Fact checking Donald Trump's speech Friday
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole.
Speaking from his namesake tower in Manhattan in a symbolic return to the campaign trail, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee delivered a message aimed squarely at his most loyal supporters. Defiant as ever, he insisted without evidence that the verdict was “rigged” and driven by politics.
“We’re going to fight," Trump said from the atrium of Trump Tower, where he descended a golden escalator to announce his 2016 campaign nine years ago next month. The machinations during the final, dramatic weeks of that campaign ultimately led to the charges that made Trump the first former president and presumptive presidential nominee of a major party to be convicted of a crime, exposing him to potential prison time.
While the guilty verdict has energized Trump’s base, fueling millions of dollars in new campaign contributions, it’s unclear how the conviction and his rambling response will resonate with the kinds of voters who are likely to decide what is expected to be an extremely close November election. They include suburban women, independents, and voters turned off by both candidates.
Speaking before dozens of reporters and cameras that carried his remarks live, Trump cast himself as a martyr, suggesting that if this could happen to him, “They can do this to anyone.”
“I’m willing to do whatever I have to do to save our country and save our Constitution. I don’t mind,” he said, as he traded the aging lower Manhattan courthouse where he spent much of the last two months for a backdrop of American flags, rose marble and brass.
“It’s a very unpleasant thing, to be honest," he added. “But it’s a great, great honor.”
President Joe Biden, responding to the verdict at the White House, said Trump “was given every opportunity to defend himself” and blasted his rhetoric.
“It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said.
Trump has made his legal woes the centerpiece of his campaign message as he has argued, without evidence, that Biden orchestrated the four indictments against him to hobble his campaign. The hush money case was filed by local prosecutors in Manhattan who don’t work for the Justice Department or any White House office.
A Manhattan jury on Thursday found Trump guilty of 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Despite the historic ruling, a convicted Trump sounded much the same as a pre-convicted Trump, as he delivered what amounted to a truncated version of his usual rally speech. He argued the verdict was illegitimate and driven by politics and sought to downplay the facts underlying the case. He said he would appeal.
“It’s not hush money. It’s a nondisclosure agreement," he said. “Totally legal, totally common.”
When Trump emerged from the courtroom immediately after the verdict Thursday, he had appeared tense and deeply angry, his words pointed and clipped. But by Friday, he seemed more relaxed - if a little congested - especially as he moved on to other topics. He did not take questions from reporters, marching off as supporters assembled in the lobby cheered.
His lawyer, Todd Blanche, who was with him at Trump Tower but didn't speak, said in an interview later Friday that he had been “shocked” by how well Trump took the verdict.
“He’s not happy about it, but there’s no defendant in the history of our justice system who’s happy about a conviction the day after," he said. “But I think he knows there’s a lot of fight left and there’s a lot of opportunity to fix this and that’s what we’re going to try to do.”
Trump has portrayed himself as a passionate supporter of law enforcement and has even talked favorably of officers handling suspects roughly. But he has spent the last two years attacking parts of the criminal justice system as it applies to him and raising questions about the honesty and motives of agents and prosecutors.
In his disjointed remarks, Trump attacked Biden's immigration and tax policies before pivoting to his case, growling that he was threatened with jail time if he violated a gag order. He cast intricate parts of the case and trial proceedings as unfair, making false statements and misrepresentations as he went.
I’m old, I’m frugal with my precious time, Trump lies! Nuff said!
I know this is a victimless crime, but you have to remember the unrest and chaos that he has caused to US democracy!!
The victim is the fraudulent 2016 campaign (no wall, Covid, massive tax cuts for wealthy, cavanaugh, coney-Bryant, corrupt appointees, dismantling government, etc.) promises to dismantle Obamacare, negated Roe-v-Wade, voting rights act (gutted)), climate change denier, so many more. First step is to reverse CITIZENS UNITED, will take (if ever) 50 years!
Yep, caused by Democrats mostly.
❤ A jury of his peers convicted him The reality is, he's a convicted felon ❤
34 times, let's not forget.
You need to say it as many times as you possible can before the Supreme Court strikes this fraudulent case down if you have any hope of treating some of your TDS. lol
They weren’t a jury of his peers.
