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kpete

(71,965 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 10:07 AM Aug 2016

Trump claimed a top Chicago cop told him crime there could be stopped in a week. He Lied, AGAIN.


Set aside, for a second, that Trump probably lied about talking to a Chicago cop. End crime there in a week? With what? Stormtroopers?

The Chicago Police Department on Tuesday denied Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's claim that he met with a "top" Chicago officer and argued the city's violence would not be solved with "tough police tactics."

"We've discredited this claim months ago," CPD spokesperson Frank Giancamilli said in a statement. "No one in the senior command at CPD has ever met with Donald Trump or a member of his campaign."



Trump said in an interview Monday that he believed Chicago's violence could be stopped using "tough police tactics," telling Fox News' Bill O'Reilly that he met a "top" Chicago officer who reportedly said he could "stop much of this horror show that’s going on" within a single week.

Trump added that he knows officers in Chicago who would put an end to violent crime "if they were given the authority to do it," a claim that Giancamilli refuted.


Source: Police Respond to Donald Trump's Claim That Chicago's Violence Can Be Stopped In A Week | NBC Chicago http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-police-respond-donald-trump-chicago-violence-can-be-stopped-in-a-week-391116511.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_CHBrand#ixzz4IG629bFI
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Trump claimed a top Chicago cop told him crime there could be stopped in a week. He Lied, AGAIN. (Original Post) kpete Aug 2016 OP
Haven't all of Donnie's pants burned up yet from his lying? tonyt53 Aug 2016 #1
Don't worry yesphan Aug 2016 #3
Ha, ha! PatSeg Aug 2016 #7
I can't tolerate watching him for a nanosecond malaise Aug 2016 #2
My daughter has been unable to watch for a year. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2016 #5
LOL malaise Aug 2016 #6
+1 ronnie624 Aug 2016 #11
It is beyond madness malaise Aug 2016 #14
He Lied, AGAIN Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2016 #4
I wonder if any popular media reporters will ask Trump about that? gratuitous Aug 2016 #10
Top cop = the guy assigned to his protection detail because he's unfit for street duty. Shrike47 Aug 2016 #8
Plenty of Chicago police still mad about his lies from when he had a rally here. Lied and told Person 2713 Aug 2016 #9
Unless he plans on nuking Illinois, he can't stop all Chicago crime NightWatcher Aug 2016 #12
Let's see if the media actually gets all indignant that Trump lied again. Adrahil Aug 2016 #13

malaise

(268,734 posts)
2. I can't tolerate watching him for a nanosecond
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 10:12 AM
Aug 2016

He's a vexation to my being. He's not funny, outrageous or shocking - just offensive. Sadly I may miss the complete meltdown. I can no longer watch this madness.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
5. My daughter has been unable to watch for a year.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 10:29 AM
Aug 2016

I told her that was okay, as long as she voted this November.

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)
11. +1
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 12:08 PM
Aug 2016

I simply cannot watch him.

There is also a certain amount of madness in the granting of legitimacy to his campaign by the media establishment. I find it surreal, at times.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. I wonder if any popular media reporters will ask Trump about that?
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:39 AM
Aug 2016

I mean, it's a blatant, out-and-out lie, not one word of which gets into the same area code as the truth. The popular media are always on the lookout for ways to draw viewers, listeners and readers, aren't they? Wouldn't airing a little controversy be a good way to get their ratings up?

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)
8. Top cop = the guy assigned to his protection detail because he's unfit for street duty.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 10:34 AM
Aug 2016

Anybody who Trump talks to is a Very Important Person.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
9. Plenty of Chicago police still mad about his lies from when he had a rally here. Lied and told
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:21 AM
Aug 2016

media the police said it was unsafe and made him cancel. They made multiple statements after the rally saying the trump campaign cancelled and they never declared it unsafe AND not given the decision ahead of time

No thought by the trump campaign to giving police the decision ahead of time to coordinate the exit of hundreds from the convention rally . Which put cops at the rally in danger as they were caught off guard by the rush of opposing forces. Things would have been a lot calmer if they had worked with the police force and not used them as an excuse to cancel

I do believe he actually loses voters with his lies lies lies

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