Trump Defends Wanting To Be A Dictator In Trainwreck Speech
Flanked by several of his lackeys ranging from Steve Bannon to Lauren Boebert, Trump defended wanting to be a dictator during a speech in New York.
Flanked by several of his lackeys ranging from Steve Bannon to Lauren Boebert, Trump defended wanting to be a dictator during a speech in New York.
In a taped interview with Jon Karl, Trump defended the 1/6 domestic terrorists for wanting to hang Mike Pence.
Trump gave a defense of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse who murdered two people and injured one other in a mass shooting.
Trump repeatedly claimed that his supporters were peaceful as he blamed Democrats for violence in cities that he is encouraging.
In an interview with Axios, President Donald Trump defended his well wishes for Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been arraigned on charges that she recruited and participated in the abuse of young girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, who mysteriously died in prison last year while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He also openly questioned…
Donald Trump has defended monuments to the Confederacy by claiming they are a form of healing. The President has long argued that removing the controversial monuments would be destroying history. President Trump spoke to conservative outlet Sinclair Broadcasting Group on Thursday about Confederate monuments that have been torn down during the George Floyd protests. “I…
President Donald Trump defended his decision to hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 19, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States. Tulsa is also the site of the Tulsa race massacre, when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses with guns and bombs dropped from above by…
President Donald Trump defended his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner after a reporter questioned him about Kushner’s suggestion that the federal stockpile of medical resources was not for the states. “You know what ‘our’ means? [The] United States of America,†Trump told CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang before accusing her of asking a “gotcha”…
Trump is trying to pick his general election opponent while dividing the Democratic Party by defending Sen. Sanders on Russian election interference.
The bullies of America know that Donald Trump has their backs. The bully can even be a race horse, for whom Trump will tweet a defense. Politically correct “MAGA†talk show hosts, people who are known to bully and harass on social media, can count on Trump to cry “censorship” when they are acted against….
Instead of denouncing gun violence after the Poway synagogue shooting, Trump warned that Democrats are coming to take everyone’s guns.
As Trump’s presidency continues to go up in flames amid increasing legal trouble, Barack Obama is giving the country a much-needed dose of holiday cheer.
President Donald Trump yesterday used several different arguments in defending the use of tear gas at the Mexican border. First he claimed that the tear gas was “very safe,†then blamed the migrants with children for being in the way of the tear gas, and finally he said that the children were not even theirs….
Contrast Trump’s rhetoric toward dictators with his treatment of American allies, and it becomes even more startling.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of hundreds of local news stations across the U.S., has come under fire after a video showcasing dozens of reporters delivering the same speech to viewers in their respective communities went viral. Millions of viewers last month heard an identical warning about the danger of fake news, media bias, social media’s…
Trump couldn’t resist putting Matt Lauer’s firing for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace in quotes, and then minimizing Lauer’s behavior going on a tangent about NBC and “fake news.”
President Donald Trump, surrounded by thousands of supporters on Tuesday, defended his response to the violence at a rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attacked the media for “giving a platform to hate groups.”
Mere days after proclaiming April to be sexual assault and awareness month, and claiming he was recommitting “ourselves” to fighting it, President Trump defended Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who reportedly settled five lawsuits over claims of sexual harassment.
NBC News’s latest hire, Ronna McDaniel, defended her role in the fake elector plot and claimed that she believes there were irregularities in the 2020 election.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was asked about Trump’s extortion of Zelensky in 2019, and he defended Trump.
The Select Committee has a duty to question Trump about every detail that arose at this critical juncture when the nation was most vulnerable.
Speaking to The New York Times, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) explained why his party has focused on former President Donald Trump amid criticism of it from Republicans who have accused Democrats of launching investigations motivated by political animus toward him and focusing much of their messaging around him ahead of next year’s midterm elections….
Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele, the author of the controversial “Steele Dossier,” which contains allegations of misconduct, conspiracy, and cooperation between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives prior to and during the 2016 general election. The dossier was published in full by Buzzfeed News in January 2017. “I stand by the work we did, the sources that…
Rudy Giuliani defended Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization‘s chief financial officer, a day after Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney‘s office in New York City and was charged with 15 felony counts for evading $1.76 million in taxes over 15 years. Giuliani claimed that the charges are an example of “Democratic persecution” against perceived enemies. “The case against…
Donald Trump may be out of office, but stories are still emerging about the things he did while in office. The New York Times recently revealed that Trump’s Department of Justice issued secret subpoenas to get information on Democratic congressmen Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell. Condemnation came quickly for the former president and all those…
Donald Trump is now out of the White House. That means that he is no longer protected from lawsuits and potential criminal charges. One of those lawsuits was a defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll. When William Barr was Attorney General, he had the Justice Department intervene in the case. And while Merrick Garland…
Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) defended former President Donald Trump despite harsh criticism about the speech Trump gave at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “The American people appreciate people who does what they said [they would],” Jordan told “Fox and Friends” co-host Steve Doocy. “That’s the point I was making because so often in that…
In an interview with the CNN podcast “The Axe Files,†Representative Adam Kinzinger defended his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol insurrection. He says he knew that doing so could likely cost him his seat in the House given the partisan political climate. “I did it knowing full well it…
President Donald Trump claimed that a story about a caravan of his supporters that harassed and reportedly attempted to run a Biden campaign bus off a road in Texas is false, once again hitting back at the news that the FBI is investigating the incident. “This story is FALSE,” he claimed. “They did nothing wrong….
