Trump Strikes Again
Jun. 4th, 2017 05:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Donald Trump berates London mayor over response to terror attacks
Trump deliberately misquotes Sadiq Khan, the Labour Mayor of London (his son did the same thing after the Westminster attack):Tory ministers leap to Sadiq Khan's defence:
You pretty much have to think Sadiq Khan being a Muslim isn't a coincidence in the Trumps' pattern of misquoting.Here's what @SadiqKhan actually said. He is right to provide reassurance. I'm standing with resilient London & him.
"Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days.
"There's no reason to be alarmed."*
— Penny Mordaunt (@PennyMordaunt) June 4, 2017
Penny Mordaunt's the Minister for Disabled People - I don't think I've ever had a good think to say about her before!
* The full statement is longer, but Mordaunt tweeted a pic, not text, and I haven't found the full text, OTOH this shows the deliberate misquote, Sadiq Khan was addressing the police presence.
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Date: 2017-06-04 07:14 pm (UTC)OH WHAT THE HELL THERE'S MORE.
I'm so sorry.
Penny Mordaunt's the Minister for Disabled People - I don't think I've ever had a good think to say about her before!
Yesterday at the convention, more than one speaker described 45 as a "uniter, not a divider"—because he brings together people who formerly couldn't even have a civil conversation with one another, united in their horror at his actions and belief that nobody should do that. I guess it's an international effect.