonpost home page with ads that take you to a series of YouTube videos that make claims that we have fact-checked as false. Here's a sampling –>
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 20, 2020

Trump just RTed this image, supposedly of Seattle Dems protesting in support of mail-in voting.

The image is actually from months ago, long before the vote-by-mail stuff. pic.twitter.com/tpCP6Pr8M9
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 18, 2020

ICYMI –> Trump campaign ad manipulates three images to put Biden in a ‘basement’ https://t.co/qvXnFgC6xM
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 7, 2020

Biden was photographed touching his forehead while conducting a town hall at an Iowa nature preserve in September 2019.

The Trump campaign edited out his mic and the trees to portray him as stuck in his Delaware basement…though kept his sunglasses. https://t.co/3XT2tmJZHj pic.twitter.com/I2zgIL1x0M
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2020

New Trump ad:
– Edits mic, trees out of photo of Biden in Iowa to claim he's hiding in Delaware basement
– Uses photo of Biden at Iowa party to claim he's hiding in basement
– Uses photo of him praying after George Floyd's death to portray him as defeatedhttps://t.co/cSTlPxuYvk
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2020

The false Pelosi video now has 3.1 million views on Facebook.

It had 1.6 million when I saw it first on Sunday.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 4, 2020

A number of Democratic lawmakers calling on Facebook to remove the viral fake video of Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/oh1zNbn1ai
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 3, 2020

But why did Facebook only act after the video had been online for days and amassed 2 million+ views? https://t.co/cbtxSNISKJ pic.twitter.com/3a1a7ldrMb
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 3, 2020

NEW: Another fake video edited to make Speaker Pelosi appear drunk is going viral on Facebook — more than 2 million Facebook views since Thursday.

Video also circulated on TikTok.

TikTok has removed it. Facebook has not removed it but has labeled it. https://t.co/ym83lXySkt
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 3, 2020

Trump supports another bigoted extremist

Laura Loomer's win is part of the leading edge of the Republican Party's transformation — or at least evolution — into an organization that includes provocateurs and conspiracy theorists among its rankshttps://t.co/LCDlhgtyJf
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 19, 2020

"It should be a much bigger story that the president of the United States has now enthusiastically endorsed the Congressional run of a virulently Islamophobic far-right conspiracy theorist." https://t.co/STCeKXJFaN
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 19, 2020

'On Tuesday, Republican voters chose [Loomer] over five rivals. This comes a week after Republican voters in Georgia nominated a QAnon follower in another race…Trump did not make this happen. Voters did. Which suggests the depths of the Republican rot." https://t.co/nstSZvE0ok
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 19, 2020

Trump is retweeting praise of Laura Loomer, a far-right racist extremist who has called Muslims "savages," from Marjorie Taylor Greene, an unhinged open QAnon supporter.

This is what the modern Republican Party has become: conspiracy theorists, racists, and unhinged bigots.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 19, 2020

Four late night tweets/retweets from the president boosting Laura Loomer as she captures the Republican nomination for his D-leaning Florida district. pic.twitter.com/FTIrq5fCMd
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 19, 2020

For the second Tuesday in a row, Trump has made a point to congratulate an anti-Muslim GOP congressional candidate, among all the other primary winners. https://t.co/zKiXvcsRv9
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 19, 2020

The fact that the GOP was willing and able to get Laura Loomer elected to Congress despite being a far right hate speech spreading conspiracy theorist kook and a “reporter” for Infowars shows, once again, how far off the rails the GOP has gone. Loomer 2024 will be inevitable.
— Touré (@Toure) August 19, 2020

Laura Loomer has been banned/forcibly removed from:

Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Uber
Lyft
PayPal
Venmo
GoFundMe
TeeSpring
Medium
CPAC
Shakespeare in the Park

And won a GOP primary by double digits. https://t.co/EQUTVoXCeI
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 19, 2020

Loomer was banned by Uber and Lyft after tweeting stuff such as, “Someone needs to create a non Islamic form of Uber or Lyft because I never want to support another Islamic immigrant driver.”

That’s who the President of the United States is openly supporting. https://t.co/PBNOHFq1V3
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 19, 2020

Will Trump and his cult accept it if he loses?

