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J.D. Vance Gets Busted For Lying Like A Rug About Trump’s Record On Jobs And Tariffs

Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance got a brutal fact-check on live television earlier today when he attempted to lie about job creation and tariffs on imports during an appearance on Face the Nation.

Vance, who is also a leading contender to be former president Donald Trump’s running mate in this year’s election, was asked by host Margaret Brennan how more tariffs would make American products less expensive.

“So how is the Trump-Vance idea here going to help make things more affordable for people if you’re putting taxes on goods they’re purchasing from overseas?” she inquired.

“Well, I don’t necessarily buy the premise there, Margaret,” Vance responded. “If you apply tariffs, really what it is is you’re saying that we’re going to penalize you for using slave labor in China and importing that stuff in the United States.”

“What you end up doing is you end up making more stuff in America, in Pennsylvania, in Ohio, and in Michigan,” he insisted.

“That did not happen in the Trump administration, though,” Brennan noted.

“Well, it actually did happen in the Trump administration, Margaret,” Vance claimed. “Manufacturing jobs came back.”

Nope. That’s not even remotely true.

As a matter of fact, manufacturing jobs have just begun to come back in large numbers since President Joe Biden was elected, with PolitiFact noting that some 800,000 manufacturing jobs have been added since he took office:

  • Official federal data shows President Joe Biden, in office 45 months, is right on the number of manufacturing jobs created, although presidents do not control the economy single-handedly.
  • The first three-quarters of those job gains represented a return to pre-recession levels.
  • Comparing historical patterns 45 months out from a recession’s onset reveals Biden-era manufacturing employment to be the strongest in 72 years, and the second strongest since the end of World War II.

Trump, on the other hand, saw massive losses in the manufacturing sector, due in large part to the tariffs he imposed on China, Politico reported in September 2020.

Four years after he won the Midwest by vowing to revitalize the U.S. manufacturing workforce, President Donald Trump is campaigning for reelection on a job well done. The numbers tell a different story.

Trump’s anti-trade agenda and a pandemic-induced recession have combined to shutter factories and accelerate decades-old trends toward automation, eliminating hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs, many for good, including in the Rust Belt states he needs to win in November.

The Biden-Harris campaign also joined in fact-checking Sen. Vance, who is willing to kiss Trump’s fat ass 24/7 if he thinks it will secure him a spot on the 2024 GOP ticket.

Nice try, senator, but you’re just as full of shit as the lying rapist you’re praying will choose you to be his VP.

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‘Glitched Out’ Trump Goes Silent For Extended Period During Surreal Speech To NRA

There are new concerns this morning that former president Donald Trump may be mentally impaired and getting worse by the day after remarks he made Saturday at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas, Texas.

Specifically, Trump stopped talking near the end of his speech for nearly two minutes.

The disgraced ex-president lavished praise on the Lone Star State, telling attendees, “You have a great governor, you have a great lieutenant governor. You have incredible congress people you have just fantastic people. The Texas spirit of proud independence was forged by cowboys and cattle hands, ranchers and rangers, oil workers, soldiers, and brave, brave, brave, pioneers. Many came here with nothing but the boots on their feet, the clothes on their back, and a gun…”

“Come and take it,” Trump added, referencing a phrase popular among pro-Second Amendment extremists.

“Come and take it. Together they helped make America into the single greatest nation in the history of the world.”

And then…nothing. Just music and no words.

When he finally began speaking again, Trump said, “But now we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation. We are a nation that has the highest inflation in 58 years. Our banks are collapsing, and interest rates are skyrocketing.”

As the video began circulating on social media, many people noted that Trump may not make it to November while his supporters insisted he had just paused for “dramatic effect.”

Donald keeps saying that President Joe Biden should be drug tested before they debate for the first time on June 27. But perhaps Trump should have a full physical workup before he’s allowed to continue his campaign.

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Trump Blames ‘Crappy Contractor’ After He Almost Topples Over During Friday Rally

Disgraced and multiply-indicted former president Donald Trump nearly toppled over during a Friday evening rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he immediately suggested the contractor who had constructed the dais was to blame.

According to Newsweek, a video clip of the moment was shared online by the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign.

As you’ll see in the video, the minute Trump begins lurching to his left and grabs the podium, he turns his ire to someone else, even though it may have been his staffers who put the dais in place.

“You know, this is the worst platform,” Trump said. “Who put this stage up?”
“It keeps tilting further left,” he added. “Like too many other things.”What a crappy contractor this was.”

The Biden-Harris HQ team noted, “A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling his event workers ‘crappy.'”

During his Friday evening speech in St. Paul, Trump also said that while he was willing to debate President Joe Biden, he thinks Biden should be required to take a drug test before the debate begins.

“I just wanna debate this guy, but you know, I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way. I am. No, I really am. I don’t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite.”

The video has now gone viral with over 218,000 views and nearly 1,000 shares. Some of the comments from Twitter are also worthy of notice.

 

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Internet Explodes With Mockery After Lauren Boebert Says Trump Is ‘Pretty’ When He Sleeps In Court

Determined to prove that she’s the cultiest of Trump cult members, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) happily declared yesterday that if indeed former president Donald Trump is falling asleep during his hush money/election fraud trial in Manhattan, it’s perfectly fine because the disgraced ex-head of state looks “pretty” when he does so.

According to HuffPost, Boebert’s remarks came in response to mockery from a Democratic congressman.

“I think he’s praying,” she said after Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) detailed all the times Trump is said to have dozed in court. “But if he is sleeping, y’know, he certainly looks pretty while he sleeps. Maybe it’s an endearing moment of prayer, though.”

Boebert also tried to defend Trump’s inability to stay awake by claiming that the same thing happens to her.

“I know when I fall asleep on airplanes my mouth kinda drops open. And y’know his mouth is kinda tight-lipped, so maybe it’s just a somber moment of thought.”

The word “pretty” has never and should never be applied to anyone with an appearance as clownish and downright disgusting as Donald Trump. The man looks like a Halloween pumpkin that was left out in the heat for several days and then topped with some rotting straw discovered in a cow pasture.

As you’d expect, social media had lots of fun with Boebert’s remarks.

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Legal Expert: Hush Money Jurors Just Gave A Clue They Believe Cohen Instead Of Trump

At least six of the twelve jurors who will decide whether or not former president Donald Trump falsified business records and interfered in the 2016 election clearly believe his former attorney, Michael Cohen, and showed that during testimony on Tuesday, according to CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen.

“I was watching the jury and at different points in Cohen’s testimony, you had the jury [who] doesn’t always do this. I counted six jurors who were nodding or smiling, or agreeing with Cohen at one point in his testimony,” Eisen noted.

“It’s like a presidential debate: both sides want to suppress expectations and the DA did that brilliantly in setting this moment.”

Eisen later expanded on his televised comments in an op-ed for CNN.

“At that moment and at multiple points during the day, I saw something I had not seen before with any witness in this trial: Cohen was talking directly to the jury, and all the jurors were looking at and listening to him. It seemed to me that he had established a genuine human bond with the jury over the course of his lengthy direct examination.”

With the defense continuing to cross-examine Cohen this morning, Eisen also had some thoughts regarding today’s courtroom fireworks.