And I hope to land a date with Carmen Electra, but I don’t plan my future around it. https://t.co/nnHkEAKRLW
— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) August 25, 2020
The staging and costuming is very… military. pic.twitter.com/GIbuaxQG9H
— Emily Rauhala (@emilyrauhala) August 26, 2020
Michelle Obama absolutely didn't give this speech.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 26, 2020
Melania, like Larry Kudlow, is speaking about Covid-19 in the *past* tense.
More than a thousand people died from Covid in the U.S. today.
Again.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 26, 2020
Except for the immense cynicism behind it, which you're ignoring. https://t.co/h3TTMDmVeb
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 26, 2020
Trump announced that Melania would hold a news conference to address reports that she violated immigration laws when she first came to the U.S. He said this would happen "over the next couple of weeks."
That was almost exactly 4 years ago. Still waiting.https://t.co/S5Dm8Xc8nW— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 26, 2020
Also, Florida Grifter Crony…
Pretty amazing foresight to have Pam Bondi give a speech blasting corrupt nepotism and undeserved enrichment on the government’s back as a prelude to…(checks notes) speeches from two Trump kids and his wife.
— (((Michael Koplow))) (@mkoplow) August 26, 2020
What a remarkable choice.https://t.co/eam0o9ktyF
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) August 26, 2020
Specifically a bribe from his charity that is now outlawed per an agreement with the State of New York that also resulted in basically half the remaining RNC speakers being barred from running another charity. https://t.co/9HuGGlLfH6
— Zeddy (@Zeddary) August 26, 2020
But they pulled the QAnon / Protocols speaker… for now…
“Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world.” https://t.co/6SDmPxEcp4
— andrew kaczynski?? (@KFILE) August 25, 2020
She shouldn't have been there. It was a monumental failure of vetting. She's not a freak exception, but representative of a real strand of Republican politics. That said, it's good the Trump campaign is repudiating her and not going to the mat for her. https://t.co/mIVQM3NRuJ
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 26, 2020
YES. We're upset about the anti-Semitism, but never forget this woman was there for racist reasons. Her son was tragically killed in a car crash with a drunk driver who happened to be undocumented, so they put her on stage to blame foreigners for sins that are not unique to them. https://t.co/AET288NgZn
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 26, 2020
gotta put five bucks here trump finds out they cancelled her and forces her back on the schedule tomorrow
— kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 26, 2020
EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED!!!
Mary Ann Mendoza, the "angel mom" speaking tonight at #RNC2020 about her son who died in a car crash with an immigrant, spoke at an event promoting Steve Bannon's fraudulent border wall scheme that got him arrested: https://t.co/iqgITkdtyW pic.twitter.com/74chfz6aJQ
— Jean Guerrero (@jeanguerre) August 25, 2020
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