In Unhinged Propaganda Rally, Trump Proclaims Victory After Impeachment Acquittal
Source: huff post
02/06/2020 12:52 pm ET Updated 11 minutes ago
The president and his allies immediately launched attacks against Sen. Mitt Romney, the only Republican to vote to convict Trump.
In improvisational ramblings that appeared more like fascist propaganda than a White House event, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared victory after Senate Republicans acquitted him in impeachment proceedings that were largely favorable toward him.
As the former reality television host walked to his lectern, he received a standing ovation while Hail to the Chief played, before launching into an unhinged riff targeting some of his favorite and most frequently mentioned subjects, listing them off in a Mad Libs-like frenzy.
The speech, which resembled his ad-libbed campaign rallies, was held in the East Room, typically reserved for more measured and sometimes somber official White House events.
We had the witch hunt. It started the day we came down the elevator, he said, referring to his campaign launch in June of 2015. And it never really stopped.
It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops, it was leakers, it was liars, and no president should ever have to go through this, he continued. Dirty cops. Bad people.
We went through hell, unfairly, Trump continued, after pontificating on various subjects, as he does at his campaign rallies. We did nothing wrong.......................................
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unhinged is a mild term. IMHO
riversedge
(70,242 posts)ancianita
(36,067 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)I was waiting for them to start screaming Hail Trump our beloved Fuhrer.
bucolic_frolic
(43,177 posts)the man is certifiable.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)certifiable mental health exam of shithole . . .
He is nuts.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)fuck them all.
destroy all Republicans in November at the ballot box.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)winstars
(4,220 posts)smb
(3,471 posts)...he could have been stuck on that escalator for hours!
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)And Hillary would be president.
ffr
(22,670 posts)My brain automatically translates what I'm reading on the fly.
It should be labeled what it is.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)I feel like if it's something Trump does, the answer is always going to be an automatic "yes".
murielm99
(30,745 posts)None of it made sense.
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)your criminal acts in the Senate.
oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)I knew it was coming the day the House filed to Impeach. He gets to say "see? I told you"
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)I hate seeing this asshole arrogantly preen about with his chest out. I can't wait for November to see that hubristic smirk knocked off that flabby, orange face of his.
olddad65
(599 posts)Ah, perhaps that is exactly what it was. Trump is a fascist dictator who is very closely aligned with the fascist dictator Vladimir Putin.
We no longer live in a democracy. That should be obvious by now.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)lose their elections and become unemployable..No lobbyist jobs..no book deal, no appearances, ...nada, nothing.
End up living underneath bridges with the other homeless people....
It needs to serve as an example for those other potential americun traitors...
You will pay for lying to the american people and disgracing this country...