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Brewer has previously told Trump that he is the first black president. — PolitiTweet.org

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Former NFL player Jack Brewer tells Trump: "You stood up for the word of God. And as believers, as the church, we have to pray for our president and have his back -- when he raised that Bible up after those folks burnt that church -- we are in a spiritual warfare." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: A warning is now included when you sign up for Trump rally tickets: "By attending the Rally, you & any guests voluntari… — PolitiTweet.org

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@JustInCaseKate I did tweet that! — PolitiTweet.org

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Surgeon General Jerome Adams: "We flattened the curve, but that doesn't mean that COVID has gone away, that it's any less contagious, that it's any less deadly to vulnerable communities." We haven't heard a lot of such talk at recent Trump events. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Surgeon General begins his remarks by expressing condolences to the Floyd family, noting that people in Texas are hurting. (The President and Attorney General said no such things today.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Barr: "We've never had a president who's more committed to reforming law enforcement." — PolitiTweet.org

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Barr: "We can't let this event obscure the fact that the real oppression and danger to our communities comes more from violent crime and lawlessness than it does from the police." — PolitiTweet.org

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AG Barr: Given the progress since the 1960s, now is not the time to tear down institutions; rather, it's time for reform. "We have to be mature about this." He adds that nobody "honest" would deny there's been a lot of progress in policing over the last 50 years. — PolitiTweet.org

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Barr: The civil rights movement until the 60s was to tear down institutions, and that made sense given Jim Crow, "but I don't think now is the time to be tearing down our institutions, because we've been on the march for the last 50 years of reforming our institutions." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: There are "30 names" you can call the coronavirus, but "I call it the plague from China, the plague." The audience applauds and shouts in support. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump recounts his 2016 victory in Texas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "We watch the pennies, but when it comes to Texas, we don't watch 'em too closely." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "I gave so much money to Texas" after Hurricane Harvey, took such good care of the state, "that they were looking for the next hurricane." The audience laughs and applauds. (Hurricane Harvey killed more than 100 people in Texas and caused billions in damage.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump talks about school choice, then, because he said "choice," proceeds to repeat his lie that he is the one who got the Obama-era Veterans Choice program created. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is defending his call to "dominate the streets," saying that, by preventing riots, "we're dominating the street with compassion." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: We'll encourage police departments to meet standards on the use of force. "That means force, but force with compassion." He adds, "If somebody is really bad, you're gonna have to do it with real strength, real power." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump fondly recalls how the National Guard helped stop violent protest in Minneapolis, then says Seattle's current "autonomous zone" protest situation would be "so easy to solve" if it had a governor like Texas has. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is recounting the protest violence in Minneapolis. He says it was a "beautiful scene," even though it's not "supposed to" be, when the National Guard went in and, "like a knife cutting butter," stopped the violence, even though "yes there was some tear gas." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says he's announcing four steps, one of which is that he's "working to finalize an executive order that will encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards for the use of force, including tactics for de-escalation." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "Americans are good and virtuous people. We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear, but we will make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent Americans as racist or bigots." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "There is no opportunity without safety." He criticizes Chicago, as he has in the past, for allegedly preventing its police officers from doing their job and stopping violence. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: We have to respect police; "if they're allowed to do their job, they'll do a great job." "And you always have a bad apple no matter where you go. You have bad apples. And there are not too many of them, and I can tell you, there are not too many in the police department." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: In recent days, there has been a vigorous discussion about how to ensure fairness, equality, and justice for all, but "unfortunately there are some trying to stoke division and to push an extreme agenda..." (He cites the police-defunding movement.) — PolitiTweet.org

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At his roundtable in Dallas, Trump begins by calling for "law and order" and criticizing Seattle. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Pegleg_Secretar He was invited, though — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the White House list of attendees for the president's Dallas roundtable this afternoon. (Dallas's police chief, sheriff and DA, all of whom are black, weren't invited.) https://t.co/JpXnm2dttn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: This amendment was approved via voice vote last night, which means Republicans signed off on it. (can be stripped out late… — PolitiTweet.org

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For those wondering, Trump's "Transition to Greatness" event in Texas today is an official White House event, not a campaign event. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump in a 2017 interview: "People don't realize, you know, the Civil War, um -- you think about it: why? People don't ask that question. But why was there the Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out?" https://t.co/HLa9ojBakP — PolitiTweet.org