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After El Paso, the ‘send her back’ chant echoes to some as a prelude to murder

Washington Post logoGREENVILLE, N.C. — Weeks before the bullets of El Paso, the words of Greenville echoed through this small city on the North Carolina coastal plain — and across the nation.

Samar Badwan, a Greenville resident, watched that day as 8,000 neighbors and fellow citizens jammed a local basketball arena to serenade the president with a chant of “Send her back,” a response to Trump’s insistence that a Muslim, Somali American congresswoman should “go back” to the land of her birth.

“As we say in the South, he’s stirring the pot,” Badwan remembers thinking. “And that’s a very dangerous game. People are listening.”

View the complete August 13 article by Griff Witte on The Washington Post website here.

Trump plans rally in Greenville, NC, on day Mueller is set to testify

President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Greenville, NC, on July 17, according to his campaign website.

The rally at Williams Arena is the same day former special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify before Congress on his investigation into the Trump campaign, The Hill reported. Mueller will “publicly testify before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees,” according to the Associated Press.

The Keep America Great rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Only two tickets per person are available for those registering to attend the Greenville rally, according to the website.

View the complete July 2 article by Noah Feit on The Charlotte Observer here.

Anatomy of a Trump rally: 68 percent of claims are false, misleading or lacking evidence

President Trump’s Montana rally was laden with claims that are false, misleading or lack evidence. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

More than two-thirds of every factual claim made by President Trump at two of his rallies turns out to be false, misleading or unsupported by evidence.

In July, The Fact Checker examined every factual claim made by the president at a rally in Montana. He returned to Montana on Sept. 6, and we decided once again to put every statement of material fact to the truth test to see whether the July rally was an outlier.

In July, 76 percent of his 98 statements were false, misleading or unsupported by the evidence. Last week the tally, out of 88 statements, was 68 percent. The average percentage for the two rallies was 72 percent.

View the complete September 12, 2018, article by Glenn Kessler on the Washington Post website here.

Under pressure from base, Trump falsely inflates administration’s progress on his border wall

The following article by David Nakamura was posted on the Washington Post website September 7, 2018:

President Trump at border-wall prototypes in March in San Diego. Credit: Evan Vucci, AP

As pressure mounts on President Trump to fulfill his key campaign pledge to build a border wall, he has hit on a quick and easy method to demonstrate progress: Just inflate how much his administration is already spending on the project.

Over the past week, including at a campaign rally Thursday night in Billings, Mont., Trump has begun boasting that he has spent $3.2 billion on the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border — twice as much as has been authorized by Congress.

“We’ve started the wall,” Trump told thousands of supporters at the event. “We’ve spent $3.2 billion on the wall. We’ve got to get the rest of the funding.” Later, he repeated the monetary figure and added: “We’ve done a lot of work on the wall. A lot of people don’t understand that.”

View the complete article here.

Several People Behind Trump Were Removed, Replaced During Rally In Montana

The following article by Jenna Amatulli was posted on the Huffington Post website September 7, 2018:

President Donald Trump’s rally in Billings, Montana, on Thursday had many strange moments, including a tangent where he speculated about his potential impeachment and an instance where he seemed unable to pronounce the word “anonymous.” Perhaps oddest of all, though, was that several people standing behind Trump were replaced on camera as the evening went on.

A man in a plaid shirt was replaced seemingly after he made a series of animated facial expressions as the president spoke.

Continue reading “Several People Behind Trump Were Removed, Replaced During Rally In Montana”

Trump takes us-versus-them media war to new heights

The following article by Amie Parnes was posted on the Hill website August 3, 2018:

When CNN’s Jim Acosta was booed and cursed at a campaign rally for President Trump this week, many political observers said it exemplified how much the media environment has changed under the current administration — and that it is a sign of what’s to come.

On Thursday, tensions reached new heights when Acosta walked out of the White House briefing room after press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to answer a pointed question about whether she agreed with Trump that the press was the “enemy of the people.”

Acosta noted that Ivanka Trump, earlier on Thursday, had said she did not agree with that sentiment.

View the complete article here.

11 Memorable Moments as Trump Touts DeSantis, Scott in Florida

The following article by John T. Bennet was posted on the Roll Call website August 1, 2018:

President again fixates on crowd size, 2016 election win

President Donald Trump waves as he leaves a rally in Tampa, FL, on Tuesday. Credit: Joe Raedle, Getty Images)

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump showed again Tuesday evening why he is as much the disruptor in chief as he is the commander in chief, jetting to Florida to weigh in on the Sunshine State’s Republican gubernatorial primary.

Trump called the candidate he has endorsed, Rep. Ron DeSantis, onstage early at a rally in Tampa, even branding him with a compliment he reserves for a select few — a “tough cookie.” Presidents typically have avoided getting involved in primaries for state and and congressional races. But not Trump, who is eager to put candidates who share his nationalist and conservative bona fides into elected office at all levels.

And DeSantis showed that’s just why Trump decided to back him instead of Florida Agriculture Commissioner (and former congressman) Adam H. Putnam when the president asked him to address the audience.

View the complete article here.

11 Eyebrow-Raising Comments From Trump’s Midwest Swing

The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website July 26,2018:

‘You’re not going to be too mad at Trump,’ he told Iowa farmers

President Trump at the White House. He visited Iowa and Illinois on Thursday, making more false statements at both Midwest stops. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump started his day trip to Iowa and Illinois by ducking reporters’ questions and ended with a spirited event on the GOP tax law that quickly took on the feel of a campaign rally.

At both stops — one a roundtable and one a speech with a podium and teleprompter — the president spent ample time ticking off a list of things his administration has done since it took office. Vice President Mike Pence did the same at an event in West Virginia sponsored by his political action committee.

But while the VP’s speech was that of a traditional politician, his boss — as he so often does — spoke off-the-cuff and uttered a number of eyebrow-raising lines. Here are 11 of Trump’s boldest claims and quips from his Midwest trip:

View the complete article here.

Why Ben Carson’s appearance in Phoenix was likely a violation of federal law

The following article by Philip Bump was posted on the Washington Post website August 23, 2017:

At a rally for President Trump at the Phoenix Convention Center on Aug. 22 in Phoenix, the announcer introduced to the stage, “The secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson.” (The Washington Post)

This article has been updated.

Right before Ben Carson took the stage at President Trump’s rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night, the announcer introduced him.

“The secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson,” the voice intoned, prompting cheers from the audience. Continue reading “Why Ben Carson’s appearance in Phoenix was likely a violation of federal law”

As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned

The following article by Jenna Johnson was posted on the Washington Post website August 23, 2017:

President Trump gave a contentious speech at a campaign rally in Phoenix on Aug. 22, attacking the media, GOP senators and “obstructionist” Democrats. Here are the highlights. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

PHOENIX — Just before President Trump strolled onto the rally stage on Tuesday evening, four speakers took turns carefully denouncing hate, calling for unity and ever so subtly assuring the audience that the president is not racist.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson proclaimed that “our lives are too short to let our differences divide us.” Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., led everyone in singing a few lines of “How Great Thou Art.” Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed for the politically and racially divided nation and asked the Lord to shut the mouths of “those in this country who want to divide, who want to preach hate.” And Vice President Pence declared that “President Trump believes with all his heart … that love for America requires love for all its people.” Meanwhile, a supporter seated directly behind stage even wore a T-shirt that stated: “Trump & Republicans are not racist.” Continue reading “As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned”