Guess they like Russian interference
Gutless Republicans will do nothing
Trump lies about murders in South Africa
More bigoted lies. Trump took something from Fox News and made it even worse.
In this fact-checking WaPo piece (in which, full disclosure, I'm quoted), @rizzoTK brings up a KEY point. Carlson, who inspired Trump's South Africa tweet, did NOT mention large-scale killings. That was all Trump. So question is: WHERE did Trump get that?https://t.co/fFvhAEgi2D
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) August 24, 2018
funny https://t.co/pobdaxP082
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 25, 2018
Tucker Carlson walks back his South Africa scaremongering, though you might not have noticed. https://t.co/EPi5h75PFs
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) August 24, 2018
For everyone who thought that Trump’s tweet about South Africa would distract us from his legal woes—- I guess they forgot that the US cable channels don’t really care much about Africa. ¯_(ツ)_/¯https://t.co/jEiLrcfGhN
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 24, 2018
Trump tweeted that that there was a large scale killing of farmers in South Africa. In the 2017-2018 financial year, the police recorded 47 murders. https://t.co/amqJB2qSsy pic.twitter.com/DgDC28sOTl
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 24, 2018
“He uses the occasion to lift a white supremacist meme from the darkest place he can find,” @patrickgaspard told me of Trump’s first mention of Africa on Twitter as Potus. https://t.co/LUAUOyHmM9
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) August 23, 2018
Absolutely disgraceful that the president continues to target African nations and spread racially-charged claims that have no basis in evidence or fact. https://t.co/aoyPiCbeCP
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 23, 2018
CORKER calls Trump’s South Africa tweet “a base stimulator”
Q: What do you mean? What is his base that would be stimulated?
CORKER:“Well, there are portions of those who support the president that are—I’m sure that generates excitement. I mean, it’s—you know what I’m saying…” https://t.co/qzxj30cwQd
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) August 23, 2018
The former US Ambassador to South Africa says it well here: https://t.co/NlI0HeGPX1
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 23, 2018
There's a danger in conducting foreign policy by tweet after viewing a single press report. First, land reforms have been proposed in parliament in South Africa, but not yet adopted. Second, there is no "large scale killing of farmers" going on in South Africa. https://t.co/lpdyNIEH7V
— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) August 23, 2018
Trump’s embrace of a white supremacist conspiracy theory hits a dangerous new low in his authoritarian ranting https://t.co/I6Xq1KCEWy
— Salon (@Salon) August 28, 2018
Daniel Dale tracks Trump’s false claims
Here’s his database. Dale does a great job.
Trump is up to 2,369 false claims for his presidency. Here's the database: https://t.co/tUlVsaIQoY
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 24, 2018
Trump’s huge lie on soybean prices
Trump lies every day but this is a whopper
Trump told a major lie earlier, claiming that soybean prices are now higher than when he "started." He said even he didn't understand how this happened.
Here's the chart of soybean prices since his inauguration. pic.twitter.com/HhLn4FKvtf
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 24, 2018
update 10/7/18
Trump said soybean prices have gone up. They're near decade-lows. https://t.co/ApkS1qs8Hp via @businessinsider pic.twitter.com/LVdszwlBVG
— Yahoo Finance (@YahooFinance) September 28, 2018
Republican Congressman indicted
Lock him up!
Republican congressman indicted: https://t.co/gLm8B0MT08
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 21, 2018
HOLY HELL pic.twitter.com/bahU7MB1a8
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 21, 2018
#CA50 Rep. Duncan Hunter (R) will be moving from Solid R back to Likely R at @CookPolitical & has the potential to get more competitive.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 21, 2018
NEWS: GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted for using campaign funds for personal expenses. @LauraAJarrett @MaeveReston report https://t.co/gQRmEMK3Bp
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 21, 2018
Sidenote: The two House Republicans who were indicted this month were also the first two members of Congress to endorse Donald Trump's presidential campaign https://t.co/TaXT8MP0Ad
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) August 21, 2018
Confirmed, Hunter's stuck on the ballot. Commence the "he used campaign donations to pay for his dental work" ads! https://t.co/CCRs7dQXUW
— David Dayen (@ddayen) August 21, 2018
Pardons after charges – timelines
I would not be shocked in Trump pardoned Manafort. Since Cohen implicated Trump, he won’t be getting a pardon.
Source close to the White House says what a lot of people are thinking, with Trump on his way to W. Va.: "What if he pardons Manafort live on television? This is crisis PR firms worst nightmare.."
— Tarini Parti (@tparti) August 21, 2018
https://t.co/d1pQ1TACK8 pic.twitter.com/yD2jzL3jt4
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 21, 2018
Bull market
Trump never gives credit to Obama for the economy
which means Obama was president for 83% of them https://t.co/ouRRZWcusD
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 21, 2018
Lock him up!
