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Trump Interview So Humiliating Even Fox Host Can't Save Him
Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham and she could not save him from making a fool out of himself. Much of the interview was focused on “crime in Democrat run cities.” Trump said that Portland has been burning for years, which is of course not true. He said that when he tweets “Law & Order” he gets a huge response from his followers, therefore he’s doing the right thing. Trump also said the cop in Kenosha, Wisconsin “choked” when shooting Jacob Blake like how people sometimes choke in a golf tournament.
On coronavirus, Trump continued his promotion of herd immunity which is the new strategy from the White House since all others have failed. Trump was asked about Massachusetts mandating the flu vaccine for children going back to school. He derailed the conversation by talking about his own experience with the flu and flu shots. Trump didn’t give any caution to the fall wave of cases which is likely to start soon. Instead he spoke about cures, treatments, and vaccines to paint the picture that the virus is under control and a thing of the past.
Trump Triggered, Falsely Claims Biden is "Plunging"
Donald Trump is pretending as though Joe Biden’s poll numbers are plunging in the wake of the conventions. Trump tweeted, “Joe Biden is coming out of the basement earlier than his hoped for ten days because his people told him he has no choice, his poll numbers are PLUNGING!” In reality, the gap between Biden and Trump has tightened a little but there is no “plunge” that Trump was referring to. According to the FiveThirtyEight polling average, Biden is up 7.7% over Trump. This is still a solid lead, though down from as high as 9.6% in the beginning of July.
Trump lies all the time and this is yet another one. He’s wrong to say Joe Biden’s poll numbers are plunging. It’s just wishful thinking for him and his supporters. This doesn’t mean that the polls can’t change and it doesn’t mean that Trump can’t win electorally. Much can change between now and Election Day and if Biden wins the popular vote by a few percentage points it’s unclear whether he wins the electoral college. Maybe at some point, Biden’s numbers will “plunge” but it certainly hasn’t happened yet.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump Supporters Drive Into People, Shoot People Dead
There continue to be protests and growing unrest in the country as the 2020 election draws closer. In Portland, Oregon over the weekend, there were trucks of Trump supporters pepper-spraying people and shooting paintballs at crowds. One Trump supporter was shot dead and police are looking into possible suspects. Donald Trump and the Mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, have been going back and forth with Wheeler saying to Trump, “stay the hell out of the way.”
--More on the show:
--Alex Kaplan, Senior Researcher at Media Matters, joins David to discuss social media disinformation and online extremism, as well as the QAnon conspiracy theory
--Trump intelligence officials will stop briefing Democrats about election interference, a major red flag about election interference
--Donald Trump holds a press briefing that goes horribly wrong, with him defending violence and attacking reporters in the room
--Donald Trump's most blatant act of racial incitement, as Trump retweets a random video of a black man pushing a white woman from 2019, completely out of context
--Twitter removes Donald Trump's bogus retweet about the coronavirus pandemic after placing warning messages on multiple Trump tweets, and we discuss the new claim by some on the right that only 9,000 people actually died of coronavirus
--Voicemail caller asks about so-called "cultural Marxism"
--On the Bonus Show: Jerry Falwell's problems are growing, Amazon gets approval for drone delivery, New Jersey teen billed $2,500 for BLM protest, much more...
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