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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:01 AM Nov 2020

Trump's Remarks During Thanksgiving Video Teleconference with Members of the Military; 11-26-2020

"The foundations are ready" = he'll take credit for everything good that happens.

The phrase "thank you" appears 43 times.

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Remarks by President Trump During Thanksgiving Video Teleconference with Members of the Military

Issued on: November 27, 2020

Diplomatic Reception Room

November 26, 2020
4:59 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’m thrilled to be online with heroic members of the United States Military. Incredible people. I want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. We’re going to have a great year. We have a year coming up — the foundations are ready for one of the best years we’ve ever had.

{snip}

Today, I send you the love, gratitude, respect, and prayers of our entire nation. Once again, I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. You’re doing an incredible job, and your country is doing well. We just set a record in the stock market: over 30,000 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over 30,000 — think of that. Nobody ever thought we were going to hit that during a pandemic.

{snip}

Thank you all. Have a great Thanksgiving, and don’t eat too much Turkey. Thank you. (Laughs.) Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you very much. Thanksgiving.

Q Mr. President, do you have any big plans for your last Thanksgiving at the White House?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we don’t know what is last, if you look at what’s going on. You have to really take a look at what’s going on. They’re finding tremendous discrepancies in the votes. Nobody believes those numbers. Those numbers are incorrect numbers. A lot of numbers have already been reported that’s incorrect.

{snip, and away he goes}

And you go to Pennsylvania. You saw the meeting we had yesterday with Pennsylvania. You saw people come up — how they went to vote, and they said, “No, you can’t vote. Somebody else already sent in a ballot.” And a woman — but this is happening tens of thousands of times.

Q But —

THE PRESIDENT: I think it was six hundred-and-some-odd thousand — 687,000 fraudulent votes cast in Pennsylvania. And I will tell you, the — if you look at the state house now — the Republican state house — they’re starting to see what’s going on there. But they’ve really known it for a long time.

{snip}

So I don’t know what is going to happen. I know one thing: Joe Biden did not get 80 million votes. And I got 74 million, but there were many ballots thrown away, so I got much more than that. But I got 74 million. Seventy-four million is eleven million more than I got last time. It’s millions more than Ronald Reagan got when he won all — he won 49 states, I guess. He won 49 states. Yes. And it’s — it’s millions more — millions more than Hillary Clinton got.

Joe Biden did not get — and, by the way, Joe Biden did not beat Barack Obama with the black vote. He didn’t beat him, okay? But they have him as beating him. And if you look at the numbers, the numbers are false. The numbers are corrupt. It was a rigged election — 100 percent — and people know it. That’s why you have people marching all over the United States right now: They know was a rigged election.

{snip}

There’s tremendous fraud here.

Q But —

THE PRESIDENT: If you look at — wait, just one second. If you look at 10 o’clock in the evening, you saw what happened. Then you had these massive dumps. Nobody has ever seen anything like it.

{snip}

Stacey Abrams pulled the wool over the Secretary of State. I don’t know who he is. But the Secretary of State —

Q He said he donated to you.

THE PRESIDENT: It doesn’t matter. I mean, you know, he says that too, but I don’t know him. I never met him. I have no idea who he is. All I know is that’s the ultimate — you know, he — “I donated to Trump. I respect Trump. I love Trump. I think Trump is great.” By the way, we’re giving nothing. This guy got played like I’ve never seen anybody played.

Tell him if he donated to Trump, if he likes Trump, let us see the signatures. Why is he not letting us see? There’s only one reason you can’t see the signatures. That’s because there’s fraud all over the place.

And even without looking at signatures, as you know, we found thousands of wrong votes. And, by the way, always against me. It was not like 50/50; it was always against me.

{snip}

Q Mr. President —

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. Yeah, please go ahead.

Q Mr. President, if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden on December 14th, will you concede the election?

THE PRESIDENT: I — it’s going to be a very hard thing to concede because we know there was massive fraud.

Q But will you —

THE PRESIDENT: So, as to whether or not I can get this apparatus moving this quickly — because time isn’t on our side. Everything else is on our side. Facts are on our side.

