Donald Trump abandons town hall Q&A to play James Brown and Pavarotti after two people taken ill
www.dailymail.co.uk
#40 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday

Here's a description from a Fox News correspondent who was at the town hall turned concert that includes a videos of the songs Trump played, everything from Elvis to Streisand. Definitely weird:

Bryan Llenas
@BryanLlenas

Well, this is a very strange Trump Town Hall in Pennsylvania. It turned on a dime after two Trump supporters passed out/fainted/needed medical attention in back to back episodes that paused the Q and A format for a while.

New Data Shows X Is Losing Users in the US and UK
Published Sept. 23, 2024

Despite Elon Musk's claims that X is reaching new record highs in usage every other month, and that the app remains a critical connector, the latest data shows that Elon's X project is losing user interest, sparked, in many cases, by Musk's own divisive commentary in the app.

According to new insights, X has seen a significant decline in users in both the U.S. and U.K. in recent months, as Musk has continued to double down on his political stances.

If you want to see a sign of TDS here it is:

"trump and musk inherited their money and theyre idiots.
#36 | Posted by Alexandrite"
Calling Musk an idiot is probably the greatest sign of TDS available - even better than nose rings and pink hair.
#39 | Posted by deadman

At least you didn't say calling Trump an idiot is probably the greatest sign of TDS available. Even you knew better than to say that. LOL

Okay (from above link):

The first casualty was an inconvenience that halted Donald Trump for a minute or two while midflight answering questions about home prices, the border and small business.

By the time the second person collapsed in the heat of the overcrowded exhibition hall, the former president knew he had a problem. A few people at the back of the hall were making for the exits and he knew he needed to pump up the crowd. It was time for plan B.

'Let's not do any more questions,' Trump said to his audience in suburban Philadelphia. 'Let's just listen to music.'

Oh my:

Donald Trump abandons town hall Q&A to play James Brown and Pavarotti after two people taken ill

I admire Stevens' thoroughness and tenacity.

For background you migth want to read Ackman's 33 reasons he's voting for Trump:

In conclusion:

You knew it was out there, didn't you?

Fox News edited their Townhall with Donald Trump in June to make him sound normal.

In fact, the edits were so stark that @Acyn, @atrupar, and @BadFoxGraphics commented on them here on twitter.

But a Harris interview edit for time, while the full interview is posted online, has upset MAGA.

Cult.

Fox has a long history of helpfully editing Trump's remarks:

The Lincoln Project
@ProjectLincoln

"But instead of letting that stand CBS violated their own standards and considerably edited her answer about Israel to make her seem less incoherent."

If you are outraged by that, this will certainly make you mad:

It Seems Fox News Edited Trump Interview to Help Him Sound Normal

A new Fox interview with Donald Trump has some obvious edit cuts.

"He has gone on other outlets including Fox."

Yeah, but only with the non-journalists. He nixed doing a debate with Baier and MacCallum.

"He had a 90 minute presser."

You call that a presser? Please.

Kamala Harris taunted Donald Trump at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday, calling him out for not releasing recent medical records, declining a 60 Minutes interview and rejecting a second presidential debate.

"It makes you wonder--why does his staff want him to hide away?" Harris said. "One must question--are they afraid that people will see that he is too weak and unstable to lead America? Is that what's going on?"

The new line of attack from Harris comes as she recently released her own personal medical records, sat for her own "60 Minutes" interview last week and accepted a CNN town hall, after Trump refused to participate in a second presidential debate with the vice president. In North Carolina, Harris accused Trump of "not being transparent" with voters, especially for not releasing more up-to-date medical information, which "every other presidential candidate in the modern era has done," she said.

It's not about trying to persaude the rabid righties who watch Fox. It's about showing that she isn't afraid to do an interview with Baier on Fox in contrast to Trump who won't even do a debate with Baier moderating it. Part of her closing argument is that Trump's team dosn't want him to debate or do ian nterview on 60 Minutes because he is too weak and unstable.

This is I remember hearing her say earlier this summer:

Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz oppose gun confiscation

Just as former President Barack Obama never confiscated firearms from law-abiding gun owners, Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz oppose confiscation. PolitiFact rated the confiscation accusations against Harris as "mostly false." During her presidential primary campaign in 2019, Harris said she supported "a mandatory gun buyback program," but only for assault weapons. In July 2024, the Harris campaign said she still supports an assault weapons ban but not a requirement to sell existing assault weapons to the federal government.

PolitiFact "found no examples that she supports mandatory gun confiscation now and the majority of guns sold in the U.S. are handguns."

fair enough. Do you think he's lying?
#52 | Posted by eberly

I don't even know what he is being accused of lying of in this thread. I confess I didn't read the whole thing that closely.

Well, I didn't accuse him of lying. I simply asked for a link to substantiate his claim that Harris supports "mandatory buybacks".

Some of the measures she supports are:
Nationwide mandatory buyback for "assault-style weapons."

Yes, I see that listed in the article you linked to, Eberly, but when I go to her campaign website, which is the link the article supplies to verify the information it provides, I don't see anything about "mandatory buybacks for assualt-style weapons." I see banning of assault weapons going forward, but maybe I'm missing something and you can find it. Here's what I found:

Make Our Communities Safer From Gun Violence and Crime

As a prosecutor, Vice President Harris fought violent crime by getting illegal guns and violent criminals off California streets. During her time as District Attorney, she raised conviction rates for violent offenders " including gang members, gun felons, and domestic abusers. As Attorney General, Vice President Harris built on this record, removing over 12,000 illegal guns from the streets of California and prosecuting some of the toughest transnational criminal organizations in the world.

In the White House, Vice President Harris helped deliver the largest investment in public safety ever, investing $15 billion in supporting local law enforcement and community safety programs across 1,000 cities, towns, and counties. President Biden and Vice President Harris encouraged bipartisan cooperation to pass the first major gun safety law in nearly 30 years, which included record funding to hire and train over 14,000 mental health professionals for our schools. As head of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, she spearheaded policies to expand background checks and close the gun show loophole. Under her and President Biden's leadership, violent crime is at a 50-year low, with the largest single-year drop in murders ever.

As President, she won't stop fighting so that Americans have the freedom to live safe from gun violence in our schools, communities, and places of worship. She'll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require universal background checks, and support red flag laws that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. She will also continue to invest in funding law enforcement, including the hiring and training of officers and people to support them, and will build upon proven gun violence prevention programs that have helped reduce violent crime throughout the country.

You guys make this so easy
x.com
#17 | Posted by BellRinger
I provided video proof of what she said. How do you disprove THAT?
#23 | Posted by BellRinger

Nowhere on that video does she say "mandatory buy back".

Despite Lies Spread by Trump and the NRA, Harris and Walz Do Not Want To Take Everyone's Guns Away

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz do not support mandatory gun confiscation and have strong records advocating for constitutional gun safety laws.

#29. Mandatory "buy back" of assault weapons. Mandatory. What do you think that means?
Moron.
#29 | Posted by BellRinger

I remember her talking about offering a buy back program but not a mandatory one. I guess I could have missed it. Link?

Yes, TY. It's lovely. I'll have to give some thought to what I would pick for myself.

I didn't click on every link, but a number of these are good, others funny. It made me wonder what avatars people would pick for themselves.

Oops, sorry for the posting fart.

#23 | Posted by Hans

Yes, Tony does work on his shadow side. I've seen him do it in real time.