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RT @ryanstruyk: Esper says 'most believe' Beirut explosion 'was an accident' after Trump claimed it was an attack via @jmhansler @MichaelTC… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the Trump campaign's list of suggested debate moderators (the campaign does not get to pick the moderators), which includes a significant number of people who have given Trump fawning softball interviews. https://t.co/JOilwJzM8H — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @peterbakernyt: Trump to hold news conference at 5:30 p.m., White House says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ryanstruyk: GUPTA: "We're not quite 5% of the world's population, yet represent 20-25% of the world's infections... I mean, that has to… — PolitiTweet.org

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The president claimed unnamed “generals” told him the Beirut explosion was probably an “attack,” a “bomb of some kind.” The defense secretary says “most believe it was an accident as reported” but that they’re still gathering information. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AaronMehta: US Secretary of Defense Esper on #Lebanon : "Still getting information on what happened. Most believe it was an accident as… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KFILE: Also, it looks like someone photoshopped out a microphone he was holding at an event to make it look like he was.....touching hi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarahmucha: Just in case we haven’t worn this point out to exhaustion yet, this wasn’t in a basement in Delaware and Biden wasn’t alone… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump told Fox today that the Portland courthouse is a $500 million building. Last week he said it is a $1 billion building and that it is a $600 million building. (It cost $129 million in the 1990s, about $200 million in today's dollars.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PaulaReidCBS: I can tell you @Acosta definitely has sources on the task force, he has broken stories I have matched and matched stories… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump today on ventilators: "You go back four months, we didn't have any.” White House boast graphic: There were 16,000 ventilators seven months ago. (The Trump administration has confirmed to me that all of those were inherited from the Obama days.) https://t.co/6pKMopD82V — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's closing message to Catholic TV EWTN: https://t.co/c6uyXLiHJQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump in a Gray TV interview: "People question masks, but there's no downside in wearing them." He had repeatedly said there was a downside in wearing them. WSJ interview on June 17: "Masks are a double-edge sword." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ccadelago: New: Karen Bass said her appearance & effusive praise at Scientology’s headquarters happened because it was in her district.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump told Fox and Friends that "children are almost - I would almost say definitely - but almost immune from this disease." They are not. https://t.co/yMNJMjyQzF — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump asks where Black Lives Matter started, says it was with a chant "pigs in a blanket, fry 'em like bacon." It did not. That was chanted by one group, not affiliated with official BLM org, at one MN march in 2015; it's been endlessly replayed on Fox. https://t.co/NfGVmc9lkD — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump repeats that there is a possible exception for Lincoln, then adds, "But even that, to be honest with you." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump repeats his abject nonsense that he's done more for Black people than anyone with the "possible" exception of Abraham Lincoln. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump asked about most NBA players kneeling: "I think it's disgraceful." He says he worked with the NBA to help get them open and now sees everyone kneeling, and now "I just turn off the game" because "it's disgraceful." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "Hong Kong, we're with them all the way...but it's attached."He talks about how Hong Kong took a lot of US business away but won't anymore: "We're going to make a lot more money now, I will say that." Trump says it's "very cold" for him to say that, but true. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump, railing against Antifa, says "they say Soros" funds them (no evidence at all), along with other people. He then suggests it's suspicious that some protesters have signs printed at print shops: "I like the signs that are made in a basement. They mean a lot more." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump falsely claims he "re-instituted" an old law that gives a 10-year penalty for destroying monuments, and signed a "bill." He merely issued an executive order saying that the government should fully prosecute people under existing laws. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says Obama's speech at voting rights crusader John Lewis's funeral, in which Obama made various proposals to strengthen and expand voting rights, was "a terrible, terrible representation of what our country is all about." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump claims he has redone "82% of the Obama things." He's using the word "things" a lot in this interview. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on Obama's speech at John Lewis's funeral: "I thought it was a terrible speech. It was an angry speech. It shows there is an anger there that people don't see. He lost control." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump later says he will "probably" do his speech live from the White House. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says the RNC will involve speeches from "some of the warrior congressmen," suggesting that'll include Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz. — PolitiTweet.org

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Earlier in the interview, Trump falsely claimed that while "absentee" voting involves going "through a process," other mail in voting, like the plan in Nevada, would send a ballot to "anybody that ever walked." The plan is to send ballots to *registered voters.* — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump confirms a report he's considering giving his Republican convention speech from the White House lawn: "We're thinking about it. It would be the easiest from the standpoint of security." He says it's a "beautiful setting" and "a beautiful alternative." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump talks about how much NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg likes him for pressing other countries to increase their defense spending. He falsely claims Obama didn't ask other countries to do this. — PolitiTweet.org