This audio is absolutely batshit. Like even more than his baseline of batshit.https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1267516896800321540 …
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Trump: "There going to be loading it. It's like a military operation...We're talking about a war which it is a war in a certain sense. And we're going to end it fast.
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Larry Hogan reiterating how a lot of occupy wall street has honed their craft.
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Trump: "...they have bricks. They come armed with bricks. And they have bricks and rocks. Big rocks. And tehy have other things and they throw them. You know, your'e allowed to fight back. You don't have to have a brick hit you in the face and you don't do anything about it..."
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Trump: "...Now I'm not asking my attorney general perhaps he'll stop me from saying that but I would think that if a brick is thrown at somebody and it hits them ... you're very strong powerful people are allowed to fight back at that guy. And very strongly and powerfully."
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"We have a situation with flag burning. I'm not a believer in flag burning...I would think that if states would want to pass a law you're not allowed to burn flags, with a certain punishment, a strong punishment, I would think the United States Government would be backing you up.
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Trump: "I would think the United States Government would love to see somebody go and do that. Cause I think flag burning is a disgrace...and we have a different court. And I think it's time to review that again."
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Trump: "I think it's time to relook at that issue. Hopefully the supreme court will accept that...so if you wanted to try and pass some very powerful flag burning statue again...anti-flag burning...I hope you do it because we will back you 100%, all the way."
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45 minutes into this is the first time someone (Jarad Polis, D-CO) brought up Coronavirus and public health.
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Henry McMaster (R, SC): "I don't think we're prosecuting enough people."
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McMaster: "So strength works. You have to dominate like you said. I think its time to get serious about prosecuting these people. Finding out where the organizations are, who is paying the money, we've been hearing some of them get a bonus if they get arrested."
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Trump: "You know, if someone is throwing a rock, that's like shooting a gun. What's the difference between having a brick that weighs 10 lb hit somebody in the face...and there is no retribution. So you have to do retribution, in my opinion."
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Some governor is calling trump out for inflamatory speech and saying it was not okay for an officer to choke Floyd Hall to death. The audio is really bad couldn't catch who. It is the first time someone said so. 52 minutes in.
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@washingtonpost] “I am extraordinarily concerned about the rhetoric that has been used by you,” Pritzker told Trump. “We have to call for calm, we have to have police reform called for … The rhetoric coming out of the White House is making it worse.”Show this thread -
Trump: "Well thank you very much, I don't like your rhetoric much either.
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Trump: "I thought what happened was a disgrace. I thought what happened was a disgrace. And those police officers. The whole world was disgraced by it, not just our country. Nobody can tell me I haven't spoken about it, I spoke about it at great length."
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"We need law and order in our country, if we don't have law and order we don't have a country."
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Concluding: "Be strong. Be tough. Be smart. Be safe. Be safe, very important. We honor many people. And we have to do it right. Many many people. We honor, as you know, Mr Floyd, but we honor many other people that have been badly hurt and killed."
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