This was a massive fraud. This should never take place in this country. We’re like a third-world country. We have machines that nobody knows what the hell they’re looking at. I mean, you take a look at all the mistakes they made. Look at even Georgia. Look at all the mistakes they made. And that — all that was is a simple — you press a button.

{snip}

Q But will you concede?

THE PRESIDENT: — was a fraud. Just so you understand, this election was a fraud.

I mean, they have Biden beating Obama — Obama’s vote in areas that mattered in terms of the election, in swing states. And yet, he’s losing to Obama all over the place, but he’s beating Obama in swing states, which are the states that mattered for purposes of the election.

So, no, I can’t say that at all. I think it’s a —

Q You won’t concede?

THE PRESIDENT: — it’s a possibility they’re trying to — look, between you people —

Q Just answer the question about concession.

THE PRESIDENT: Don’t ans- — don’t talk to me that way.

Q I’m sorry, sir, I’m just asking you to —

THE PRESIDENT: You’re just a — you’re just a lightweight.

Q — answer the question about concession.

THE PRESIDENT: Don’t talk to me that — don’t talk to — I’m the President of the United States. Don’t ever talk to the President that way.

Q Sir, I’m just asking you to answer the question about concession.

THE PRESIDENT: All right. I’m going to go with another question.

Go ahead.

Q So, if the Electoral College does elect President-Elect Joe Biden, are you not going to leave this building?

THE PRESIDENT: Just so you — certainly, I will. Certainly, I will. And you know that. But I think that there will be a lot of things happening between now and the 20th of January. A lot of things.

Massive fraud has been found. We’re like a third-world country. We’re using computer equipment that can be hacked. They talk about glitches: How many glitches did they find? So a glitch — “Oh, gee. We had a glitch: 5,000 votes.”

In all cases — right? In all cases, the votes went from Trump to Biden. They didn’t go from Biden — the glitches were never from Biden to Trump.

So they had many glitches. And they said, “Oh, we had a glitch.” That — a glitch is like, “The equipment is a little broken. We’ll fix it up.” No. A glitch is, in this case, we caught them cheating. We caught them stealing. We caught a fraudulent effort to get votes. And they said, “Oh, yes, it’s true. It — there was, but…” And there were many of them.

{snip}

So I think you’re going to see something. I mean, I think it’s going to be a very big story.

Yeah, please.

Q Yes, Mr. — yes, Mr. President —

THE PRESIDENT: It’s going to be not only a big story, it’s the most important story of our time.

Yes.

Q Yes. Mr. President, if Joe Biden takes over the White House on January 21st, will you announce a candidacy for 2024?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, no, I don’t want to talk about 2024 yet.

Q Will you run again in —

THE PRESIDENT: Because this — this is far from being —

Q If and when Joe Biden takes over —

THE PRESIDENT: Look, look, look —

Q — will you announce a candidacy in 2024?

THE PRESIDENT: I and the people that work on this are very professional, and all of this stuff is coming. It’s — a lot of it came out — if you look at the Philadelphia meeting, if you look at the Pennsylvania meeting yesterday, a lot of it came out.

{snip}

The vaccines — and, by the way, don’t let Joe Biden take credit for the vaccines. If Joe Biden — you know, Joe Biden failed with the swine flu, H1N1. Totally failed with the swine flu. Don’t let him take credit for the vaccines because the vaccines were me, and I pushed people harder than they’ve ever been pushed before.

{snip}

And I’m serious: If the media were honest and if big tech were honest, which it’s totally not — it’s a terrible thing. That whole Section 230 is a disgrace that they even have it. But big tech is totally dishonest. If the media were honest and big tech was fair, this wouldn’t even be a contest, and I would have won by a tremendous amount, a tremendous amount. And I did win by a tremendous amount, but it hasn’t been reported yet.

But people understand what’s happened. They know what happened.

Yes, please. Go ahead.

Q As you know, of course, it is tradition for —

THE PRESIDENT: Say it.

