{"id":1028527,"date":"2023-12-11T23:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028527"},"modified":"2023-12-11T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T23:55:38","slug":"dnc-statement-on-trumps-pathetic-cleanup-attempt-on-being-a-dictator-on-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trumps-pathetic-cleanup-attempt-on-being-a-dictator-on-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Trump\u2019s Pathetic Cleanup Attempt On Being a \u201cDictator on Day One\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/New-War-Room-Release-Logo-16.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1028528\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-83b6ae26-7fff-38bb-d9fe-33afbdf83990\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: initial;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">In response to Donald Trump\u2019s weak <\/span><a style=\"font-size: revert;, sans-serif\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1734322163648217171?s=20\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">attempt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: initial;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\"> to walk back his shameful \u201cdictator on day one\u201d comment by claiming he was \u201cjoking,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: initial;font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;font-weight: 700;font-style: italic;vertical-align: baseline\">DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/aug\/30\/trump-interview-jail-political-opponents-glenn-beck\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">Obviously<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/07\/media\/trump-threatens-retribution-against-press\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">he\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-bring-back-travel-ban-muslim-countries\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">not<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">joking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 700;vertical-align: baseline\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><\/p><div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Georgia, serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s weak attempt to walk back his shameful \u201cdictator on day one\u201d comment by claiming he was \u201cjoking,\u201d DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:\u201cObviously, he\u2019s not joking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-1028527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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