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Reality Check: Trump's wild misrepresentation of Obama's response to a protester

 

Washington (CNN)To hear Donald Trump describe it, President Barack Obama was "really screaming" at a pro-Trump protester whose appearance at a Hillary Clinton rally momentarily interrupted the President's remarks.

"You have to go back and look and study and see what happened," Trump told supporters Friday.
So we did. And Trump's description of Obama's response is flatly misleading.
Here's what happened: Obama was speaking in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Friday afternoon when a protester stood up holding a Trump sign. That led the crowd of Clinton supporters to boo, a common response to protesters during rallies for both candidates this election.
But the President wasn't having it.
"Hold up! Hold up!" Obama repeatedly called to the crowd, never once addressing the protester and certainly not, as Trump put it, "really screaming" at him.
More to the point, Obama's rebuke was directed at the Clinton supporters, not the protester. He first told the audience they shouldn't worry about the man, who was peacefully conducting himself.
"We live in a country that respects free speech. Second of all, it looks like maybe he might have served in our military and we've got to respect that," Obama said. "Third of all, he was elderly and we've got to respect our elders."
Trump -- who called Obama's response "a disgrace" -- didn't mention Obama's plea for respect for the protester. Instead, he said the President "spent so much time screaming at this protester."
Trump also conveniently forgot to mention Obama's suggestion to angry Clinton protesters.
"Don't boo," the President said, repeating one of his oft-uttered 2016 phrases. "Vote."

 

 
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trump is a #1 piece of shit. there's nothing real about the guy. everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. what's so disturbing is it doesn't even bother him. what's even more disturbing is the people who believe him. 

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17 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

trump is a #1 piece of shit. there's nothing real about the guy. everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. what's so disturbing is it doesn't even bother him. what's even more disturbing is the people who believe him. 

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39 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

trump is a #1 piece of shit. there's nothing real about the guy. everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. what's so disturbing is it doesn't even bother him. what's even more disturbing is the people who believe him. 

Like when hillary said she was named after sir Edmund Hillary... For no reason. Which was a lie

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26 minutes ago, Sludgey said:

Like when hillary said she was named after sir Edmund Hillary... For no reason. Which was a lie

the difference between a hillary vs a trump voter is that the hillary voter can admit both are liars. trump voters are....well....stupid. 

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4 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Nothing Trump says surprises me anymore. Faking his assassination attempt and then using it to get votes was a call I made months ago was the final straw.....actually I was kinda joking.

You have been 100% behind clinton since she torpedoed your guy. Give it a break with the final straw shit. 

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9 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

the difference between a hillary vs a trump voter is that the hillary voter can admit both are liars. trump voters are....well....stupid. 

I will admit they are both pieces of shit. One will cozy up to all of the establishment politicians and one will mix shit up with no real friends already in the political grind. I'll take the later.

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Just now, JEFF said:

I will admit they are both pieces of shit. One will cozy up to all of the establishment politicians and one will mix shit up with no real friends already in the political grind. I'll take the later.

Hillary is going to cozy up to republicans? And they're going to let her? :lol: 

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18 minutes ago, JEFF said:

More so than Trump. She's one of the good ole boys, If you will... She is no danger to the sitting repubs. Trump on the other hand... 

any republican that strikes a deal with clinton would be commuting political suicide. republican voters despise the clintons. 

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1 hour ago, spin_dry said:

the difference between a hillary vs a trump voter is that the hillary voter can admit both are liars. trump voters are....well....stupid. 

Yet you'll vote for hillary even though you're aware she's lying to you. That's a red flag that you're deeply ingrained into the cult 

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