Before and After
by digby
Trump today speaking about the Woodward book:
Here’s a little contrast for any of you educated Republicans who are still on the fence about whether or not the Democrats are just too extreme for you:
OBAMA: “If you’re tired of politicians who offer nothing but thoughts & prayers after a mass shooting, you’ve got to do what Parkland kids are doing. Some of them aren’t even eligible to vote yet. They’re out there working to change minds & registering people…you gotta vote!” pic.twitter.com/MR0xCNwPZn— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
He’s searching the rhetoric space for what generates a crowd response – he’s always done this. He’ll just pivot mid-sentence if a riff isn’t working. https://t.co/TzeJbLWxQ4— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) September 7, 2018
OBAMA: “The antidote to a government controlled by a powerful few, a government that divides, is a government by the organized — energized, inclusive, many. That’s what this moment’s about. That has to be the answer. You cannot sit back and wait for a savior.” pic.twitter.com/5KmADmVg0O— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
TRUMP offers lunatic rant about California: “What happens, I said, if the entire world wants to go to California because ‘I get free health care, & free medical care.’ ‘California just increased in size to 500 million people. California has just become one really large person.'” pic.twitter.com/ThG0Vkf8KX— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Obama criticizes “the definition of civility offered by too many congressional Republicans right now.”“We’ll be polite so long as we get 100% of what we want & you don’t call us out on various ways we’re sticking it to ppl. That’s not civility. That’s abdicating responsibility” pic.twitter.com/cIsWwJYUDg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Trump, slurring, on what will happen if he’s impeached: “You have a country that’s going to turn into a 3rd world country. Because if the opposite party becomes president… they will say ‘We want to impeach him!’ And you will impeach him. It is so ridiculous.” pic.twitter.com/ijaYJcVEVH— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
OBAMA: “I know there are conservatives who think there’s nothing compassionate abt separating immigrant families. There are Republicans who believe govt should perform a few functions, but one them should be making sure nearly 3k Americans dont die in a hurricane & its aftermath” pic.twitter.com/00ZIVEbCUE— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Trump on what will happen if Montana voters vote for Tester: “You are going to lose your 2nd amendment. You are going to lose your right to those guns. You are going to lose your 2nd amendment, so be careful… you are going to lose your Social Security so badly.” #gaslighting pic.twitter.com/QH9vLPyxMa— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Trump: Just like people mocked the Gettysburg Address but then, 50 years after Lincoln died, said it was an amazing speech, “I have a feeling that’s going to happen with us.”— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
Trump: “You know when Abraham Lincoln made the Gettsyburg Address speech…great speech…you know he was ridiculed?…He was excorciated by the fake news. They had fake news…they said it was a terrible, terrible speech.”— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018
OBAMA: “We are Americans. We’re supposed to stand up to bullies. Not follow them. We’re supposed to stand up to discrimination, and we’re sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to Nazi sympathizers… how hard can that be, to say that Nazis are bad?!” pic.twitter.com/gwxNv1HcvL— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Trump, speaking at rally in Montana, on Democratic opposition to Kavanaugh: “Sick. It’s sick.” pic.twitter.com/E59k0tDn40— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
OBAMA weighs in on NYT op-ed: “The claim that everything will turn out OK because there are people inside WH who secretly aren’t following POTUS’ orders, that’s not a check. I’m being serious. That’s not how our democracy’s supposed to work. They aren’t elected. Not accountable.” pic.twitter.com/Owo2OfguOk— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
OBAMA closes his remarkable speech with this: "We have been through much darker times than these, & somehow each generation of Americans carried us through to the other side. Not by sitting around & waiting, but by leading that movement for change themselves…I believe in you." pic.twitter.com/uDAptoXNtM— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 7, 2018
Kids, presidents used to speak like this guy, not the weird orange man with the yellow cotton candy on his head.
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