WATCH LIVE: Trump Holds Presser At 2 PM ET Amid Minneapolis Protests | Talking Points Memo

Follow our live coverage of President Donald Trump’s press briefing amid protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd. The public appearance comes just after Twitter flagged his tweet about the protests Friday morning as “glorifying violence” after Trump declared that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”


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This should be a barn-burner…

So many dogs to whistle to…

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This insertion of someone with this much hatred in his soul is deeply disturbing to me.

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Tinfoil Hat Time:

The pre-existing relationship between the “Cop for Trump” and this incident is not accidental.

It’s provided quite the distraction from the Covid fail and is rallying the goosesteppers at the same time.

Cui bono?

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Maybe he will resign? A girl can dream.

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Markets are down a little, been bouncing around all day. How far do you suppose they’ll tank once he opens his mouth?

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Funny but my morbid curiosity is much lower than usual. That braying jackass voice, too, I just—gah. No.

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His voice does sound like a bray…particularly in a passage from a video which concluded with Trump’s shout ending with these words:

“…you let me in!!”

I had chills listening to a malevolent spirit.

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In his what now?

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I can’t. I just cannot.

I’m going to go back and read Obama’s statement and watch Biden’s statement again.

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Oh good. Our President will speak words of calm and comfort to the nation, with all the dignity befitting his high office.

I speak, of course, of Barack Obama. The mentally ill usurper who currently occupies the White House will do something disgraceful and outrageous, as usual.

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Drop dead.

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What’s the over/under on how much time he spends bitching about twitter before he gets around to mentioning something about some protests somewhere about something?

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Trump only helps himself. There is nothing in this for him.

NOTHING

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I think he awkwardly reads something written for him about how sad it was that George Floyd “died” and decrying the violence by the protesters. Then he answers questions and immediately goes off the deep end into “very fine people on both sides” territory.

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Both bigots and racists

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He’ll skip that paragraph.

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What character defect do I have that keeps me waiting for Dumbo to provide clarity and edification regarding the Minneapolis protests and brutality of the police?

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The same thing that keeps people watching the Kardashians and other “reality” tv… Just waiting for some train wreck to watch over popcorn.

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Kardashians! Whoot! LOL!

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