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riversedge

(70,225 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:31 PM Aug 2018

Trump mocks 'phony blue wave,' says immigration will carry GOP to midterm wins

Source: NBC News


At White House event honoring ICE, Trump again said Democrats "just don't mind crime."

by Jonathan Allen / Aug.20.2018 / 3:51 PM ET


WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump argued Republicans will win in the midterms because Democrats "don't mind crime" during an event on border control and immigration enforcement in the East Room of the White House Monday.

"I think we’re going to have much more of a red wave than what you’re going to see as a phony blue wave. Blue wave means crime. It means open borders. Not good," Trump said. "We need new laws. We need border laws, we need immigration laws — we need ‘em fast, we’re going to get ‘em. Hopefully the midterms will help toward that end."

Echoing comments he's made on Twitter and at campaign rallies, Trump hammered his political rivals for standing in the way of his efforts to crack down on legal and illegal immigration in advance of November's midterm elections. Though Trump has gone on the offensive against Democrats at a variety of venues — from his frequent stump speeches to a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last month — past presidents have generally refrained from using the White House as a backdrop for bare-knuckled political attacks.


"We're building the wall step by step, and it's not easy because we have a little opposition called the Democrats," he said. "I guess they just don't mind crime. They don't mind crime. It's pretty sad."

Specifically, Trump targeted Democratic governors and mayors who have opposed efforts to deport undocumented immigrants, and took particular aim at New York Mayor Gov. Andrew Cuomo and congressional Democrats...............................

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-mocks-phony-blue-wave-says-immigration-will-carry-gop-n902311



What a complete jerkass!!





Image: Donald Trump
Any Democratic "blue wave [in the midterms] means crime," Trump said at the White House Monday.Andrew Harnik / AP














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Trump mocks 'phony blue wave,' says immigration will carry GOP to midterm wins (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2018 OP
He is hoping that hate carries the day. madaboutharry Aug 2018 #1
Crime? Roy Rolling Aug 2018 #2
I take great offense to Neilsen using the term "hero" to describe ICE and CBP The Liberal Lion Aug 2018 #3
So True Roy Rolling Aug 2018 #15
I agree whole heartedly with your post. llmart Aug 2018 #19
'Blue wave means crime. It means open borders. Not good,"' elleng Aug 2018 #4
You mean putting little children in cages duforsure Aug 2018 #5
Setting it up so that Liberalagogo Aug 2018 #6
Translation: Trump is very worried about coming blue wave. Downtown Hound Aug 2018 #7
The more worried he gets, the more Cruel and irratic he becomes! riversedge Aug 2018 #9
Ah yes. Locking babies in cages, his famous immigration policy. tavernier Aug 2018 #8
"We're building the wall step by step," Hey Jackass! Build this wall! Va Lefty Aug 2018 #10
I never saw that before. It's great... BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #22
Trump's immigration policy is one of the things that will cause the blue wave to happen jmowreader Aug 2018 #11
Is Donnie 2-scoops recruiting for his own little Praetorian guard? Mad_Mongol Aug 2018 #12
His supporters believe everything he says DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #13
Shut the fuck up Donny! Initech Aug 2018 #14
And all the dudes abide ! Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #24
well, now we know his "reasoning" after the GOP steals another election 0rganism Aug 2018 #16
We mind the crime of stealing immigrant babies and caging them. truthisfreedom Aug 2018 #17
Along with.... Wuddles440 Aug 2018 #18
Putin told him in Helsinki that JoeOtterbein Aug 2018 #20
We already know that Putin is hard at work to make that happen. PSPS Aug 2018 #21
Pissing in the wind, ain't we, Donny Two-Scoops? DinahMoeHum Aug 2018 #23
I really wish the Dems would bash him with his own history. denverbill Aug 2018 #25
He never stops campaigning SHRED Aug 2018 #26
All the Russian hackers are immigrants I guess RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #27
Because his child separation policy was so damn popular Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2018 #28
Calling all graphic artists! Perfect opportunity here! Old-school phone handset riding in on huge truthisfreedom Aug 2018 #29
That's hilarious. His immigration/kidnapping policy is driving the Blue Wave. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #30

The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
3. I take great offense to Neilsen using the term "hero" to describe ICE and CBP
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:47 PM
Aug 2018

The word "hero" in America has been so cheapened since 9/11 it is pathetic. Every ordinary Joe and June is now elevated to a be-caped, tights wearing ueber-being. This example, however, is particularly egregious. Even in it's now almost meaningless definition the term "Hero" in no way applies to the immorality of these employees following the orders and wishes of trump, his malodorous nazi advisors and those treasonous republicans. Sickening, just sickening.

