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Trump begins his speech by bragging about ... [checks notes] ... providing disaster relief funds to Texaspic.twitter.com/k2wA54j6JQ
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Trump touts standing for the national anthem, leads crowd in "USA!" chantpic.twitter.com/pZKCTn6q0b
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Trump on tax cuts: "Everybody is benefiting and everybody is happy and the Democrats are very concerned. You watch how well we do in '18. You watch. You watch. Get out and vote."pic.twitter.com/Z4fn2jXnKP
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Trump thanks Kanye West: "Kanye West must have some power, because you probably saw, I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 percent in one. Thank you, Kanye... and we won... now the numbers are much higher than they ever were with African-Americans."pic.twitter.com/EQIvyuiEJq
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Trump tries to distance himself from Manafort: "Now Paul Manafort is a nice guy. But you know, he worked for me for a very short period of time... he is a good person, he is. I really believe he's a good person." Then proceeds to literally read news articles to the audience.pic.twitter.com/T3BFGtNaNL
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Trump characterizes "phony polls" as "suppression." "They convince you that you are wasting your time. 'Why should you vote? Go to a movie instead. Come home and watch the results.'"pic.twitter.com/TblQzyj79J
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Trump brags that he is "decimating" Obamacare, then criticizes brain cancer-stricken John McCain's vote against repeal.pic.twitter.com/ak4hkI8hW8
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After goading crowd into booing Obama, Trump mocks John Kerry for breaking his leg in a bicycle accident.
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Trump's first argument on behalf of less restrictive gun laws in America is that if more people in Paris had guns a couple years ago they might've been able to stop a terror attackpic.twitter.com/hOUWOJhORN
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Trump w/absurd commentary about purported knife-violence epidemic in London: "I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds...as bad as a warzone"pic.twitter.com/Wl3uIEF87t
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Trump calls Democrats "disgraceful," adds: "I hope we don't have to worry about it because we'll be there a long time so we won't have to worry about it, but what they're doing is disgraceful."pic.twitter.com/tJfxvWaqGS
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TRUMP: "We have laws that were written by people that truly could not love our country. Illegal immigration must end. Illegal immigration must end. We are going to have strong borders. I will tell you, we have maxed out every law."pic.twitter.com/c87b2yThG2
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Trump defends calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" during his campaign-opening speech: "Remember in my opening speech I got criticized for it. Remember? Well, guess what. They're not sending their finest. We're getting some real beauties... These are savage killers."pic.twitter.com/n6OqvlbwZx
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Trump touts his administration's policy of providing local law enforcement agencies with military gear: "They said 'it's too much protection. It looks too strong. It looks like military.' Guess what? It's now being distributed all over to our police forces."pic.twitter.com/9hQ8TOIpcd
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Trump addresses Parkland shooting, says, "all of us agree that we must harden certain schools... We want armed guards... We strongly believe in allowing highly trained teachers to carry concealed weapons."pic.twitter.com/iSHC8fBmXF
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TRUMP: "Tragically, there's no sign more inviting to a mass killer than a sign that declares 'this school is a gun-free zone. 'Come in and take us. You know they're cowards... there's no stronger deterrent for a sick individual than knowledge that attack will end their life."pic.twitter.com/GYwJ71gbjA
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Trump claims Texas wouldn't exist if "early Texans" hadn't refused to give up their guns, adds, "The Texans refused. You refuse. You're tough. That's right. They were not about to give up their only means of self-defense."pic.twitter.com/nU9502DYlP
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Trump closes with this: "I'm doing the right thing. I'm doing it for you, but we're doing the right thing. We're doing the right thing together. I want to thank again all of our friends and patriots from the NRA. We will never fail, and we will always protect your 2nd amendment."pic.twitter.com/SjqHKp5k8j
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