@@michaelburke8957 you do understand the 34 represents three things. Just three.
@lolly1405 True. They were law-abiding citizens who respect our system of justice and understood clearly that no one is above the law.
Trump must go to prison or to hell with all judges
TDS really does hit hard with people, doesn't it?
❤IN GOD WE TRUST ONLY 🙏....NOT TRUMP
Stop being influenced by far left media go do more reaseach… they fool you….
If you trusted you God, you would be smarter and voting Trump because you love America more than identifying yourself by political party affiliation. Trump 2024!!!!
@kravenmoorehead7927 I'm to establish my dear to vote for a criminal You're talking to a long time? New Yorker that knows in my belief. How racist he is. That will never happen if my life depended on it. My investments and stocks is great on undet President Biden no thanks.
@@kravenmoorehead7927 When never drink that poison, cool leg.Good luck on your life
No truths in his comments
I love it when you can actually look up the information yourself because none of this is secret. It’s all public information. And say that the fact checkers are lying to you.
Why would we ever email and ask the news anything???
All this has done is make him more popular you've basically handed him the presidency. Thanks a lot
100 percent agreed
YUP,,,,,HE’S,,A FELON,,,,PERIOD,,!!!! AND,,I’m ,,HAVING A,,HARD TIME,,UNDERSTANDING,,HOW HE’S. EVEN,,ELIGIBLE TO,,BE,,PRESIDENT,,LET ALONE,,BEING ABLE TO,,REMAIN,,FREE,,
You? Me too a Convicted President we are a laughing stock as a Country...
Trump conviction 😮 just made him one of the people.
Why? He’s a LIAR
He incited an insurrection that was very violent!!
Look up the definition of insurrection 😢
Whatever happened was very bad. Call it what you may. But it was so WRONG. Thank you Republicans for making that happen. You too Donny. 😢😮
Someone tell me one thing that TRUMP has said that is TRUE
I remember him saying "I love war". He also said he loves the uneducated.
He shows his ignorance.
Rigged.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hey, do that on. Bbbiden
Why are repukelicanazi women so nasty? 🤔
Any real news?
Could y'all please create a cute little graphic like this for Kamala and Joe? Please be fair and balanced and "verify" for both sides? Your bias is showing. I am so disappointed. I really thought WCNC was the last standing fair station in our area. I am so disappointed that y'all have drunk the Kool-aid, too. JO
Joe and Kamela aren't convicted felons.
Trump sold you "wolf tickets" and you still buy them. Convicted Felon and you obviously want him as President I'm 100% sure if this was Obama you would want the Death Penalty 🤣 😂 💀 🙄
The country did great when he was present
Present, I prefer him being absent.
"He loves the uneducated" it's President by the way lol😅. What did he do? Roe vs Wade don't count because we all know Donald love screw Women that's all he did..Oh more ways than one. Vote blue 💙
Him making fun of people and name calling and lying 🤥. ETC 🤢. Ya we did great? Big bully. COWARD .
Fact checking trump is nothing new. Move on.
Trump has every right to be mad about the corrupt judge.
The judge was extremely patient with DJT's posts on social
media and his twice daily comments to the press during the trial.
Imagine any other defendant would have had stricter
measures taken. What grounds and evidence do you
have for calling the judge corrupt??
This is a mentally weak argument.
We want Trumps $2 gas 1 % inflation and peace back
You mean when everybody was laid-off, and you couldn't find toilet paper.
$2 at what pump? You still need a job we 👀...😂😅😂
Hey Joe
do you want to Pander a vote
pardon president Trump
maybe he will pardon you but I will not
Why are they knit picking everything Trump says?
This is the first wave of damage control. These "news" agencies have to push whatever they are told to push.
Because he constantly lies. And truth prevails in the USA.
"Knit picking" the man is a lunatic these are not little things. He's been Corrupt his entire life get off the pipe and smoke a joint. He's burning down our Country because he doesn't care about Nothing but Power and Money. And his Cult Followers.
Why don't they point out everything biden says ??? They could fill a huge book !!!
MTG FOR PRESIDENT 2024
YUCK
Messing around trying to get a Maga response
That's wouldn't be such a bad idea. If He could stay under water for ten minutes holding his breath. I'd vote for "Him" 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍🏾