Trump’s Montana rally – 11/3/18

More lies and bigotry

This headline is inaccurate — and the story is selectively misleading, in my opinion. (It's fine to parse the President's words, but you'd best make sure your own are correct.) #WeAreSupposedToBeJournalistsAfterAll https://t.co/5SnjApHAzg

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) November 3, 2018

.⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ campaigns in Montana. pic.twitter.com/zYALhLgyBR

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) November 3, 2018

Trump just landed in Montana, where he will again tell people to vote for Greg Gianforte, a Congressman who violently assaulted a reporter, lied about it, got caught lying, then pleaded guilty. Trump explicitly praised Gianforte *because* he attacked a journalist. It’s disgusting

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 3, 2018

President Trump is rallying in Montana for a last minute push against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester https://t.co/cTyQNxhIHZ pic.twitter.com/Qssij2rg0X

— CNN (@CNN) November 3, 2018

A presidential test in Montana: Donald Trump vs. Jon Tester https://t.co/xBE7hrN3c2 pic.twitter.com/s0yVWL9BrU

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 3, 2018

At rally in Montana, President Trump dwells extensively on Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation — and repeatedly misleads the crowd about the sexual misconduct allegations made against him, blaming Democrats for a "filthy, dirty lie" https://t.co/d30dtJ51aQ pic.twitter.com/iFGvsHWM77

— CNN (@CNN) November 3, 2018

Not true:

Landing in Montana now – at least everybody admits that my lines and crowds are far bigger than Barack Obama’s… https://t.co/PCibGjS209

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2018

Trump blames the media for inciting violence

Liar!

Trump just spoke to reporters on the South Lawn. According to the print pool, he was asked about creating violence with his rhetoric. "You’re creating violence by your question," pointing to a reporter. "The fake news is creating violence."

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 2, 2018

Something is making him VERY grouchy. https://t.co/9QFYmO1ODI

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) November 2, 2018

Reminder that earlier this week, Sarah Sanders said "The president is not placing blame."

Today he points a finger at me and says, “You're creating violence by your question. You are creating – you." https://t.co/WEgSoOm70g

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) November 2, 2018

Trump did say shoot – it was recorded.

WATCH: President Trump on possibility of US military shooting migrants at the border: “I didn’t say shoot. But they do that with us [throw rocks] — they’re going to be arrested for a long time.” pic.twitter.com/YpbYTNPbRw

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 2, 2018

Trump’s making more false statements than ever

I call them lies.

Trump’s rate of false or misleading claims has now reached 30 per day – over 3 times the previous pace. https://t.co/Gw6ll2PYz0

— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) November 2, 2018

The Washington Post Fact Checker is reporting that "in the seven weeks leading up the midterm elections, the President made 1,419 false or misleading claims, an average of 30 a day."https://t.co/DAGLAUoGjq

— Hardball (@hardball) November 3, 2018

6,420 false or misleading claims: https://t.co/1lPfBUnh4F. Every media outlet and every journalist should be rethinking the use of live coverage and "Trump said X" headlines (https://t.co/Rkvq8Nb5XJ) if their goal is actually to inform their readers/viewers. pic.twitter.com/lASos2l8Tw

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 2, 2018

Last month, Donald Trump said 1,104 false or misleading things.

IN ONE MONTH. https://t.co/RCcaRJnlqD

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 2, 2018

Fact check: Trump talks about his tax cut

Fact-checking President Trump's tax cut pitch to midterm voters. https://t.co/DPylHtmXSb

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 1, 2018

Republicans keep attacking George Soros

Bigots and liars! Sad!

I mean if George Soros and his institution are nimble enough to orchestrate and fund that massive a response in a day or two, maybe they should be in charge of testing and contact tracing. https://t.co/HhP9SLKcAb
— Lawrence Lanahan (@llanahan) May 28, 2020

What a bunch of sad whiners

When you lose just say the other guy cheated ~ I remember losers doing that in grade school https://t.co/OUBlcfFLe5
— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) November 13, 2018

George Soros's attackers on 2 continents use mischaracterization and coded anti-Semitism to abuse him. It hasn’t slowed him down. https://t.co/Y4w1V1x8Q4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 1, 2018

“I wouldn’t be surprised, I wouldn’t be surprised. I don’t know who, but I wouldn’t be surprised. A lot of people say yes.” — Donald Trump on whether George Soros is funding the caravan
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 31, 2018

Had some other interesting interactions with Trump supporters last night. This person asked me if George Soros is paying me to ask Trump questions. I told her no. pic.twitter.com/O3ZPj20wla
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 1, 2018

It was just three weeks ago on Lou Dobbs' show that GOP Congressman Louie Gohmert said the Democrats may as well "raise their hands and yell Heil Soros" pic.twitter.com/ZRB8Cq0asI
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) October 28, 2018

Kevin McCarthy deleted his anti-Semitic tweet—only for the NRA to reprise it. https://t.co/D31RAQCWfU
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) October 31, 2018

Apparently it does need to be mentioned that this voter is misinformed. George Soros did not fund any voting machines- anywhere. https://t.co/w0FaojTUPn
— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) October 31, 2018

Good USA Today piece on the spread of the Soros-caravan lie. One of the first tweets was from someone who also tweets that Trump is "bought off by Jews" and that American whites are suffering a "genocide," typical white nationalist tropes. https://t.co/VAD1veIQSm
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 31, 2018

