We are just a few hours from the most spectacularly insane Trump rally ever, expect hyperbole, expect lying, expect racism, expect crazy like the world has never seen. Will the president strip? It’s a distinct possibility. https://t.co/g95Rg14UAv
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 21, 2018
There's a decent chance Trump kills someone at his rally tonight.
Drone strike on Cohen's house, Sessions in a guillotine, something.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 21, 2018
On the bright side, Trump will get all the networks covering his rally tonight. Ratings will be tremendous, the best ever.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 21, 2018
From early reports, looks like the biggest news from the rally is that it was a bog-standard Trump rally — no epic meltdowns, no mention of the day’s earlier events. SAD!
Biggest takeaway that I can see: Trump *is* still capable of pulling himself together to get through another one of his Greatest Hits Arena Shows, like any other professional performer on auto-pilot. Bad news for the rest of the Repub criminals… it’s gonna be that much harder to convince anyone outside The Base that “we” need to take away Granpa’s car keys & checkbook if the old man can fumble convincingly through a competency performance in front of a sympathetic judge.
Ah, well, we all live with our little disappointments…
I heard the government bagged several swamp people just this afternoon. https://t.co/KC2SUgRpsZ
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 21, 2018
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2018
The crowd at tonight’s Trump rally in West Virginia is chanting, “Drain that swamp” and “Lock her up," on a day where the president’s former lawyer pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and his former campaign chairman was convicted on eight counts of fraud charges.
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) August 21, 2018
Trump topics so far at campaign rally, hours after news of his former aides' serious criminal problems:
-won "by 42 points" in West Virginia
-ESPN
-economy
-Gov. Jim Justice's big size. "I won't talk about the weight." pic.twitter.com/xgbTa3yxUC— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) August 21, 2018
"Sir" alert: Trump claims he came to West Virginia before the election and told coal miners he'd help them learn how to make "little widgets or gidgets or gadgets," but they responded, "Sir, we wanna keep coal."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 21, 2018