On Thursday, President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the National Archives on the occasion of Constitution Day, which is a federal holiday on the date that the U.S. Constitution was signed by delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Trump’s speech was full of bizarrely bombastic nonsense, and he slurred his way through it. Case in point: at one point, he referred to the “immortable” principles of the country’s so-called Founding Fathers. What? Was he trying to say “immortal”? Why don’t Republicans take Trump’s public lapses more seriously?
Belligerently ranting that “left-wing mobs have torn down statues of our Founders, desecrated our memorials, and carried out a campaign of violence and anarchy,” Trump added:
‘The left has launched a vicious and violent assault on law enforcement, the universal symbol of the rule of law in America. These radicals have been aided and abetted by liberal politicians, establishment media, and even large corporations. Whether it’s the mob on the street or the “cancel culture” in the boardroom, the goal is the same: to silence dissent, to scare you out of speaking the truth, and to bully Americans into abandoning their values, their heritage, and their very way of life.’
Watch his ridiculous comments below:
Trump sounds sedated today, but the content of what he's saying is bonkers pic.twitter.com/T65gCAJ0GV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2020
Trump is lying. He’s not maybe or even possibly onto something — he is lying. There has been no systematic support from “liberal politicians” for a “violent assault on law enforcement,” according to any remotely reasonable understanding.
As if he revels in the thrill of idiocy, Trump consistently adamantly refuses to acknowledge the chasm between the vast numbers of peaceful demonstrators against police brutality — whose causes have been lifted up by some Democratic politicians — and isolated instances of rioting that have sprung up. As if he imagines himself as some kind of totalitarian dictator, Trump talks like maintaining the public image of “America” is more important to him than treating his own fellow Americans as anything other than caricatured conspirators against him. His conspiratorial allegations are, quite simply, nonsense.
Check out more video clips of Trump slurring below:
What is hell is up with Trump's delivery today? It sounds like he's just coming out of general anesthesia pic.twitter.com/2lfGoUePGl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 17, 2020
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