In Unhinged Propaganda Rally, Trump Proclaims Victory After Impeachment Acquittal

[riversedge]

Source: huff post



02/06/2020 12:52 pm ET Updated 11 minutes ago

The president and his allies immediately launched attacks against Sen. Mitt Romney, the only Republican to vote to convict Trump.


In improvisational ramblings that appeared more like fascist propaganda than a White House event, President Donald Trump on Thursday declared victory after Senate Republicans acquitted him in impeachment proceedings that were largely favorable toward him.

As the former reality television host walked to his lectern, he received a standing ovation while “Hail to the Chief” played, before launching into an unhinged riff targeting some of his favorite and most frequently mentioned subjects, listing them off in a Mad Libs-like frenzy.

The speech, which resembled his ad-libbed campaign rallies, was held in the East Room, typically reserved for more measured and sometimes somber official White House events.

“We had the witch hunt. It started the day we came down the elevator,” he said, referring to his campaign launch in June of 2015. “And it never really stopped.”

“It was evil, it was corrupt, it was dirty cops, it was leakers, it was liars, and no president should ever have to go through this,” he continued. “Dirty cops. Bad people.”

“We went through hell, unfairly,” Trump continued, after pontificating on various subjects, as he does at his campaign rallies. “We did nothing wrong.”......................................

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unhinged is a mild term. IMHO

[riversedge]

1. A few comments from reporters.........

Fox believes Trump did not LIE

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[ancianita]

2. +1000 Awesome. We need to keep spreading these reporters and their witness.

[olegramps]

11. It was a bizarre mob of boot licking kiss-asses. Reminded me of a Hitler rally.

I was waiting for them to start screaming Hail Trump our beloved Fuhrer.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. delusional rant

the man is certifiable.

[Iliyah]

4. America request a legal and . . .

certifiable mental health exam of shithole . . .

He is nuts.

[TeamPooka]

5. At least he learned his lesson, huh Susan Collins?

fuck them all.
destroy all Republicans in November at the ballot box.

[2naSalit]

10. +++++++++++++++++++!!!

[winstars]

6. "It started the day we came down the elevator" IT WAS AN ESCALATOR YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!!

[smb]

16. Good Thing The Power Didn't Go Out...

...he could have been stuck on that escalator for hours!

[Dem2theMax]

18. Darn it. If it went off and stayed off, he'd still be there.

And Hillary would be president.

[ffr]

7. Fixed. The grifter and his axis of evil, immediately launched...

My brain automatically translates what I'm reading on the fly.

It should be labeled what it is.

[rickyhall]

8. Learned his lesson, aye, Senator Collins (R, Idiot)?

[Initech]

9. Is there anything he does that isn't unhinged?

I feel like if it's something Trump does, the answer is always going to be an automatic "yes".

[murielm99]

12. Why was he blathering at all?

None of it made sense.

[cstanleytech]

13. Easy to claim victory when you have co-conspirators protecting you from the consequences of

your criminal acts in the Senate.

[oldsoftie]

14. We all knew this was coming.

I knew it was coming the day the House filed to Impeach. He gets to say "see? I told you"

[jcmaine72]

15. Yep. Still sucks to see, though.

I hate seeing this asshole arrogantly preen about with his chest out. I can't wait for November to see that hubristic smirk knocked off that flabby, orange face of his.

[olddad65]

17. "It appeared more like fascist propaganda"

Ah, perhaps that is exactly what it was. Trump is a fascist dictator who is very closely aligned with the fascist dictator Vladimir Putin.

We no longer live in a democracy. That should be obvious by now.

[Maxheader]

19. May the spineless bastards..

lose their elections and become unemployable..No lobbyist jobs..no book deal, no appearances, ...nada, nothing.

End up living underneath bridges with the other homeless people....

It needs to serve as an example for those other potential americun traitors...
You will pay for lying to the american people and disgracing this country...

[3Hotdogs]

20. It will be known as his "poor widdle me" speech.