Trump Holds Press Briefing After Reviving Racist Birther Conspiracy Against Kamala Harris

August 14, 2020
|
August 14, 2020

President Trump is holding a press briefing at the White House, ostensibly on his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s press briefings, however, often go off script and become de facto campaign events.

Follow the TPM staff’s coverage of Trump’s briefing below:

 

More Less

President Trump is holding a press briefing at the White House, ostensibly on his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s press briefings, however, often go off script and become de facto campaign events.

Follow the TPM staff’s coverage of Trump’s briefing below:

 

Notable Replies

  1. Oh boy, back to “the cities are on fire, but we could stop it in a moment”.

    Season 2 of the Trump press conferences still is worse, with lots of lying and made up statements. It’s going to fascinate people for decades, taking all of this apart and trying to understand how any Americans fell for it.

  2. And, it’s over…I only caught two questions, did that even last ten minutes?

  3. At work and can’t watch, so I’m depending on the kindness of TPM strangers to keep me informed. :slightly_smiling_face:

  4. Avatar for tena tena says:

    The president and the vice president are exempt from the Hatch Act.

  5. Haha! I guess that I didn’t miss much.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

59 more replies

Participants

Avatar for epicurus Avatar for manhattan123 Avatar for brutus1910 Avatar for irasdad Avatar for mickeyg Avatar for sickneffintired Avatar for drriddle Avatar for joelopines Avatar for 26degreesrising Avatar for ignoreland Avatar for greylady Avatar for tao Avatar for khaaannn Avatar for darrtown Avatar for tribalogical Avatar for tena Avatar for dommyluc Avatar for earthquakeweather Avatar for castor_troy Avatar for kelaine Avatar for skeptical Avatar for curveball Avatar for heartflow Avatar for haddockbranzini

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: