"That was a rigged election," says Donald Trump at the top of his appearance on CNN 'Town Hall' from #NewHampshire about #Election2020, repeating previous lies. "They were stuffing ballot boxes."
He doesn't owe Mike Pence an apology for endangering his life on Jan. 6th, 2021 because the vice president "did something wrong" by conducting the ceremonial certification of the Electoral College vote, says Trump live on CNN. "It was a horrible thing for our country."
"Many of them are just great people," says Trump of the Jan. 6 rioters. As far as pardoning the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, "I'd have to look at their case."
"Earlier in the day, when the president flew from DC to NY, the televisions were set to CNN. But on the way back, when press boarded the plane & amid the Trump town hall on that network, the televisions were set to MSNBC," notes traveling pool reporter Francesa Chambers on Air Force One.
Thursday, with the end of #Title42 "will be a day of infamy," predicts Trump on CNN, with "millions of people pouring into our country right now at a level never seen before."
@darthstar@w7voa Yeah is that a US tradition, to address a former president like that, or is it a total screwup? Maybe itβs to humour him and keep him engaged and giving up the goods (bile). Either way that man is not president.
@mori@darthstar@w7voa the Americans used to call all ex-presidents "Mr. President", I noticed. But the tradition stopped with TFG, since many journalists couldn't stomach calling him that, and made up various alternatives: ex-, former, twice-impeached, once indicted former ...
Recognizing systemic racism is the first step in fighting it. There's also a bit of a double standard - Clinton, Former President Bush, Jimmy Carter, President Reagan (even though he's dead), President Ford, Richard Nixon (a rare example of a GOP not getting the label)...