Two wildly different Trump speeches in 24 hours
Within a 24-hour span, President Donald Trump delivered one speech in which he tore into the media and members of his own party, and a second in which he called for national unity and love.
Category Archives: Charlottesville, VA
Trump preaches unity to vets after fiery political speech
RENO, Nev. - A day after a searing speech tearing into the media and members of his own political party, President Donald Trump returned to calls for unity and love as he spoke to veterans Wednesday at an American Legion conference.
Before American Legion, Trump urges unity to conquer American political divisions
A day after a scorching attack on the news media and Republicans in the Senate, President Trump used a speech to an American Legion convention to call for unity in America, arguing there is "no division too deep for us to heal," as the President signed into law the latest bipartisan bill from Congress to reform work at the VA. "We are not defined by the color of our skin, the figure on our paycheck, or the party of our politics," Mr. Trump said in Reno, Nevada.
Danny Tarkanian says Dean Heller is worried about seat if hea s embracing Trump
Danny Tarkanian said Wednesday that Sen. Dean Heller is "obviously" worried about his seat if he's embracing President Trump. "If Dean Heller's campaign was not worried about me running against him, then Dean Heller wouldn't be all of a sudden now be embracing President Trump and being his BFF and saying he voted for him," Mr. Tarkanian, who is running as a Republican in Nevada, said on MSNBC.
Trump wants Congress to fund his ‘big, beautiful’ Mexican border wall
During an 80-minute speech at a rally for his supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump took shots at "truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media" for misrepresenting his "perfect words" after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier in August. "This is what I said on Saturday: 'We're closely following the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia,' - this is me speaking.
Protests turn unruly after Trump’s Phoenix speech
A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests of President Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds after someone apparently lobbed rocks and bottles at officers. A haze enveloped the night sky Tuesday as protesters and police clashed outside the convention center where Trump had just wrapped up his speech.
Trump talks unity, but detours into angry words for media
President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that Then he erupted in anger.
Trump blames the media for his and America’s problems
Minutes into his election-style rally, we learned what: It wasn't the white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazis who threw the US into chaos and allegedly killed a woman in Virginia last week. Trump spent nearly a third - if not more- of his 90-minute rally rehashing his public remarks in the wake of Charlottesville, Virginia, and complaining that he was widely criticised for them.
Trump calls for unity and love. Then he gets angry
President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that “our movement is about love.” Then he erupted in anger. He blamed the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists.
Paul Ryan defends tax breaks for Foxconn at town hall
In this July 25, 2017 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Speaker Paul Ryan at CNN town hall: Trump ‘messed up’ Charlottesville reaction
President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Monday that he was disappointed with President Donald Trump's failure to denounce white supremacists in the wake of violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but Ryan said he would not endorse an effort to formally censure Trump for his response. "I do believe he messed up in his comments on Tuesday," Ryan said during a town hall on CNN.
In Afghanistan course correction, Trump learns winning is not so easy
But on Monday night, as he laid out his new strategy for Afghanistan, America got to see how its new President confronted what many experts believe is a no-win situation: a war that has dragged on with no end in sight for 16 years. Trump laced his prime-time speech with volleys of bold language that might be expected from a new commander-in-chief taking over a failing war.
Trump’s USDA pick talks same-sex marriage, pedophilia
The man who President Trump wants to be his Chief Scientist at the Department of Agriculture is actually not a scientist. Veuer's Nick Cardona has that story.
Chelsea Clinton on Confederate Statue Controversy: You Don’t See Any Satan Idols In Church
So, what is Chelsea Clinton trying to say here? That Confederates are no better than Lucifer? Ever since inexcusable violence broke out between the far left Antifa and white nationalist groups in Charlottesville, Virginia this month, we're back to the Confederate statue thing. Supposedly, white nationalists descended into the city to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue.
Paul Ryan: Leaders must push beyond “passions of moment”
The nation's leaders "have an obligation" to steer the country past "the passions of the moment," House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday in remarks that didn't explicitly criticize President Donald Trump's handling of this month's deadly clash in Charlottesville, Virginia. The written statement by Ryan, R-Wis., came six days after Trump used a news conference to say "both sides" were to blame for the Charlottesville violence, in which neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups clashed with counter-protesters.
After Charlottesville attack, anti-LGBTQ hate groups attack media…
In response to the violent August 12 white nationalist and neo-Nazi protests that occurred in Charlottesville, VA, a number of regional and national media outlets published pieces that informed their readers about regional and national hate groups from various extremist ideologies. Anti-LGBTQ hate groups and their allies in right-wing media responded to these stories by attacking the media outlets that published them, some of which have since deleted their stories.
Lawmaker who made Trump assassination remark may face removal
A Missouri lawmaker who temporarily posted a Facebook comment expressing hope that President Donald Trump would be assassinated could face an effort to remove her from office. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and Lt.
Free speech supporters: Outnumbered, but rally was a success
Supporters of a small, conservative "free speech rally" held Saturday in Boston said despite being outnumbered by tens of thousands of counterprotesters, their event was a success. Demonstrators protesting against racism and white supremacy had descended upon historic Boston Common, dwarfing the rally's few dozen attendees and leading to what appeared to be an abrupt end of the event.
America’s Founding Father Would Be Outraged By Trump
George Washington would be horrified by Donald J. Trump's claim that there were "fine people" among those who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, with neo-Nazis, Klansmen and white nationalists, and that they were morally equivalent to those who protested the event. Read his famous letter of 1790 to the Jewish congregation here in Newport.
Numbers drawn for Powerball jackpot, estimated at $535M
Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years. Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 99 years.