President Trump will hold a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina later this month.
Coincidentally, on the same day that special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify publicly before the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees.
āTrump said Mueller āmustā keep his testimony within the realms of the report that he released on his investigation, before devolving into his āNo Collusion, No Obstruction,ā āGreat Hoaxā mantra.ā
So Mueller must carefully stick to a narrow set of facts, while Trump can spew whatever lies he wants. This exemplifies how the impeachable damning results of the investigation were subsumed by the tactics of Trump and Barr, and I fear Aged Orange may just survive this.
Did I miss something? I donāt recall Mueller testifying yet in his capacity as Special Counsel.
The perfect epithet for Donald Trump.
As the Tangerine Twatwaddle would say: āSad.ā
I thought so, too. I understood that it will be a member from his team only.
This is the chance for congress to educate the public of what IS IN the Mueller report. Iāve read it and it is disgusting what Trump and Russia have gotten a way with. So, fine by me if they stay within the bounds of the report. Iām positive Trumpass has not read the report, otherwise, he wouldnāt be saying this.
Any news outlet choosing to air tRumpās rally, thereby giving him far more air time than he deserves, rather than covering the hearing with Mueller in attendance, before, during and after his momentous testimony, should be ridiculed to no end. Faux news will air it to the rubes non-stop. Anyone else that has an ounce of integrity will not allow themselves to be distracted no matter what kind of rabbit and bad behavior tRump pulls out of his hat at that rally to divert attention.
tRump believes the worst thing you can do is ignore him. He would rather have bad publicity, even if he has to generate it himself, to fuel his message and misdirect the public from the truth over rightly being ignored for doing so.
This is yet another indication that he is terrified of what Mueller will say.
Look at it this wayā¦
Suppose he ignored Mueller.
That could be interesting. I donāt think of ECU as a conserative school and though Iād guess a lot of white folks in eastern NC are conserative, other than the school and associated hospital, I think of that area as pretty low income whites and non whites and a few rich big farmers.
Of course this is intentional, and it will work. All he has to do is say a few outrageous things and every nightly newscast will give him just as much coverage as the entire Muller testimony that day so as to be āfair to both sidesā. So for the average nightly news viewer the entire thing will be a āhe said, he saidā scandal.
As dumb as trump is, he and the republicans fundamentally understand how to manipulate the MSM into giving them the coverage they want (or at least blunting bad coverage) far far better than the Dems.
Diversion 101, but itās not gonna work.
Yeah, because apparently the internet isnāt a thing to him
Iām pretty sure the rally will occur after Muellerās testimony. Plenty of time for the Tangerine Terror to dream up more lies and maybe come up with a stupid nickname. Guess which show Iām going to watch and which one I will ignore.
We do not know what Mueller will say on July 17thā¦but we know what he wroteā¦and that was what Barr allowed for us to see.
Let that sink in and cheer up, people.
For āmop-upā timeā¦with a very very VERY ragged and rancid mop.
I agree that more people actually need to hear what is actually in the Mueller report. Iāve been listening to an audio version while Iāve been on my summer break from teaching. Even though Iāve followed the events as a committed reader of TPM, the details in the Mueller report outlining the scope of actions of the IRA and GRU to influence the election and hack into various organizations is sobering. (Iām not even halfway through at this point). How can any US citizens not be outraged by the Russian efforts to sabotage the 2016 election? Even if they donāt see the actions of people related to the Trump campaign and administration as intentional efforts to work with Russia, itās distressing to observe the lack of concern and willingness to overlook the serious implications of appearing to cooperate with the attack on our election process.
Who is paying for the rally and for all
the other similar rallies? That includes the cost for Air Force One, the security detail, transportation for any random family member or sycophant.
His alternative is to start a war with Iran. Iāll take a rally.
Are we- somehow supposed to care about another of Trumpās rallies in the DEEP South? Theyāre all the same.