We lined up in fourth grade too
Decoding Fox News put up a reading excerpted from Donald Trump’s rally on Dec. 19 in Rocky Mount, NC. “Chart Love” is a clever bit of oppo meant for people who can’t stand to listen to Trump’s droning rambles for long the way his rally audiences can.
I found the transcript to check, not just the “Chart Love” section, but the entire 14,000 words. I ran it through Word’s editor feature. Not for spelling or grammar so much as for Flesch–Kincaid readability. The “Reading ease” assessment places the Trump speech at the level of a magazine ad. Word scores its Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level at grade four (age 10). Flesch’s own scoring table only goes as low as 5th.
I put up these gorgeous charts and it says, “Chart.” And I’m, you know, sort of talking about the chart.
You’re reading into a piece of glass. I got no audience. I got just people, very hostile people waiting around. And I’m reading into a piece of glass for 22 minutes, and I talk about the chart. The networks didn’t put up the charts. Only Fox put up the charts. Fox put them up in all fairness. When we get angry at Fox, we have to remember that. They put up the charts, so you could start putting them up now if you want. But we put up these beautiful charts that were very, look at that. But I very much like the chart from Butler, PA. I like that much better. That’s my all-time favorite chart. You know, that’s a great chart. They’re all great charts, but I’ll never like a chart like that chart I put up in Butler. Just take a look at the chart right here. [Laughter] That was a good chart. I love that chart so much. I sleep with that chart. [Audience members calls out “We love you, Trump.”] But this is okay. There’ll never be a great chart for me. It’s only the one. [Laughter] Compared to Butler, the, all charts s- — stink. [Laughter] But look at that chart. Look at the kind of, biden price increases and Trump price increases. Look at that. They’re all Biden. We’re bringing the prices down. Look at that chart. NBC, and CBS, and ABC fake news. The fake new-, Oops, that camera just went off. [Laughter] Sorry about that. [Laughter] Every time I mention that their camera, you know, you see the red light back there being, you see it go off. [Laughter] ABC fake news. I think ABC’s the worst. Believe it or not, George Slopodopoulos, he paid me about 16 million. [Laughter] You have George Slopodopoulos.
That’s our president. And what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in … just read the comments.
Happy Hollandaise!