In a scene you couldn't script, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty on eight counts and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts within minutes of each other. Trump is on Air Force One flying to a rally in West Virginia.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 21, 2018
Today, in federal court, the President's fixer said the president ***directed him to break campaign law*** to cover up an explosive allegation a few days before an election that the president won by 77,000 votes across three states.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 21, 2018
An admitted felon is "saying that his co-conspirator and/or his aider and abetter was the president of the United States. That is something that I think is basically without precedent in American history" —@JeffreyToobin
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 21, 2018
Former Justice Department aide: “If Trump knew about the payments in advance or even agreed to them later, he’s looking at liability as a conspirator for what is now a proven crime.” https://t.co/IqXzdQ2DNT
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) August 21, 2018
#MichaelCohen just said he committed felonies in coordination with and at the direction of @realDonaldTrump to violate campaign finance laws. Now we know precisely why Lanny Davis played the audio recording b/t Cohen & Trump AND precisely why Giuliani tried to get ahead of it.
— Laura Coates (@thelauracoates) August 21, 2018
Cohen committed crimes "In co-ordination with, and at the direction of" @realDonaldTrump . Thus, President appears to be co-conspirator and/or aider and abettor of a federal crime.
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) August 21, 2018
Whether or not *called* an unindicted co-conspirator, that’s what the sitting president IS as of close of business today, August 21, 2018, a day that will live in legal infamy. That’s the import of two of Michael Cohen’s guilty pleas.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 21, 2018
Just to summarize: Michael Cohen has admitted he paid hush money–at the behest of a "candidate"–to two women whose stories, if they had been fully known, might have changed a few votes in the 2016 election.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) August 21, 2018
Trump is going to look for someone to go on TV and spin the Cohen allocution about being directed by Trump (described only as a federal candidate). It's…hard to spin.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 21, 2018
A misleading statement at best. As part of his guilty plea, Michael Cohen says he violated campaign finance laws "in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office." That is, at Trump's direction. Which is an allegation of wrongdoing. https://t.co/zmPQhm4IVT
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 21, 2018
I despise Trump but I doubt the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal stories would have affected the election if we had known about them. Remember, we already knew about Access Hollywood, Mexicans are criminals, the birther lie, etc. and 62 million people voted for him anyway. We already knew he had been unfaithful in the past.
If Trump can’t be charged while he is president, I want him to be indicted as soon as he leaves office Lock him up!
Perfect English
Another example of Trump’s bigotry
President Trump lauds Border Patrol agent for speaking "perfect English" https://t.co/3Di4grgH5b pic.twitter.com/Y43CqorygO
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2018
Reminder: 70% of Latinos in America WERE BORN HERE so yes, the vast majority of us “speak perfect English”. #sheesh
— Lisa Guerrero 💃🏽 (@4lisaguerrero) August 20, 2018
"Speaks perfect English" would have raised fewer eyebrows if Trump didn't have a history of assuming "foreignness" of Latino/Asian Americans: https://t.co/z2jLX3J1HX pic.twitter.com/XnykfHbCJb
— Dara Lind (@DLind) August 21, 2018
Majority of the Senate represents only 18% of the US population
And, 60% of the Senate now represents just 24% of the country’s population. This penalty for Dems is on full display in 2018: https://t.co/qmCDpXQkLy
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
Blazing Take: The Senate is an unconstitutional violation of the principle of democratic equality (one person, one vote). https://t.co/Qyu1Q8WOXM
— Brian Ted Jones (@briantedjones) August 20, 2018
A long-term problem for Democrats: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the country’s population.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
For all the gerrymandering in the House, it's actually the Senate that's vastly more unrepresentative. The fact it's remotely close owes to 11 red-state Dem senators – almost entirely up in 2018 – who have hung on thanks to an extraordinary combination of skill & luck.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
If that red-state Dem dam breaks – and it *could* in November – we could be headed for a Senate that's largely accountable to a white, rural, pro-Trump minority of the country. At some point, the coastal/urban majority could run out of patience – threatening democratic stability.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018
update today (9/27) after the Ford/Kavanaugh hearing:
To Dems who can’t believe what they’re watching, remember: a majority of the Senate now represents 18% of the population & answers to a subset of voters that is considerably whiter, redder and more rural than the nation as a whole. That’s the reality of our times.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 27, 2018
update 10/1/18:
As the Senate votes on Kavanaugh's confirmation, let's remember the same amount of people live in Los Angeles as these 7 rural, mostly white states. They have 14 Senators while LA shares 2 with the rest of California.
We don't live in a democracy where everyone has an equal say. pic.twitter.com/3oaGGjGmRQ
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) September 28, 2018
