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DetlefK

(16,670 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 10:17 AM May 2017

Trump just deleted every single press-release he made as a candidate. [View all]

http://gizmodo.com/president-trump-deletes-every-old-press-release-but-th-1795042808

Yesterday, journalists discovered that the Trump regime had deleted the president’s infamous press release from 2015 that called for a ban on all Muslims traveling to the United States. But it wasn’t just the Muslim ban. Every single press release from before January 1, 2017 has been erased from donaldjtrump.com. Thankfully, the internet never forgets.

As Russ Kick from the website Memory Hole notes, every Trump/Pence 2016 campaign press release that was deleted this week has been backed up by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. It’s almost impossible to completely erase something from the internet these days—for better and for worse.


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For instance, you can still read Trump’s original December 7, 2015 press release that starts with the unambiguous call to ban all Muslims from entering the US:

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"When we win on November 8th, and elect a Republican Congress, we will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. I will ask Congress to convene a special session."

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There’s also “Donald J. Trump’s New Deal For Black America,” which includes his 10-point “plan for urban renewal. Number three would be especially interesting for anyone who’s paid attention to the track record of Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

3. Equal Justice Under the Law. We will apply the law fairly, equally and without prejudice. There will be only one set of rules – not a two-tiered system of justice. Equal justice also means the same rules for Wall Street.

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And how about Trump’s April 5, 2016 press release with his repeated promise to get Mexico to pay for a wall at the US-Mexico border?

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And don’t forget Trump’s October 18, 2016 press release promising to propose a Constitutional Amendment to set up term limits on members of Congress. We haven’t heard about that one in quite a while.
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Wow, the republican Ministry of Truthiness is busy, busy, busy Achilleaze May 2017 #1
doubleplusgood! progressoid May 2017 #12
Thing is Cirque du So-What May 2017 #30
45, or whoever did this forgotmylogin May 2017 #37
+100 workinclasszero May 2017 #48
Too late...there are multiple copies. Demsrule86 May 2017 #2
Yeah, as a lot of people can attest gratuitous May 2017 #16
Sounds like the reaction from someone who has lawyered up. Baitball Blogger May 2017 #3
oh please, oh please, oh please. mopinko May 2017 #4
Term limits? Scarsdale May 2017 #5
If they ever passed anything on term limits... SeattleVet May 2017 #33
The Muslim Ban press release came up yesterday during the hearing on the travel ban... Princess Turandot May 2017 #25
Nothing better than facts to work with. Baitball Blogger May 2017 #26
Once on the internet. Demtexan May 2017 #6
Trump might shut that thing down. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #41
He is running scared. Demtexan May 2017 #51
No tweets GeorgeGist May 2017 #65
That was facetious, but all it takes is one ICE/NSA raid. Crash2Parties May 2017 #57
I know, I was playing along, linking to it. That's the concern why they mirror their site in Canada. TheBlackAdder May 2017 #59
Brings up an interesting point.. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #60
how is it that not a single puke, rwnj, general asshole seems to understand that once it is out niyad May 2017 #7
+1, uponit7771 May 2017 #9
Exactly DownriverDem May 2017 #15
How the internet works? Mr.Bill May 2017 #40
Of course they do, it' s series of tubes n/t hibbing May 2017 #46
Microwaved tubes man Wawannabe May 2017 #49
Coherent thought is beyond them (n/t) PJMcK May 2017 #32
"cache" is our friend! eom Tanuki May 2017 #8
I suspect that the Wayback Machine will itself be cached. mwooldri May 2017 #21
I thought that was already taking place at a location in Canada Hekate May 2017 #52
If I did that, it would be obstruction of justice Orrex May 2017 #10
As every teen w/a nudie photo on FB can attest, once it's out there, it's out there forever. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #11
Mr Trump, meet the Wayback Machine Hekate May 2017 #13
Hope Wawannabe May 2017 #50
Really deleted? DownriverDem May 2017 #14
hey, even my lame "recovery" program would probably work. did they scrub the hard drive? niyad May 2017 #17
They really can't be that stoopy... right? procon May 2017 #18
He's an idiot, doing things that idiots do. Carry on, IDIOTUS, carry on. Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #19
Screen Grab Trumps Mr. Pussy Grab Zambero May 2017 #20
The spin on this should be interesting once Spicey is asked about it... NoMoreRepugs May 2017 #22
Next, he'll pull out all the wires in the White House Mr. Ected May 2017 #23
Isn't trump supposed to be working on a Tuesday. I know Tuesday isn't golf day. L. Coyote May 2017 #24
How dumb can one Trump go? C_U_L8R May 2017 #27
Of course His Orange Shitness Mr. Evil May 2017 #28
Yup, he hasn't a clue how things work.... Historic NY May 2017 #31
Trump thinks this will cover it up? bucolic_frolic May 2017 #29
Well, it does delete it for his dumbass followers who only look to him for facts. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #34
Donald Trump's "campaign" for a second term... hunter May 2017 #35
Man, does he really think you can just simply delete something on tge internet? AgadorSparticus May 2017 #36
Now...you have hit it..........."special stupid" yes indeed... Stuart G May 2017 #39
The Internet never forgets NT Adrahil May 2017 #38
Wayback Machine appears to be a shill for the Trump campaign? Mountain Mule May 2017 #42
I don't think you understand what the Wayback machine is. Ms. Toad May 2017 #54
Thank you, Ms. Toad! Mountain Mule May 2017 #61
It's extremely helpful if you need to find documents that were once posted online Ms. Toad May 2017 #62
The most corrupt Administration in history, by a long shot. nt Blue_true May 2017 #43
don't forget all the crazy Republican claims in 2015/2016-were also covered in WH pressers questions Sunlei May 2017 #44
I read about this in a book about animals on a farm IronLionZion May 2017 #45
Erase this BLOTUS Trump! workinclasszero May 2017 #47
follow the tweet. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #53
Trump made a lot of promises... documented 663 of them keithbvadu2 May 2017 #55
And this is why I give $5 to the Internet Archive every month. nt Susan Calvin May 2017 #56
I'm sure The Memory samplegirl May 2017 #58
So, the JA still doesn't realize there are video tapes and they're in every news network's library? napi21 May 2017 #63
This is a stronger indication of fRump's imminent demise than any news report. lindysalsagal May 2017 #64
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