Hogging the microphone

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Jul 14th, 2020 | By Ophelia Benson
Category: Notes and Comment Blog

Trump is holding a kind of rally disguised as a press briefing at the moment. Apparently he’s sweating heavily and failing to charm his audience.

“What a terrible question to ask” — Donald Trump reacts to George Floyd’s killing by suggesting to CBS that systemic racism is a myth because more white people are killed by cops than blacks people (nevermind that a much higher percentage of black people are) pic.twitter.com/dhnHNh4irS

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

The president is so dense that he doesn't understand freedom of speech only constrains the government. Nothing prohibits a private company from, say, banning the Confederate flag from being displayed at events. https://t.co/lSn8oLqSjj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

That really is all he says. It doesn’t answer her question, and it doesn’t connect to what she’s talking about, but it’s all he can think of to say. He really is that dense.

Imagine saying this and thinking you're making a good point https://t.co/OuAKVthtWK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

Actually, Mike, yeah, we do. That’s exactly what we want. They know more about it than we do. They sure as hell know more about it than you do.

Let's be clear about what's going on here — Trump manipulated reporters to gather at the White House so he could get attention on this absolutely unhinged rant pic.twitter.com/IGG9fzklOM

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

The “press briefing” is actually a campaign speech attacking Biden.

Trump is straight up delivering a campaign attack speech against Joe Biden from the White House pic.twitter.com/HiHdwXFyKR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2020

2 Responses to “Hogging the microphone”

#1
James Garnett
July 14, 2020 at 5:50 pm

He’s totally incomprehensible. It’s like his mouth is connected to a carnival monkey brain.
#2
iknklast
July 14, 2020 at 6:25 pm

The president is so dense that he doesn’t understand freedom of speech only constrains the government.

To be totally fair to Trump (not that I want to, mind you, I feel compelled), an awful lot of people don’t understand this. When Limbaugh got fired from his sportscasting job for racist comments, a lot of people thought they couldn’t do that. First Amendment, and all.