{"id":1002826,"date":"2018-11-02T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002826"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:04","slug":"trump-fails-to-distract-voters-with-conspiracy-theory-laden-stump-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-with-conspiracy-theory-laden-stump-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fails To Distract Voters With \u2018Conspiracy-Theory Laden Stump Speech\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly tried and failed to change the conversation ahead of the midterm elections with lies and conspiracies. His \u201cannouncement\u201d yesterday was just more of the same. The media and Americans across the country know exactly what Trump\u2019s doing, and they aren\u2019t fooled.<\/p>\n

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Reporters saw right through Trump\u2019s latest distraction, which was nothing more than a \u201cfear-mongering stump speech.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vox<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump got cable news to carry him live and uninterrupted for nearly half an hour from the West Wing Thursday, where he gave what amounted to a fear-mongering stump speech in the final days before the midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vox\u2019s Laura McGann<\/a>: \u201cTrump’s giving his conspiracy theory-laden stump speech from the West Wing and it’s being aired on CNN unchallenged.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Politico\u2019s Ben White<\/a>: \u201cI assume at some point he is winding around to an asylum proposal. But thus far Trump has offered false statements and fear mongering manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times Fact Checker<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Falsehood-Laden Speech on Immigration\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daily Beast\u2019s Marlow Stern<\/a>: \u201csuch little truth in this trump speech, as per usual\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cIn a speech at the White House on Thursday, Trump ratcheted up his attacks on the migrants, insisting without evidence that the impoverished families walking toward the U.S. are violent invaders who will endanger Americans\u2019 safety if they\u2019re allowed into the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump, joined by many Republican candidates, is dramatically escalating his efforts to take advantage of racial divisions and cultural fears in the final days of the midterm campaign, part of an overt attempt to rally white supporters to the polls and preserve the GOP\u2019s congressional majorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cIn a rambling speech on Thursday afternoon that was riddled with falsehoods and vague promises to confront a \u2018crisis\u2019 at the border, Mr. Trump used the official backdrop of the White House to step up his efforts to demonize a caravan of Central Americans that has been making its way through Mexico, assail Democrats, and promote a vision of a United States that would be better off with fewer immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly tried and failed to change the conversation ahead of the midterm elections with lies and conspiracies. His \u201cannouncement\u201d yesterday was just more of the same. The media and Americans across the country know exactly what Trump\u2019s doing, and they aren\u2019t fooled.   Reporters saw right through Trump\u2019s latest distraction, which was nothing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Fails To Distract Voters With \u2018Conspiracy-Theory Laden Stump Speech\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-with-conspiracy-theory-laden-stump-speech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-02T18:34:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-with-conspiracy-theory-laden-stump-speech\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-fails-to-distract-voters-with-conspiracy-theory-laden-stump-speech\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Fails To Distract Voters With \u2018Conspiracy-Theory Laden Stump Speech\u2019 - 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