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Showing Original Post only (View all)White House: Trump was 'just riffing' about late Rep. John Dingell 'looking up' from hell [View all]
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 Dingells 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 ABCs 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, thats a real beauty, Trump said, noting he was watching her on television during the impeachment proceedings.
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