Cillizza *snarkily* breaks down Trump's NRA speech
I'm not generally a fan of Chris Cillizza but he does these type of pieces pretty well
The 40 most breathtaking lines from Donald Trump's NRA speech
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/donald-trump-speech-nra/index.html
1. "These are real patriots, they really are, and they don't get the kind of adulation. But really, they do and we know that."
So, wait. Do they get adulation? Or no? Either way -- we're off!
6. "We're also joined by Pete Ricketts, Dana Loesch, Charlie Kirk, Diamond and Silk."
Who are five people I never thought would appear in the same sentence?
16. "You know, people don't realize, we have great love going on in this country, great love. It's right here. We have ... and -- and by the way, you just saw the recent poll?
To be clear: This is not edited text. Trump really went from talking about the love in the room to his poll numbers. Seriously.
21. "I remember they came out with a lot of phony polls. You know that that's called? Suppression."
The logic here goes like this: Polling suggested Trump wouldn't win,. The reason for that was because the media didn't want Trump to win and was hoping to convince people who supported him not to vote. And, no, that's not at all what happened.
27. "That's what gets you nuclear war. So let's talk about guns, shall we?"
Again, this is not edited. He really said these two sentences back to back.
32. "President Obama was very nice to us, because he left us a lot of judges."
This suggests Trump doesn't understand how the judicial process works (or doesn't work). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked lots and lots of judicial appointments -- including the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland. That's why there are so many judicial openings. it has zero to do with Obama.
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