White House: Trump was 'just riffing' about late Rep. John Dingell 'looking up' from hell

[Botany]

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-dingell-looking-up-fr

The White House on Thursday said President Trump was “just riffing” when he suggested at a Michigan rally that Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell’s late husband, Rep. John Dingell, was in hell, “looking up.”

“It was a very, very supportive and wild crowd,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “And he was just riffing on some of the things that had been happening the past few days.”

Grisham described Trump as a “counter-puncher.” During his campaign and since taking office, Trump has made many inflammatory statements that he or his press secretaries explained away as jokes.

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At a rally in Battle Creek, Mich., on Wednesday night, Trump brought up the late congressman and his widow, who now holds his seat and voted, along with almost all the House Democrats, for impeachment.

“Debbie Dingell, that’s a real beauty,” Trump said, noting he was watching her on television during the impeachment proceedings.

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[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. It doesn't even matter

It wasn't funny and/or appropriate. It shouldn't have been said. Period.

[42bambi]

52. Trump is a sadist, pure and simple.

[hibbing]

2. Was he "riffing" when he made fun of the reporter? n/t

[forgotmylogin]

14. Was he "riffing" every time he said or did something horrible?

I like presidents who *don't'* riff.

The same defense as "I was joking!" Words mean things.

[PatSeg]

33. And "counter punching" for street thugs

not U.S. presidents. What a load of crap.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

49. "Riffing" ??????????????????????

He wasn't playing the guitar here. He was, once again, behaving in a manner that NO other president would EVER had engaged. This trouser stain has no class, no grace, no manners. His complete lack of dignity or restraint for icons of America (and war heroes) stands out in stark contrast to EVERY other occupant of the Oval Office. John Dingell (and John McCain) had more integrity in their pinkies than this gutter trash could ever hope to possess.

He has all the impulse control of a grease fire.

[yonder]

53. +1.

[forgotmylogin]

55. I have heard "riffing" used in standup comedy.

Usually it means going off the script in response to feeling what the audience responds to. Basically ad-libbing.

I45 is no standup comedian.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Stephanie Grisham is even worse than Sarah Sanders, if that could be possible.

I don't know how she can tie herself in such rhetorical knots and lie like that for Fat Nixon.

[question everything]

5. I think that she is smarter

Sanders could only parrot what the others told her or just the safe "cannot comment."

[LovingA2andMI]

4. We....Just....Can't.....

ENOUGH! Period!

[Botany]

6. Read John Dingell's bio if you have a chance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell

[truthisfreedom]

7. Just riffing here...

45’s father is looking up at him beckoning for reunion.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. So the excuse is that he just wasn't thinking.

Exactly why he isn't fit for office.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. Trumpy can be as vile as he wants with no

consequences. All he has to do is say that he’s joking, his victims be damned.

[world wide wally]

10. and some riffs just suck

[dalton99a]

11. Typical Trump

[PatSeg]

35. Yep, that sums it up quite well

[Shrike47]

12. Just riffing excuses him? Adam Schiff was just riffing in his description of Trump's telephone call.

[flibbitygiblets]

38. Ding ding!!

I hope trump chokes on a drumstick and trips so his head gets stuck in his golden toilet bowl and he drowns.

Just riffing!

NOT

[Wawannabe]

56. I volunteer to flush!

Swear I will flush with all my might!
Will flush day and night!

😜

[Ilsa]

13. I'm going to start riffing about his family.

Get Malignia to ban me.

[onecaliberal]

30. Thank you for the chuckle.

[Ilsa]

43. It could be an endless list, between his wives and oldest three

Offspring. You could even riff about how paranoid they are about anyone mentioning or referring to Barron.

[onecaliberal]

44. Hear, hear

[Collimator]

46. Exactly!

Pamela Karlan was just "riffing" and --really--using word play when she mentioned his son, Barron's, name. She said absolutely nothing about the boy's personality, looks, or geographic location via the afterlife.

[yellowcanine]

15. I did not know "riffing" meant laying a big smelly turd.

I must try to remember that one.

[George II]

16. Hey donnie, riff THIS!

[uppityperson]

17. So?

[Baitball Blogger]

18. "riffing", "locker talk"

What is "excuses to get Trump off the hook, Alex."

[louis-t]

19. It was 5 frikkin thousand people.

His crowds are getting smaller. He'll be renting out the American Legion hall for his Nazi rallies pretty soon.