Q You know that it’s tradition for previous Presidents to go to the next President’s inauguration. So will you attend Joe Biden’s —

THE PRESIDENT: I don’t want to say that yet.

Q But he is —

THE PRESIDENT: I mean, I know the answer. I’ll be honest, I know the answer —

Q Is it “yes”?

THE PRESIDENT: — but I just don’t want to say it yet. Look, a thing like this possibly has never happened before, but maybe people just didn’t catch it. But we’ve caught it. We’ve caught —

Q But why have your attorneys —

THE PRESIDENT: We’ve caught — we’ve caught hundreds of thousands of votes.

Q If I may, sir —

THE PRESIDENT: Listen, excuse me. Excuse me.

Q If I may —

THE PRESIDENT: When they don’t allow a poll watcher, which is a sacred person in our country. People don’t know what a poll watcher is. A poll watcher is — it’s considered sacred in our country. When they throw them out of rooms —

Q But that’s not true. They didn’t do that.

THE PRESIDENT: Sure, it is.

Q Your attorneys —

THE PRESIDENT: And when they put them in pens —

Q Your attorneys admitted they were in the room —

THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. No, they didn’t. My attorneys did not admit anything. And it’s all different places.

But where they throw them out of counting rooms; where they put them in what’s called “pens,” and they’re 20, 30, 40 feet away, and, in some cases, 200 feet away; when things like that happen — when a woman walks in on November 3rd to vote — a proud woman — and this is by the thousands, tens of thousands — and she said, “I’m here to vote.” And they said, “You’ve already voted, ma’am. I’m sorry.” “No, I didn’t vote. I wanted to vote on November 3rd. I want to cast my vote in person.” “I’m sorry, ma’am. You’ve already voted. You voted by ballot.” And then they leave. This is a horrible thing. And we have tens of thousands of that happening. This is a horrible thingAnd I’m serious: If the media were honest and if big tech were honest, which it’s totally not — it’s a terrible thing. That whole Section 230 is a disgrace that they even have it. But big tech is totally dishonest. If the media were honest and big tech was fair, this wouldn’t even be a contest, and I would have won by a tremendous amount, a tremendous amount. And I did win by a tremendous amount, but it hasn’t been reported yet.

But people understand what’s happened. They know what happened.

Yes, please. Go ahead.

Q As you know, of course, it is tradition for —

THE PRESIDENT: Say it.

Q You know that it’s tradition for previous Presidents to go to the next President’s inauguration. So will you attend Joe Biden’s —

THE PRESIDENT: I don’t want to say that yet.

Q But he is —

THE PRESIDENT: I mean, I know the answer. I’ll be honest, I know the answer —

Q Is it “yes”?

THE PRESIDENT: — but I just don’t want to say it yet. Look, a thing like this possibly has never happened before, but maybe people just didn’t catch it. But we’ve caught it. We’ve caught —

Q But why have your attorneys —

THE PRESIDENT: We’ve caught — we’ve caught hundreds of thousands of votes.

Q If I may, sir —

THE PRESIDENT: Listen, excuse me. Excuse me.

Q If I may —

THE PRESIDENT: When they don’t allow a poll watcher, which is a sacred person in our country. People don’t know what a poll watcher is. A poll watcher is — it’s considered sacred in our country. When they throw them out of rooms —

Q But that’s not true. They didn’t do that.

THE PRESIDENT: Sure, it is.

Q Your attorneys —

THE PRESIDENT: And when they put them in pens —

Q Your attorneys admitted they were in the room —

THE PRESIDENT: Excuse me. No, they didn’t. My attorneys did not admit anything. And it’s all different places.

But where they throw them out of counting rooms; where they put them in what’s called “pens,” and they’re 20, 30, 40 feet away, and, in some cases, 200 feet away; when things like that happen — when a woman walks in on November 3rd to vote — a proud woman — and this is by the thousands, tens of thousands — and she said, “I’m here to vote.” And they said, “You’ve already voted, ma’am. I’m sorry.” “No, I didn’t vote. I wanted to vote on November 3rd. I want to cast my vote in person.” “I’m sorry, ma’am. You’ve already voted. You voted by ballot.” And then they leave. This is a horrible thing. And we have tens of thousands of that happening. This is a horrible thing.

