Four Pinocchios for Trump's claim he tried to stop 'Send her back!' chant about Omar

[DonViejo]

Fact Checker Analysis

Trump falsely claims he tried to stop ‘Send her back!’ chants about Rep. Ilhan Omar

By Salvador Rizzo
July 18 at 3:02 PM

“I was not happy with it. I disagree with it. ... I think I did [try to stop the chant]. I started speaking very quickly.”

— President Trump, in remarks at the White House, July 18

At a Trump campaign rally Wednesday, the crowd broke into an extended chant — “Send her back!” — about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

The president had been attacking Omar, a Somali American immigrant and practicing Muslim, with false claims for days. We just gave him Four Pinocchios for claiming she supports al-Qaeda.

Trump said he tried to stop the “Send her back!” chants by quickly resuming his speech. This will be a short fact check, because video of the rally totally debunks his claim.

The Facts

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The Pinocchio Test

Trump got this ball rolling with his tweets and remarks telling Omar and other lawmakers to “go back” to their countries. Video of the rally shows Trump did not try to stop the “Send her back!” chants about Omar. He stood passively onstage and waited for the chants to die down on their own before resuming his speech. Within seconds, he was back to criticizing Omar. Minutes later, he suggested again that Omar and other critics leave the United States.

Another Four Pinocchios.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/18/trump-falsely-claims-he-tried-stop-send-her-back-chants-about-rep-ilhan-omar/

[KPN]

1. Not enough. It should at least be 5!

[Pachamama]

3. Ten Pinocchio's - it is so blatant and so big of a lie

[Poiuyt]

2. He let the chant go on for 13 seconds

When have you ever seen Donald Trump not speak for 13 seconds? He was savoring it.

[Grammy23]

6. He was admiring his power to persuade.

As he wanted, they followed his directions. Oh, he knew exactly what he was doing and he had to stand back and admire his handiwork. Sickening.....even more sickening were his lame attempts to walk it back today, to say he tried to quell the chants. That is absolute BS and the video shows it. I’m betting they got a shit ton of negative feedback at the White House today. Phone ringing off the hook. Emails. Carrier pigeons. Anyway a message could be sent, they got ‘em.

Was it my TV or did he look especially orange this morning? He looked like a gourd.

[gratuitous]

4. And the evening news will report

"The president said he tried to stop the crowd immediately. Some people say he stood and waited as long as 13 seconds for the crowd's chant to die down on its own. There's really no objective way to tell who's right and, if someone's wrong, if the person intended to lie just to make himself look better, because when has anyone - especially the current president - ever done such a thing?"

[mainstreetonce]

5. Lara Trump warned up the crowd

By practicing the chant

[dalton99a]

8. +1. Spontaneous, my ass

[3catwoman3]

7. Tried to stop it, my ass. He gloried in it.

He savored it. Didn't look in the in least bothered by it.