[iluvtennis]

20. Where is trumpty dumpty's apology - still waiting.

[winstars]

21. So being a counter puncher means being a fucking jerk off, OK I got it now Stephanie...

Assholes who work for assholes who are then supported by, fucking assholes.

[Botany]

23. Nothing like making a widow going through her first Christmas w/out her spouse feel bad ...

... is really OK because he is just a counter puncher. The mother fucker did this on the day he was
impeached too. When is enough, enough?

[Olafjoy]

22. Keep talking, Steph..

Just keep digging er, I mean talking.
Stephanie Grisham 2 DUIs in Arizona
Fired from first job for stealing
Fired from second job for plagiarism
Third job-Trump campaign
I’m just riffing

[Botany]

24. +1

"Just keep digging er, I mean talking.
Stephanie Grisham 2 DUIs in Arizona
Fired from first job for stealing
Fired from second job for plagiarism
Third job-Trump campaign
I’m just riffing"

Is all that for real?

[Shrike47]

34. 2 DUII arrests, latest one in 2016. Fired for allegedly padding expense acct & alleged plagiarism.

Different jobs. So yes, she a loyal Trumpie.

[Botany]

36. So she is a perfect fit for the Trump administration

Trump likes crooks.

[lark]

25. Evil people make evil riffs.

It's what's inside of him, pure evil and hate for any and all progressives, moderates, minorities and women (except when he's being fluffed).

[Sneederbunk]

26. A useful video clip for any Dem running in Michigan.

[Iliyah]

27. t-rump, administration, Republican party needs to

go far far away.

[secondwind]

28. President Riffraff

[keithbvadu2]

29. Waiting for Melania to laugh about folks 'riffing' their son.

Waiting for Melania to laugh about folks 'riffing' their son.

[angrychair]

31. Wow

Absolutely the worst "non-apology" apology I've ever heard.

[Iliyah]

32. These people have no souls . . .

[iscooterliberally]

37. "Riffing"? They don't know what riffing is.

Here's some riffing for you.

[flibbitygiblets]

39. Now THAT'S riffing!!

[Botany]

47. Old School Riffing

[iscooterliberally]

60. Great stuff!

Thanks!

[Botany]

61. Back in the day we used to clear out the room when we put on Earl Hines

But those that stayed danced, drank, and had a great time.

If you can find it the album "The Father Jumps is awesome."

[iscooterliberally]

62. My dad used to listen to music like that.

I didn't like it when I was younger, but it wasn't the fault of the music. My dad would find these old AM radio stations that were just on the verge of being out of range and the static was just awful. I grew to appreciate it more once the fidelity was a little better.

[Vinca]

40. Doesn't matter what they call it, it was disgusting. The fool owes the family an apology.

[turbinetree]

41. Was he riffing when he said this..................Graham, you know an admitted sexual predator......

and then to attack a person that is buried and he cannot defend himself and the spouse is still grieving on the loss .................

[Dave Starsky]

42. If we're going to have a comedian for President, I prefer Jim Gaffigan.

At least he's actually funny. And he's not a mentally ill moron.

[truthisfreedom]

45. Seems to me he used this "just riffing" excuse before.

[Progressive Jones]

48. Grisham is a lying degenerate drunk. nt

[Marcuse]

50. He remains a short fingered vulgarian.

[Tiggeroshii]

51. Who cares what the wh says. Replay that clip over and over in the GE

There is no way dump wins MI now

[pansypoo53219]

54. bullshit. he attacked a MI democrat. period.

[YOHABLO]

57. Wrestlemania and Trump's base are one and the same to him.

Then one can understand the vile and disgusting rants that he seems to think are okay to say. He has very little knowledge of appropriate behavior nor what the definition of civility is. He's a hoodlum and a bully. Not all the money in the world can change that.

[raccoon]

58. I thought riffing had to do with guitars. No, trump just

I thought riffing had to do with guitars. No, trump justWas acting like an asshole as he always does.

[marble falls]

59. a "counter-puncher."? A grave dancer is more accurate. Who needs to ...

“counter-punch” a corpse?

[Gothmog]

63. Trump booed after saying late-Congressman John Dingell is probably in Hell during Michigan rally

Link to tweet

[TheFourthMind]

64. Not a Trump that was, is, or will be that won't be looking up from hell. The roots are rotten.

I feel sorry for the generations to come that will have to suffer the generations of Trumps to come.