I don’t think so. What he said today is very dangerous.

Trump with his usual complete nonsense: "The only way they're gonna win is by a rigged election. I really believe that. I saw the crowd outside."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020

"The only way they are going to win is a rigged election"

– Trump just now in the battleground state of Pennsylvania
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 20, 2020

So it sounds like Trump won't concede if he loses. This could get very ugly and Trump won't stop violence if it's done by his supporters. He'll probably encourage it. https://t.co/wOUJzzqA7V
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 17, 2020

TRUMP: "The only way we're going to lose this election is if this election is rigged." https://t.co/iBtoGwidA5
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 17, 2020

.@MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump questions the legitimacy of any election in which he loseshttps://t.co/qrhogL3KZc
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 18, 2020

Settling in at Mike Pence’s rally in southeast Wisconsin, which starts at noon and should fill up this room. Talking to attendees, I’m again hearing total confidence that Trump will win — and Democrats can’t, as one supporter told me, “unless they steal it.” pic.twitter.com/8L6QhcxCQz
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 19, 2020

More on how to vote

Absentee ballots don't need to be returned through the mail. Here are other options. – CBS News https://t.co/jFMp8CaNqH
— D.K.R. Boyd (@ReflectingMan) August 16, 2020

I get asked every day, on every platform: HOW DO I MAKE SURE MY VOTE WILL COUNT?? The answer is simple: PLAN YOUR VOTE. We are making it easy with this state-by-state guide to voting by mail and early in-person voting. Check it out, and PLAN YOUR VOTE! ✊🏿 https://t.co/qkOtksx0T6
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 17, 2020

When do I have to request my ballot by? Your request must be received (not just mailed) by Tuesday, Oct. 20.

More answers to some of your questions about voting in November's election ⬇️ https://t.co/wkIhsqXFXg
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) August 17, 2020

Trump’s misleading ads

Fact check: We reviewed all of the Trump campaign’s TV ads since June. Two-thirds contained clearly misleading claims or videos. https://t.co/ulJZU81f2b
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 15, 2020

How to Vote

When and how to vote in all 50 states https://t.co/T1Kdrei4em
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 16, 2020

There's been a lot of misinformation on how to vote, especially with anxiety about the USPS. While mail-in voting is safe, there's alternatives:

Early Voting
In-person absentee voting
Ballot Drop Boxes
Community Ballot Collectionshttps://t.co/CBTnYcEAl6
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 16, 2020

Folks, here’s that website we mentioned with voting information for every state and locality:

https://t.co/wCJxxWIpDc

Please RT! https://t.co/QdKZkXJnvq
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 14, 2020

In other news, we've got a very big project up summarizing early voting options, mail voting options, and key voting deadlines in each state, a lot of which have changed during the pandemic. Check it out!https://t.co/NuzR3nYbdX
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 14, 2020

More on Trump’s sabotage of the post office

NEW —> Tracing Trump's Postal Service obsession — from "loser" to "scam" to "rigged election”

My latest with @jdawsey1 + @AshleyRParker https://t.co/Z6o4mHk4S9
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2020

My first Sunday A1 for @nytimes: "Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms"

With the great team of @jackhealyNYT, @shearm, @Hailey_Fuchs & more. https://t.co/0jrAIEmHky
— Luke Broadwater☀️ (@lukebroadwater) August 15, 2020

If the USPS $ issue gets fixed it’ll partly be bc rural state GOP senators – esp the three facing competitive races – light hair on fire w McConnell/Trump >>

“There is no pharmacy here,” Thullner said

Herreid is about 100 miles south of Bismarck, ND https://t.co/zpjvS9ARo6
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) August 15, 2020

Democracy can be deconstructed one brick at a time–or by demolishing a whole wall of bricks at once. Sabotaging mail-in voting during a pandemic is a whole wall. #USPS
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1294479483983073281?s=20

Baltimore area residents continue to report serious problems with U.S. Postal Service delivery this week as the union representing local postal workers says their processing equipment is being dismantled. https://t.co/rXqzNpv3fh
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) August 15, 2020