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August 24, 2020
Amanda Carpenter
@amandacarpenter
From me: Networks need to be prepared to handle the RNC as a major political and medical disinformation event. Trump’s messaging on the rigged election and miracle coronavirus cures are dangerous to our health and democracy.
"Networks need to be prepared to handle the RNC as a major political & medical disinformation event"
https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/1297597701366976512Amanda Carpenter
@amandacarpenter
From me: Networks need to be prepared to handle the RNC as a major political and medical disinformation event. Trump’s messaging on the rigged election and miracle coronavirus cures are dangerous to our health and democracy.
August 24, 2020
Poll: 57% of repubs say corona virus death rate is acceptable
10% of dems. 33% of indep
Reported on cnn and msnbc today. New Cbs poll
August 23, 2020
postal workers are defying DeJoy and reinstalling mail sorting machines (or so says twitter)
https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1297333136238338048
August 23, 2020
"Um, do those bushes spell out KKK?"
https://twitter.com/Eiggam5955/status/1297362574451802113
August 23, 2020
Trump is tanning and getting his hair "did" tonight
You know he is. He always appears extra orange at special events. He will be bright orange tomorrow
https://twitter.com/MysterySolvent/status/1296304596558721024?s=19
August 22, 2020
"any idiot can read off a teleprompter"
https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1296968605205065728
August 22, 2020
tweet of the hour (regarding Rose Garden)
https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1297246366125694977
August 22, 2020
Trump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance
Claim first spread on Facebook, which flagged it as untrue
Pledge was recited in entirety on three nights of DNC
Before playing golf on Saturday, Donald Trump took time to spread a false claim about God on Twitter.
“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat [sic] National Convention,” the president wrote.
“At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from – it’s done. Vote Nov[ember] 3!”
Though Trump’s own religious convictions have often been called into question, evangelical Christians form a key bloc of support as he seeks re-election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
As the website Politifact pointed out, the claim about the Democrats and the Pledge of Allegiance spread online after Peggy Hubbard, an unsuccessful Republican senatorial candidate in Illinois, made it in a Facebook post on 20 August.
The social media giant, which partners with Politifact, flagged the post as untrue.
“Some Democratic caucus members omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance during [convention] meetings,” the fact-checking website wrote. “But the line was not excluded from any of the convention’s primetime televised spots.
“On the first night … participants sang the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ instead of saying the Pledge of Allegiance. On the second, third and fourth nights, ‘under God’ was included in the pledge.”
Trump tweets a lie today: Trump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/donald-trump-democrats-god-pledgeTrump spreads false claim Democrats dropped God from Pledge of Allegiance
Claim first spread on Facebook, which flagged it as untrue
Pledge was recited in entirety on three nights of DNC
Before playing golf on Saturday, Donald Trump took time to spread a false claim about God on Twitter.
“The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat [sic] National Convention,” the president wrote.
“At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from – it’s done. Vote Nov[ember] 3!”
Though Trump’s own religious convictions have often been called into question, evangelical Christians form a key bloc of support as he seeks re-election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
As the website Politifact pointed out, the claim about the Democrats and the Pledge of Allegiance spread online after Peggy Hubbard, an unsuccessful Republican senatorial candidate in Illinois, made it in a Facebook post on 20 August.
The social media giant, which partners with Politifact, flagged the post as untrue.
“Some Democratic caucus members omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance during [convention] meetings,” the fact-checking website wrote. “But the line was not excluded from any of the convention’s primetime televised spots.
“On the first night … participants sang the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ instead of saying the Pledge of Allegiance. On the second, third and fourth nights, ‘under God’ was included in the pledge.”
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