WH Rips Biden For Not Visiting Kenosha | Talking Points Memo

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Monday managed to jab Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as she responded to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) plea for President Trump to cancel his upcoming trip to Kenosha amid unrest over the shooting of Jacob Blake by police.


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Dems have the advantage on this issue post Portland. Nobody wants Trump there, and he’s all in on inciting right wing violence against protesters. That’s not a winning issue. You’re seeing it in the polling. Trump has no bounce, is down 7 among military voters, down 15 in FL-13 (Pinellas county), has given ground among white voters in deep red Pasco County, FL, among other data points.

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McEnany argued that Trump’s visit to Kenosha on Tuesday shows that he is “demonstrating his respect for the American people by actually going to places where Americans are hurting.”

I cannot be the only person to notice that wherever and whenever Trump shows up Americans are hurting.

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Thanks for starting off my day on a high note.

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Going to be a very long couple of months until the election…

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Hatch Act Violation #2,483. And it’s only Monday. Not to be outdone I see Hogan Gridley is also on the Hatch Act bandwagon this morning.

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And if Biden went to Kenosha, Fox bots could slam him for diverting police from their necessary duties protecting the citizens.

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The subtext:

General Trump, a true wartime president, is going to Kenosha to personally direct his militia followers to start engaging in direct violence against the radical left troops of antifa.

It’s almost like a video game come to life.

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Yeah…Ill bet that “concern” is authentic as hell…right. Trump is the president. It’s his job to show up. Had Biden gone the yak would be…“he’s not the President why is he acting like he is”. Fuck these folks.

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If Joe Biden spread his arms and flew there under his own power they’d find a way to say he’d done it wrong.

Has the fat motherfucker dropped dead yet?

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“…So this President is always willing to help and he’s going to show up and he’ll be there tomorrow.”

Har har har…Kenosha has asked Trump to not show up and truth be told, Trump only want to show up for photo op and to stoke the fires of chaos and violence!

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Um, Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian specifically asked Cockholster NOT to come. As did Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers.

That sort of explains why he’s going.

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Did you just ask if Trump’s dropped dead yet? Let me clutch my pearls. But…I agree. All that junk food. Gotta be a coronary in the works.

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I start the day by asking if he’s resigned or dropped dead and I just skipped the resigned this AM.

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Tiresome. If for nothing else, vote them out for just being tiresome (and not getting anything useful done for all of our citizens).

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Note to press - Please, Plese, Please stop covering this moron. White House Press Briefings are official functions. You have no obligation to give free publicity to campaign BS.

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It’s the better of the two options.

They’re under no obligation to cover WH press briefings either.

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Which one? I’ll take either.

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WH Rips Biden For Not Visiting Kenosha, Unlike Trump Who ‘Shows Up’

‘Shows Up’ … even when he is asked NOT TO! - Please! Not NOW !

Trump is the classic intrusive politician who just barges into situations for a photo op

Funny … he brags that he is NOT a typical politician … guess he’s correct - HE’s WORSE!

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