Roy Rolling

(6,917 posts)
15. So True
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:53 PM
Aug 2018

Part of the propaganda campaign. Every soldier and policeman is a "hero", every rich person is a "job creator". It results in a reality-TV third-rate actor being elected to political office.

llmart

(15,540 posts)
19. I agree whole heartedly with your post.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:26 PM
Aug 2018

I'm sick of the overuse of that term. There is nothing heroic about separating babies and children from their families and locking them in cages.

elleng

(130,908 posts)
4. 'Blue wave means crime. It means open borders. Not good,"'
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:50 PM
Aug 2018

Let us beware of trump/repug's vicious campaign rhetoric. As outlandish as it seems, it may work.

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
6. Setting it up so that
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:55 PM
Aug 2018

if the Blue Wave annihilates the GOP, it's fake.

If the GOP somehow miraculously wins big, it's totally real.

tavernier

(12,388 posts)
8. Ah yes. Locking babies in cages, his famous immigration policy.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:11 PM
Aug 2018

That will certainly carry the bloodsucking monsters of the GOP to midterm wins.



Btw, I truly hope that the dems remember to announce this loudly EACH and EVERY day until the midterms!

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
11. Trump's immigration policy is one of the things that will cause the blue wave to happen
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:31 PM
Aug 2018

Not sure if Trump knows this, but some of the shit he's doing is really starting to piss people off.

Mad_Mongol

(86 posts)
12. Is Donnie 2-scoops recruiting for his own little Praetorian guard?
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:34 PM
Aug 2018

He best remember that Caligula and Nero were finished off by their own guardsmen.

0rganism

(23,954 posts)
16. well, now we know his "reasoning" after the GOP steals another election
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:17 PM
Aug 2018

which is really no help at all...

Wuddles440

(1,123 posts)
18. Along with....
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:24 PM
Aug 2018

his constant lying and projecting, he also has a tendency to hint about information that he possesses and "telegraph" pending actions. What should be a real concern is that Putin has assured him that there will be, in fact, a "red wave". Their ability to infiltrate and compromise election systems is extremely frightening.

PSPS

(13,599 posts)
21. We already know that Putin is hard at work to make that happen.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 08:40 PM
Aug 2018

Coming soon to your Facebook/YouTube/twitter etc., will be a flurry of SHOCKING alerts!!11!! BOMBSHELL 'news' stories!!11!! "Mary Johnson" describing how she almost got snuffed by MS-13!!111!!! Pictures of BROWN PEOPLE with HORRIFYING CAPTIONS!!!111!!

These usually appear during working hours in St. Petersburg.

I've already noticed a huge increase in trump propaganda videos showing up on youtube.

denverbill

(11,489 posts)
25. I really wish the Dems would bash him with his own history.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:11 PM
Aug 2018

All of our forefathers were immigrants to a degree, but most of them didn't run whorehouses. Just shows 'family values'. Passed on from his grandfather I guess. Money at any cost. No morality, just money.

Most all of my ancestors were farmers. 99% of all immigrants to the US aren't gang-bangers and murderers, neither then nor now. They're hard-working people who want a better life for their children. Just like my ancestors.

I do oppose illegal immigration, but we need more legal immigration.

truthisfreedom

(23,147 posts)
29. Calling all graphic artists! Perfect opportunity here! Old-school phone handset riding in on huge
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:08 PM
Aug 2018

blue wave with the message "Hey Mr President, the 50s called and they want their racism back!"

Democrats very much care about crime, especially against immigrant babies being thrown in cages at the border.

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