There are three words that political pundits and commentators have used ad nauseam since the day after dirty Don Trump’s very poorly-attended inauguration – “unprecedented and wrong.†It is as true a description of this authoritarian administration as anything, and yet each time it is uttered it explains a worse Trump atrocity. This past week…
Joe Biden pulled no punches and was clearly angry as he offered a defense of every US service member who Trump called a loser.
Mark Meadows has defended Donald Trump’s claim that the recent explosion in Beirut was an attack despite the fact the government of Lebanon said it was an accident. The Lebanese government blamed the deadly incident on an “unsecured” shipment of ammonium nitrate – a chemical used in fertilizers and industrial explosives. President Trump thought otherwise…
Trump claimed that racist team names like the Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins are a sign of strength as Trump took his racism up a notch. Trump tweeted: They name teams out of STRENGTH, not weakness, but now the Washington Redskins & Cleveland Indians, two fabled sports franchises, look like they are going to be…
Mark Meadows has defended Donald Trump’s false claim that 99% of Coronavirus cases are “harmless”. The White House chief of staff joined his boss in downplaying the virus. The President caused serious dismay when he made the claim during an Independence Day speech over the weekend. “There were no tests for a new virus, but…
The White House has a new excuse for Trump retweeting a video where one of his supporters shouts white power. They claim that the president can’t hear.
President Donald Trump assailed the World Health Organization (WHO) over its response to the coronavirus pandemic in a tweet last night, prompting the organization to defend itself against his claim. “The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good…
Biden said that Donald Trump should be taking notes on leadership from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, not lobbing petty, partisan attacks at her.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) invented an explanation to pretend like Trump wasn’t mocking or downplaying troops with brain injuries.
The Republican defense of Trump has turned into admitting that the President Of The United States believes conspiracy theories about Ukraine.
Sen. Lindsey Graham ran to Donald Trump’s defense after the president called his impeachment a lynching, and insulted African-Americans.
Cory Booker may have had difficulty getting speaking time early in the debate, but he made a splash on Tuesday night by standing up for Joe Biden.
Trump’s Ukraine conspiracy theory is backfiring on him, as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is defending the patriotism of former vice president Joe Biden.
Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace corrected Trump’s false AOC garbage quote and then showed White House adviser Stephen Miller a Trump tweet about American garbage.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) strongly defended the non-white House women that were smeared by Trump in a series of racist tweets. Nancy Pelosi defends “The Squad.’ In response to Trump telling four House members who are American citizens to go back to their home countries, Pelosi tweeted: I reject @realDonaldTrump’s xenophobic comments meant to divide…
At home, Trump works tirelessly to undermine American institutions. Abroad, he alienates America’s closest allies and embraces murderous tyrants.
Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency as a pro-business extremist, but harbored little hope of blocking his confirmation in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that while would not use Rep. Tlaib’s language, what the congresswoman said was no worse than what Trump says.
Kellyanne Conway refused to condemn Trump calling the only African-American woman worked in his administration a dog.
MSNBC host Ari Melber fought back laughter before quickly shutting down Republican Rep. Bill Johnson for defending Trump’s latest spin job.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) defended Democrats from Trump’s claim that Democrats are not acting in good faith on DACA and the Dreamers.
According to the right-wing pastor, it’s okay if we elect immoral leaders because “Jesus was the only perfect man who walked the earth.”
Just when we thought the bar couldn’t sink any lower for this president, Donald Trump rises to the occasion and proves us all wrong.
A nation’s stomach turned as Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) told America that the 71-year-old president is still learning about racism.
“In terms of people actually working in the administration, apparently everybody is fine, nobody is leaving, they’re all okay with it.”
President Trump, who has never hesitated to offer an opinion before having the facts before, said that he needed the facts before he condemned racism. Trump went on to attack the press for not praising his statement.
“If we have to, we’ll go to war,” Graham told a South Carolina CBS affiliate.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan defended White House chief of staff Reince Priebus on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s new communications director appeared to link Priebus to media leaks in a tweet.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called Trump suggesting an investigation into Hillary Clinton “highly inappropriate.”
You’re probably hearing a lot of this because it’s the Republican talking point. But it’s only meant for those who really don’t understand the most basic ideas about our government. That is to say, it’s meant for the Trump base.
During a press conference, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie defended James Comey while claiming that he wouldn’t have let Mike Flynn into the White House, much less given him a job.
“The line we’re getting from the White House is that…he’s not necessarily flip-flopping or reversing but he’s adapting to situations on the ground.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) didn’t need many words to express his feeling of disgust and contempt for President Trump’s first budget.
