Trump: "Democrats produce mobs, Republicans produce jobs. Hashtag. Right? That's called hashtag. That's a new hashtag. That's a hot one."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 20, 2018
— Neeners777 (@marygribbin809) October 20, 2018
The very civil crowd cheers very civilly when our civil president brings up Gianforte body slamming a reporter
More civil cheering when he says attacking reporters helps republicans win elections pic.twitter.com/tvNHOrBvmz
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 19, 2018
Reporter: "Do you regret bringing up, last night at your rally, the assault on a reporter by a Congressman?"
President Trump: "No, not at all … That was a different league and different world." pic.twitter.com/vHvGbRsMOy
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 19, 2018
In a couple weeks, Trump is going to be raving about how the guys who worked the bone saw. "Really manly. You ever cut off a limb? Wow, that's a lot of work. Takes a lot of muscle. Those are my kind of guys."
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 19, 2018
Steve Scalise was the guy shot and almost killed at the Congressional baseball practice:
He wasn’t “ribbing” Gianforte, he was praising him. He said Gianforte’s body-slam made Gianforte “my kind of – he’s my guy.” He then acknowledged, “I shouldn’t say this.” Then he told Gianforte, “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” https://t.co/H6NhFNF0R0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 19, 2018
They specifically tasked him to do it because doing so serves as an innoculaton against the obvious response to the absurdity of the statement.
— CavsKermit (@JbkJbk1234) October 19, 2018
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