Trump is pre-spinning a bad debate performance by preemptively accusing Biden of being on drugs

I am going to put together a thread covering Trump's rally in Racine, Wisconsin. Follow along for clips and commentary 👇

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I have until 6pm eastern. Trump is now 15 minutes late and counting. So we'll see how much of this I end up being to watch after all.

Trump begins be revealing he's defensive about reports he dumped on Milwaukee: "I love Milwaukee. I was the one that picked Milwaukee. These lying people. They say, 'oh, he doesn't like Milwaukee.' I love Milwaukee. I said, 'you gotta fix the crime.' We all know that."

Trump claims "four years ago the world was at peace." We were all quarantining at home amid mass death!

Trump gets confused while accusing Biden of being in cognitive declines (the White House described the Biden videos he's talking about as "cheap fakes," not "clean fakes" as Trump claims)

"Joe Biden is forming granting mass--thikit. He's going to formally grant a mass amnesty."

"Citizensip"

"Send them back!" chants about migrants at the Trump rally in Racine

people were literally celebrating in the street when he lost

Trump describes Biden's efforts to relieve student debt as a "vile attack"

Trump says that migrants who get into fights with cops would be "killed immediately" in their countries, but "here we're very nice. We're politically correct." 😳

Trump takes credit for "saving Kenosha," but of course he doesn't think he's at all responsible for stoking the underlying social unrest in the summer of 2020

Trump says that Vivek Ramaswamy, who has never served in Congress, should've been on the J6 committee

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Trump claims inflation is "between 40 and 50 percent" (it's currently just over 3 percent). He then brags about gas being cheap during a pandemic that crushed the economy, killing demand.

a kid behind Trump is wearing a shirt that reads, "I'm voting for the convicted felon"

Trump, employing Nazi logic, claims his mass deportation will lower inflation and reduce housing costs.

Trump messes up his smear of George Stephanopoulos: "They have George Stopalopodis ... George Stopodiaiieee--"

NARRATOR: Trump didn't win in Wisconsin or nationally in 2020

Trump, "joking," humiliates Vivek Ramaswamy: "There's never been a politician, Vivek -- you're just peanuts by comparison, Vivek!"

Trump mid-rant gets distracted by a lake and then pivots to sharks 🦈

GOP Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde with a loud QAnon dogwhistle here

Trump on Rep. Derrick Van Orden: "He cannot take no for an answer"

"We will take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington DC ... we're gonna take it over" -- Trump

"I will not given one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate" -- Trump, to huge applause

"Watch your vote. Watch your vote. Because they tend to disappear." -- Trump (as even Republicans acknowledge there is no evidence of this happening)

Trump refers to Joe Biden as "Joe Bride" and says something about a "fading memory"

Trump's rally in Racine, Wisconsin, is over. If you appreciate me watching it so you didn't have to, please support what I do by signing up for my newsletter. I think you'll enjoy it and paid subscribers make my work possible. Thank you!

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