GOP presses ahead in casting Soros as threat amid criticism that attacks are anti-Semitic https://t.co/WY4gSwZ8Kv
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) October 30, 2018

So @LauraLoomer, who has around 250,000 followers on Twitter, just tweeted out the libel that George Soros was a Nazi collaborator. Her despicable libel has now been retweeted 2,000 times. Will Twitter remove her tweet for violating its guidelines, or nah? https://t.co/WNnhCIPe6l
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) October 29, 2018

Unwillingness to reject a lie about a political adversary, because they are a political adversary, is a damning statement of character https://t.co/qtLZlJNZFK
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 29, 2018

Today, we looked at the life of a social media lie. We mined social posts and other datasets to look at how rapidly the baseless claim that George Soros orchestrated the migrant caravan had spread from internet obscurity to the political mainstream.https://t.co/POoWdSPlwz
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 31, 2018

Republicans can’t win on issues so they resort to lies and bigotry

The main features of the Republican midterm campaigns are lies and bigotry.

The can’t win on the issues.

The public understands that the Trump tax cut primarily helps the wealthy and corporations. Trump has made up a 10% middle class tax cut that won’t happen but why even suggest it if the cut they passed helped the middle class?

Trump and Republican candidates are telling horrible lies about Obamacare and pre-existing conditions. They say the Democrats won’t protect pre-existing conditions. That’s a lie. The Trump administration and 20 states led by Republicans have sued to end the protections.

Yet they lie and say they will help people with pre-existing conditions.

Trump and his far right followers are promoting bigotry and people inspired by the rhetoric killed 11 Jews and sent bombs to prominent Democrats. Trump has created an atmosphere of hate.

Trump and Republicans have lied when they say George Soros is paying people in the caravan and they claim it includes Middle Easterners and criminals. There is nothing to support these claims – they are lies. Trump knows he was elected because of white nationalism and that’s what he is pushing now to get people to vote Republican. His plan to overturn birthright citizenship and sending troops to the border are ploys the create fear and excite his base.

The emphasis on immigration should put an end to the idea that Trump was elected because of economic concerns. He is lying and saying this is the best economy ever and that his tax cut was the biggest ever but this is not the main emphasis of his rallies.

He could talk about the GDP and wage increases and low unemployment. He deserves some (but certainly not all) of the credit for them. However, Trump and his cult would much rather be bigots and talk about immigration.

Trump lies about the amount of undocumented immigrants

It isn’t bad enough that Trump lies about the caravan having criminals and Middle Easterners.

Now he lies about how many illegal immigrants there are in the US.

Trump just said there are 25 to 30 million (!) undocumented immigrants in the United States right now. The latest estimate from DHS is 12.1 million.

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 31, 2018

More Trump rallies/interviews = more Trump false statements

Fact-checkers have their hands full keeping up with Trump’s falsehood-heavy rallies and interviews: https://t.co/USJO9zHGrB

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) October 30, 2018

Trump lies about Gillum

He calls him a thief with no basis for the attack. How about all the money Trump stole from people like the Trump U folks? Trump is a liar and bigot. Sad!

Trump repeatedly calls Gillum, who hasn't been charged with anything, a "thief." Says he should drop out of the race.

Apparently the presumption of innocence from Kavanaugh days is over. pic.twitter.com/JF41aYJteP

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 30, 2018

>@AprilDRyan brings desperately needed questions to WH press briefings. She just asked @presssec about Trump's calling Gillum a "thief" and also about voting rights in North Dakota.

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) October 29, 2018

Well, that didn’t take long. Trump is now calling Andrew Gillum a “stone cold thief” who would turn Florida into Venezuela. No dog whistles there, no sir President “Nationalist.” pic.twitter.com/yayqA0IQoe

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) October 30, 2018

Andrew Gillum on Trump “thief” attack: “never wrestle with a pig” https://t.co/mhmq3wSkQI

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 30, 2018

Trump has never called a candidate a “thief” before. Question for @PressSec: what, precisely, does the president believe that Florida gubernatorial candidate @AndrewGillum stole? His nomination? His station in life? His education? His lead in the polls? https://t.co/IDEbyrJ6SV

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 29, 2018

Trump’s visit to Pittsburgh

Damned if he did, damned if he didn’t. He’s a hypocrite if he goes, but we would criticize him if he didn’t.

I think Trump should not go to Pittsburgh now since the mayor said it would be better to wait. I also agree with the people who think he should do more to renounce white supremacism and tone down his rhetoric first.

Notice that no government leaders would to go with him and that he lied to them.

Further: @realDonaldTrump WH called the top #PA and #Pittsburgh officials one at a time and lied to each that the others had agreed. WH did the same to #Schumer and #Pelosi. No one bit. WH also trying to push #Trump into hospital rooms of victims but most want no part of him.

— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman) October 30, 2018

Congressional leaders decline to join Trump in visit to Pittsburgh after massacre Via @seungminkim and @jdawsey1 https://t.co/xJwMzFHvg6

— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) October 30, 2018

Good Lord. https://t.co/fUmooQUTxL

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 30, 2018

New: Pittsburgh Mayor, Pittsburgh County Exec, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Ryan, Senate Minority Schumer, and House Minority Leader Pelosi all tell CNN they have declined WH invite to join Pres Trump in Pittsburgh today.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 30, 2018