A supporter of failed one-term ex-president Donald Trump tried to attack anti-Trump protesters in New York City Tuesday morning and had to be pulled away by police.
David Mack of BuzzFeed News shared video of the incident on Twitter and it quickly went viral.
“A Trump supporter just rushed the banner and tried to tear it up. Started attacking the anti-Trump protesters. Very ugly and heated. Swarmed by media. Police struggled to get in to break it up. Getting heated.”
JUST NOW: A Trump supporter just rushed the banner and tried to tear it up. Started attacking the anti-Trump protesters. Very ugly and heated. Swarmed by media. Police struggled to get in to break it up. Getting heated. pic.twitter.com/H2pfiHI2cN
Law enforcement had to step in and separate the two groups.
The confrontation came just hours before Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is scheduled to hold a pro-Trump rally in the very same area of downtown Manhattan.
The disgraced former president will be arraigned, booked, fingerprinted, and photographed at 1:30 pm. He will then return to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and make a speech later this evening.
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, a Republican member of the panel got his head handed to him when he attempted to mansplain something to one of the Democrats on the committee.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) made a last-minute request to enter into the record a letter on the topic of “political violence” from Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, which led Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) to respond, “Another thing we can’t examine because he’s not here.”
Committee Chairman Jim Jordan snapped back, “You can examine it; it’s a document.”
Plaskett countered, “No, examine him for what he wrote and the intent behind it.”
Johnson walked the letter over to Plaskett, which led to her almost throwing the document at him and noting that she didn’t him “mansplaining” things to her.
The clip has since gone viral on Twitter, and once you see it, you’ll know why.
While disgraced former president Donald Trump and his most ardent acolytes (including some who are members of Congress), love to say that President Joe Biden is in poor health, the evidence would seem to suggest that Trump is the one who needs a medical intervention.
There have also been hints that Trump’s health may indeed be failing, with the one-term ex-president noting in an off-handed comment that he might not run in 2024 due to health complications.
In a 2022 interview withThe Washington Post, Trump remarked:
“You always have to talk about health. You look like you’re in good health, but tomorrow, you get a letter from a doctor saying come see me again. That’s not good when they use the word again.”
NBC News notes that the comment drew plenty of interest and raised all sorts of questions about a man who is known to hedge the truth when it comes to any information regarding himself.
Add to that something said by Rev. Franklin Graham, who told Axios:
“I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does. I don’t. “You know the guy does not eat well, you know, and it’s amazing the energy that he has.”
And now we have a new video of Trump at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort,
In the video, Trump looks incredibly obese, red-faced, and is moving slowly. He also appears to be having trouble breathing and can barely speak to acknowledge the reception from those who are in the room with him.
Granted, Trump has looked like a beached whale for years now, but he looks even heavier in this latest video, and he almost seems to be in a daze as he walks though the frame and mumbles to the supporters.
The video set off plenty of chatter on social media.
He’s sooooo gross. Imagine how his Depends smells after a full round of golf in the Florida swamp heat. I think that’s why they’re tellin people to step back…
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has gone viral with comments he made in response to criticism from failed former president Donald Trump, and he’s also drawing praise for perfectly countering the lies and bullshit the disgraced ex-president made during his visit to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on Thursday.
The back and forth between Buttigieg and Trump began when the one-term, twice-impeached former president was asked about his administration “pulling back rail regulations” which may have contributed to the derailment.
As he often does, Trump insisted, “I had nothing to do with it.” But the facts suggest otherwise, as Newsweek reports:
Speaking to investigative news outlet TheLever, Steven Ditmeyer, a former top official at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), said the “severity” of the accident was likely increased by the lack of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic (ECP) brakes.
A rule was passed under President Barack Obama that made it a requirement for trains carrying hazardous flammable materials to have ECP brakes, but this was rescinded in 2017 by the Trump administration.
That led a reporter to ask Buttigieg about what Trump said when the Transportation Secretary was in East Palestine:
“You mentioned the national political figures decided to get involved, it sounds like you’re talking about Trump. And then you said, ‘I need your help.’ How can he help?”
Buttigieg responded:
“Well, one thing he could do is express support for reversing the deregulation that happened on his watch. I heard him say he had ‘nothing to do with it,’ even though it was in his administration. So if he had nothing to do with it, and they did it in his administration against his will, maybe he could come out and say that, that he supports us moving in a different direction.”
The secretary continued:
“We’re not afraid to own our policies when it comes to raising the bar on regulation. And I’ve got to think that him indicating that this is something that everybody ,no matter how much you disagree on politics and presidential campaigns, can get behind – higher fines, tougher regulations on safety, Congress on tying our hands on breaking rules, all the other things that go with it that’d be a nice thing for him to do.”
Buttigieg: One thing Trump can do is express support for reversing the deregulation that happened on his watch. I heard him say he had nothing to do with it. So if he had nothing to do with it.. pic.twitter.com/GclGYPOm3l
In just 24 hours time, the video of Buttigieg’s remarks has been viewed nearly 2 million times, leading HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte to note:
“Never really understood why Republicans think picking fights with him is a good idea. He is hands down the Biden administration’s best communicator, he takes apart the criticism, turns them back on the critics, and does it all without sounding mad.”
Never really understood why Republicans think picking fights with him is a good idea.
He is hands down the Biden administration's best communicator, he takes apart the criticism, turns them back on the critics, and does it all without sounding mad. https://t.co/QOn7pmPZ4W
Video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) laying a verbal smackdown on a condescending House Republican colleague has gone viral on social media.
During floor debate Thursday on a bill that would require the federal government “to approve a plan to increase drilling on federal lands and waters” before drawing fuel from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in non-emergency cases, Ocasio-Cortez proposed an amendment to the legislation, HuffPost reports.
(AOC) argued in a speech on the House floor Thursday that leasing more land to fossil fuel companies wouldn’t guarantee a drop in gas prices and added that companies making profits won’t “pass along” the savings to consumers.
“What leasing more land does do, however, is guarantee that we will accelerate the devastating impact of climate change,” Ocasio-Cortez argued.
That led Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) to rise and address Ocasio-Cortez:
“You care about the air quality, you care about climate change. Natural gas is what got America there. Educate yourself on that.”
In response, Ocasio-Cortez took a rhetorical flamethrower to Duncan, telling him:
“I understand in this body it’s not the first time that it seems as though the opposing side can’t seem to be able to debate the issue and so they must come after my character.
“While I cannot control the fact that the other side seems to have made the assumption that I am uneducated, one of the things I can say… is while I may not work for Wall Street, that is true. I may not be here with the mission to increase profits for corporations, that is true. My mission here is for the well-being and dignity of our family and our planet’s future, for our children’s ability to live on this planet.”
Duncan: Educate Yourself AOC: While I cannot control the fact that the other side has made the assumption that I am uneducated, one of the things that I can say is that I may not be here with the mission to increase profits for corporations.. pic.twitter.com/KjI8tVxUsz
She also took Duncan to task later in the day on Twitter:
“Fewer things are more predictable than Republicans having a meltdown when I’m clearing them in a debate.”
“In case you’re curious about why this man is so angry with me, it may be because I introduced an amendment to a GOP bill that would prohibit oil and gas companies who engage in stock buybacks from leasing federal lands,” she wrote, adding “Seems as though I hit a nerve!”
Fewer things are more predictable than Republicans having a meltdown when I’m clearing them in debate. 💅🏽 https://t.co/AoLRNQDh8f
In case you’re curious about why this man is so angry with me, it may be because I introduced an amendment to a GOP bill that would prohibit oil and gas companies who engage in stock buybacks from leasing federal lands.
