Donald Trump keeps getting worse and worse. Last Friday in Aurora, Colorado, he gave a speech that was both bonkers and fascist, asserting that the city—where crime is down 17 percent—had been “conquered” by Venezuelan gangs and announcing that he’d use a 1798 law to deport them. Sunday morning, he said on Fox that “the enemy within” who might be planning any Election Day chaos—“sick people, radical left lunatics,” but presumably for the most part citizens of the United States—should be handled by the National Guard or even the military.
Of course, these things received coverage. The New York Times’ account of the Aurora speech was really quite good. The first paragraph said outright that in the speech, Trump “repeated false and grossly exaggerated claims about undocumented immigrants that local Republican officials have refuted.” It went on to explain that the demagogic claim about the gangs started as a housing dispute, was quite isolated, and was taken care of by local law enforcement.
It quoted the city’s Republican mayor as saying: “The city […]
Amen for reality and sanity. Lawrence O’Donnell is the only person in mainstream media I will watch. He’s the only one that has an accurate perspective on all things political and otherwise, IMO.
It’s about time people realize that the media has been totally remiss about not truthfully reporting about Trump—-his mental issues which are clearly visible, his will to become a true dictator, his constant lies and inability to have a normal conversation on one topic and stick to it. It shows in every single one of his rallies that he is unable to give people a definitive answer on what he would do on a number of issues. And why the press is reluctant to fully report the news about him can only be viewed by the fact that most media is owned by very rich people who want Trump’s tax cuts! Such greed is beyond belief—–lower taxes and give up our democracy?? That’s where we are? Shame on all of them. America is being harmed.