They gave Biden a lot of votes that he would never have gotten. This is not a candidate that could get 80 — 80 million votes. This is just not a candidate. This is not a candidate that beat Barack Hussein Obama with the black voter, okay? This is not a candidate that beat Obama with the black voter. This is not a candidate that beat Hillary Clinton to a pulp. It just doesn’t work that way.

But when you look at the number, when you look at the data, and when you look at the things we have, we have affidavits from hundreds and hundreds of people. This election was a rigged election.

Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you.

END

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Trump's Remarks During Thanksgiving Video Teleconference with Members of the Military; 11-26-2020 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP
The words of a third place runner up... LakeVermilion Nov 2020 #1
Next time my wife asks me what's for supper LSFL Nov 2020 #2
Nuts. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #3
First try True Blue American Nov 2020 #4
Took him about five minutes to turn it to be all about him. patricia92243 Nov 2020 #5
" Don't talk to me that -- don't talk to -- I'm the President of the United States..." GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #6
He spoke repeatedly about his followers Clearly fogged in Nov 2020 #7
Fun fact: He called them the day after, though it was still Thanksgiving here soothsayer Nov 2020 #8
Did he mention that he wanted to deny many of their military votes because they were by mail? keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #9
The First Amendment begs to differ. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #10
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, ... " mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 #11

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
4. First try
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 10:21 AM
Nov 2020

Donald Trump won the election by a landslide! If that doesn’t work neither will your proclamation..

Know that I am not responsible for whacks on the head!

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
6. " Don't talk to me that -- don't talk to -- I'm the President of the United States..."
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:57 AM
Nov 2020

Go fuck yourself. You work for us, you putrid waste of air and carbon, not the other way around.

January 20th cannot come soon enough.

Clearly fogged in

(1,896 posts)
7. He spoke repeatedly about his followers
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 12:00 PM
Nov 2020

The voters he encouraged to send in their ballots and then go to the polls on the 3rd are the ones he is now calling out.

- when a woman walks in on November 3rd to vote — a proud woman — and this is by the thousands, tens of thousands — and she said, “I’m here to vote.” And they said, “You’ve already voted, ma’am. I’m sorry.” “No, I didn’t vote. I wanted to vote on November 3rd. I want to cast my vote in person.” “I’m sorry, ma’am. You’ve already voted. You voted by ballot.” And then they leave. This is a horrible thing. And we have tens of thousands of that happening.

keithbvadu2

(36,788 posts)
9. Did he mention that he wanted to deny many of their military votes because they were by mail?
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 01:34 PM
Nov 2020

Did he mention that he wanted to deny many of their military votes because they were by mail?

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
10. The First Amendment begs to differ.
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:05 PM
Nov 2020

I don't agree with the first statment. I do agree with the second statement:

Don’tEverTalkToTheHatThatWay Retweeted

I give you the right to talk to the President of the United States however you want

Pshh, silly amendment. You memorialize the right we already have


mahatmakanejeeves

(57,425 posts)
11. "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, ... "
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 02:13 PM
Nov 2020
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

{snip}

The Court's 6–3 decision, delivered by Justice Robert H. Jackson, is remembered for its forceful defense of free speech and constitutional rights generally as being placed "beyond the reach of majorities and officials".

{snip}

Decision of the Court

The Court held, in a 6-to-3 decision delivered by Justice Jackson, that it was unconstitutional for public schools to compel students to salute the flag. It thus overruled its decision in Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940), finding that the flag salute was "a form of utterance" and "a primitive but effective means of communicating ideas". The Court wrote that any "compulsory unification of opinion" was doomed to failure and was antithetical to the values set forth in the First Amendment. The Court stated:

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.

The Supreme Court announced its decision on June 14, Flag Day.

{snip}


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