After Trump press secretary Sean Spicer demanded an apology from CNN, the network responded by defending their reporter and making it clear that Trump and his administration aren’t going to be able to bully the press.
Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech after she received the Cecil B. Demille Award to speak out against Donald Trump and defend press freedom at the Golden Globes.
There is Jones by the Christmas tree telling us “I always try to tell the truth,” quoting Spider-Man: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
President Obama showed what it means to a president for all Americans by defending a Trump supporter during a rally for Hillary Clinton in North Carolina.
The NRA is coming to Trump’s defense spending millions of dollars to spread lies about Hillary Clinton because they know he will do their bidding.”
CNN has a massive bigotry problem as a second paid contributor is defending Donald Trump’s attack on Jews.
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and now CNN “commentator” worked hard for his money this morning on CNN, blaming the backlash to Trump’s usage of the Star of David as “political correctness run amok”.
Trump claimed that rooting for 9 million people to lose their homes in a housing crisis is the kind of thinking that America needs. In other words, America needs a greedy billionaire running the government.
In a shameful display, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough did his best to defend Donald Trump’s history of sexism, sexual harassment and misogyny that was uncovered by The New York Times.
In an interview on MSNBC, Jane Sanders defended former Sec. of State Clinton after Donald Trump called her evil.
Trump was just drunk on the praise, so drunk that he had to repeat it for the audience. Putin said I’m brilliant. Trump then proceeded to defend Putin against accusations that he kills journalists.
Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are very upset because Sen. Bernie Sanders refused to do their dirty work for them by attacking Hillary Clinton for her use of private email.
On Monday morning, real estate mogul Donald Trump appeared on Fox & Friends and discussed the recent controversy over LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist comments.
Sen. Marco Rubio twisted himself all around while defending Trump saying that he would allow Russia to invade NATO allies.
Trump was so brazen in his effort to keep documents from the federal government that he asked his lawyer to destroy evidence.
Senate Republicans offered tepid disagreement with Trump’s decision to glorify insurrectionists at his Waco, TX rally.
Barack Obama has some things to say, some of them make him mad, very mad, like the fact that Republicans like Ron Johnson are considering a raid on Social Security.
ABC’s Martha Raddatz suggested that Biden used hate speech in remarks calling out the MAGA GOP as fascists.
It wasn’t a coincidence that #BoycottCNN was trending as Brian Stelter used the final episode of Reliable Sources to defend standing up to demagogues.
Trump responded to the 1/6 Committee hearing by admitting and trying to justify his attempt to overthrow the government.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) defended Justice Clarence Thomas, criticizing “clumsy bullying from the political branches†over Thomas’s handling of cases related to the 2020 presidential election, dismissing calls for Thomas to recuse himself.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) spoke for a nation as he absolutely obliterated coup plotter, Peter Navarro.
President Biden has requested an additional $10 billion in aid for Ukraine from Congress while Trump was impeached for withholding assistance.
Trump ran to Fox News after Russia invaded Ukraine and tried to attack Biden, but instead revealed that he had no idea what was going on.
Tucker Carlson claimed that the domestic terrorists who attacked the Capitol were innocent because they called Pelosi’s office to claim evidence that they left behind.
Adam Schiff made it clear that Kevin McCarthy is a puppet who will overturn the 2024 election if he is Speaker and Trump loses.
John Eastman and his memo were not alone, Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis also hatched a plan to steal the presidency from Joe Biden.
The Washington Post decided not to publish Trump’s response to their three-part 1/6 investigation because it was unrelated and inflammatory.
Bill Maher claimed that Ivermectin is getting knocked by the left and sounded more and more like Trump.
For a year now, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been appearing at House and Senate hearings concerning COVID. And over that time, the world renowned immunologist has held his tongue as he was attacked by Republican lawmakers. He finally broke on Tuesday and exploded on Kentucky senator and world class troll Rand Paul. While talking about…
According to a new book, Trump praised Hitler for doing a lot of good things to his then Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Toyota actually defended being the top corporate donor to Republicans who tried to overturn the election.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has announced she will not support a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of January 6. In a speech on the House floor, Greene defended the insurrectionists who stormed the United States Capitol in a bid to overturn the results of an election countless agencies have stressed was both free…
As soon as Donald Trump realized that Joe Biden would be taking his job, he started planning on running again in 2024. And while the Republican party certainly seems to be behind him, there are also some significant hurdles. Trump is facing severe legal jeopardy in New York and Georgia. He will also have to…
Donald Trump’s election in 2016 changed politics forever and did so in many different ways. One of the more unfortunate consequences is that now “anyone” thinks they can run for high offices with no qualifications. This is certainly the case with Caitlyn Jenner. She is well known of course as the parent of two of…
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is a devoted subscriber to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims Democrats are trafficking children and protecting a secret global pedophile cabal while conspiring against former President Donald Trump. But when faced with the news that the Department of Justice is investigating Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) on potential sex trafficking…
Republicans immediately jumped to defend DHS official Chris Krebs, who was fired by Donald Trump via Twitter on Tuesday night.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid ripped into Trump supporters on Monday for showing up to the president’s largely maskless superspreader rallies.