GOP Lawmaker's Gaslighting Claim About Trump And Police Has Critics Saying WTF?
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Rep. Tom Emmer's claim earned a rebuke from a former Capitol police officer, among others — who brought receipts.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) left critics scratching their heads after he argued that Donald Trump, a convicted felon who inspired a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, stands with police and against criminals.
“Donald Trump stands with the people and the police, our men and women in blue, not with the criminals and rioters,” the House majority whip said from the stage at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday while attacking Vice President Kamala Harris for having supported Black Lives Matter protesters.
The irony was not lost on critics and others on social media.
“21 members of your caucus voted against giving the Capitol Police the congressional gold medal for their efforts on Jan 6th,” wrote Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer who helped defend the building against pro-Trump rioters during the 2021 attack.
“The former president also calls the people who beat law enforcement ‘patriots,’” he added.
"I think it would be very devastating for me and for him to meet his first child behind a glass screen," his wife, who is eight months pregnant, told Reuters.
The president would have likely "gotten very upset" had a Democrat done it, the New York Times journalist told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
The president received an awkward reminder, right to his face.
The National Review said it's "unfathomable that we are threatening the sovereignty of a fellow NATO country."
Amid fawning praise for Donald Trump's billionaire ally, there were some scathing suggestions the Texas Republican likely won't repeat.
Maurice Cheeks once jumped to singer Natalie Zito's aid in a moving display before a 2003 NBA playoff game.
President Donald Trump has been openly courting the Danish territory to join the United States.
Sen. Tina Smith wasn't "sugarcoating" her response to CNN's Brianna Keilar when asked if she's communicating "the stakes of the moment that the country’s in."
Rep. Seth Moulton spotted the "bottom line" in the president's love for "freedom and liberties."
Trump seemed tickled by Vance's decision to honor Wednesday's White House guest with a small outfit choice.
The Columbia graduate's attorneys argued for his return to New York, after federal agents quietly sent the detained Palestinian activist to Louisiana.
"It doesn't make any sense," the CNBC host said.
The victim’s friend said she woke to the sound of a gunshot and the dog jumping around the bed.