Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

After I saw how nice Wolf seemed in the office, I quietly asked some CNN people “is Wolf Blitzer actually that nice” and they were like “oh he’s the absolute best.” — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

No, Democrats aren’t cheating in the election by negotiating a relief bill No, Trump isn’t a pioneer in protecting people with pre-existing-conditions No, foreign countries can’t easily forge and submit mail ballots No, the virus isn’t “disappearing” https://t.co/gjnz6twVgF — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump has added a 3:30 PM golf club “news conference” to his schedule for today, which also includes two fundraisers in the Hamptons, one at Donald Trump Jr.’s house and one at billionaire John Paulson’s house. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@qrebekah @vlfleischer @McKennaEwen @CassieSpodak Thank you. I will raise this issue. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

100%. Trump puts himself in situations conducive to lie-steamrolling, settings with friendly faces to turn to. But I think fact-checking/pushback could often be done to at least a slightly greater extent even in press conferences and informal “gaggles.” https://t.co/92zrXF25yx — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

PS: These videos are produced/edited/coached/co-brainstormed by CNN's awesome video squad, including @vlfleischer @McKennaEwen @CassieSpodak. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

I've been complaining for four years about interviewers not fact-checking Trump to his face. In the past few weeks, we've gotten some good evidence that this is not only necessary in principle, it actually works. My video this week: https://t.co/VJdortztoR https://t.co/SFMDWdiPyZ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

We now have pretty good evidence that fact-checking Trump to his face isn't just needed as a matter of principle, it can actually work. My video this week: https://t.co/VJdortztoR https://t.co/2bem64isB6 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @grace_panetta: I feel like a broken record on this now, but I will again re-up my explainer on why it is not, in fact, “easier” and act… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@IChotiner But they were booing from the BACK ROW of the country club ballroom — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@ToluseO Brave — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

A reporter is booed by the country club crowd for noting that the crowd here was not following New Jersey guidelines. Trump says there are exceptions for "political activity" and "peaceful protest," and this is a protest because attendees "know the news is fake." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if people will still get $600 a week under his plan, Trump says, "I won't say that yet." But "we have the money...we have plenty of money." No specifics. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump: "The Democrats are cheating on the election." (No.) "If you look at what they're doing even with these negotiations. That's an influence and an unfair influence on an election." (Total nonsense. Democrats passed a relief bill and want to spend more than Republicans do!) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, asked about Russia and China, claims "the biggest risk that we have is mail-in ballots." He repeats his claim about how foreign powers can "forge ballots and send 'em in." Experts say it's extraordinarily unlikely given all the ballot security measures. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked what he'll actually do about this intel re Russia (and maybe re China, not quite clear in the Q): "Well, we're gonna look at it very closely. You're telling me that this came out a little while ago, and I've heard that it came out, it came out just a little while ago." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

"I've taken tens of billions of dollars from China." (Tariffs paid by Americans.) "China was having the worst year they've had in 67 years." (29.) "And we were having the best year we've ever had." (No.) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked if he believes US intel about Russia trying to hurt Biden, Trump says, "It could be. I mean, I could be, very much. I think the last person Russia wants to see in office is Donald Trump..." Told that's not what the intel says, Trump says, "I don't care what anybody says." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Asked when he might sign these executive orders he talked about on coronavirus relief, Trump says "it could be by the end of the week." He says he's not worried about the legality, though "probably we get sued." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says that, "just like we saved the courthouse" in Portland, "we will save the United States of America." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump talks about Molotov cocktails in Portland, says the city's mayor is "disgraced," talks again about the mayor's security detail, denounces "left-wing violent extremism" as "an increasing threat to our country." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@cathleendecker Very true. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump criticizes prescription drug middlemen. "Middlemen. I guess you'd have to say, to be politically correct, middlemen AND WOMEN. But you never heard the middlewomen before. You heard middlemen. That's the term." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump is just giving a rally speech to this silent room. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says drug prices went down "last year" for the first time in 51 years. By the measure he's using, they declined 0.7% in 2018, two years ago, then increased 3% in 2019. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says he has "always" been very strongly in favor of pre-existing-condition protections. He backed Republican bills that would have significantly weakened those protections in Obamacare. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says he's "pursuing" an executive order to require all health insurance companies to "cover all pre-existing conditions for all customers." Trump says, "This has never been done before." (Pre-existing-condition protections currently exist in Obamacare, a law.) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump says, "in the not too distant future," we'll have lots of rapid tests, as opposed to having to a three-day process of getting results from a lab. In a lot of countries (and some places in the US), it doesn't take three days to get results from lab tests... — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump repeats his usual nonsense about how cases are up because testing is up. (He is very marginally more accurate this time, first saying that this is "the reason" and then saying it's "one of the reasons.") — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump, reading from a text, touts improvements in various states, then talks about how much help he says his administration has provided. — PolitiTweet.org