REMINDER: This is purportedly an event about school safety, but Trump is currently ranting about how "Canada is very smooth"
love 2 talk about school safety with governors by.... *checks notes* .... blasting each of the last three administrations' North Korea policies?
What the hell is Trump talking about?
"Plus, you know, I got to watch (?) some deputy sheriffs performing this weekend. They weren't exactly Medal of Honor winners."
President Bone Spurs says he would've run into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to stop the school shooting earlier this month "even if I didn't have a weapon."
TRUMP, ranting, brags about how well he did with women in 2016: "Women unemployment [is] at an 18-year low. 18 years. And actually I did very well with women during the election. Nobody wants to give me credit for that, as you know. And I'm very proud of that."
You just can't make this shit up -- Trump, purportedly talking to governors about school safety, is now riffing on how great American solar panels are.
"We make a much higher quality solar panel."
TRUMP on bump stocks: "It's gone. Just don't worry about it, it's gone, essentially gone, because we're going to make it so tough that you're not going to be able to get them. Nobody is going to want them anyway."
TRUMP on providing police with military gear: "Every time I go to one of your cities, they come up to me, the police, and they say, 'thank you so much for that equipment. We feel so much safer.' When they can go in an armored van to a site and not worry about being shot."
WOW -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) challenges Trump to his face on his plan to arm teachers, tells him "we need to listen to educators and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat."
Trump responds by crossing his arms and quickly changing topic
This was Trump's body language as Gov. Inslee told him educators aren't down with his plan to arm teachers
Trump says he thinks teachers would pack heat in schools for a $1,000 bonus, says he recently talked to someone whose plan to stop school shootings was to fill schools with smoke. (Trump doesn't like that idea.) #BeyondParody
Trump says "country is doing great," but laments the "setback" that was the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School -- then immediately pivots to bragging about how solid the economy is
Trump blasts resource officer who failed to stop Parkland shooting: "Look at Peterson. Look what he did in Broward where he thought he was probably a brave guy, but he wasn't a brave guy under pressure. He choked and other people choked. A lot of people choked in that case. "
LMFAO Trump does a no-look handshake as the meeting with governors ends
WATCH: @GovInslee tells a scowling Trump, to his face, that arming teachers is a terrible idea -- and Trump responds by changing the topic as quickly as possible thinkprogress.org/jay-inslee-don…
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TRUMP: "[Haley] has been at the UN right from the beginning, & worked w/us on the campaign...it has been a long time, very intense & she told me probably six months ago, 'you know maybe at the end of a 2-year period, but at the end of the year I want to take a little time off.'"
HALEY: "I'm such a lucky girl to have been able to lead the state that raised me and to serve a country I love so very much has really been a blessing, and I want to thank you for that... the US Is strong again. The US is strong in a way it should make all Americans proud."
Nikki Haley describes Jared Kushner as "a hidden genius that no one understands."
Trump is about to deliver a speech to a gathering of police chiefs. Follow me for a video thread.
Trump on Hurricane Michael: "It's looking like it could be a very big one... good luck."
Trump lies, claims "before I took office less than two years ago, our nation was experiencing a historic surge in violent crime." (Violent crime has been steadily declining for more than two decades.)
TRUMP on Rod Rosenstein: "I actually have a good relationship other than, there's been no collusion folks!"
TRUMP attacks Democrats over Kavanaugh process: "The way they tortured him and his family, I thought it was a disgrace. It was one of the most disgraceful performances I've ever seen."
He then lies and says "there was no corroboration of any kind" for Dr Ford's accusation.
TRUMP: "I think a lot of Democrats are going to vote Republican because I have many friends that are Democrats. The main base of the Democrats have shifted so far left that we'll end up being Venezuela...I think a lot of Democrats are going to be voting Republican on Nov. 6."
Trump is about to deliver a speech in Topeka. Follow me for a video thread.
TRUMP: "I want to thank our incredible Republican senators for refusing to back down in the face of the Democrats' shameless campaign of political & personal destruction... radical Democrats launched a disgraceful campaign to resist & demolish right from the beginning."
TRUMP: "If you allow wrong people to get into office, things could change. They could change fast. We will not let that happen. It can go very quickly. We cannot let that happen. You don't hand matches to an arsonist and you don't get power to an angry left-wing mob."
Ahead of @SenatorCollins' speech on the Senate floor, protesters chant "believe women!" from the gallery
COLLINS is using her speech to criticize opponents of Kavanaugh as "frenzied," "spreading outright falsehoods," and representing "special interest groups."
COLLINS: "The president has broad discretion to consider a nominee's philosophy, whereas my duty as a senator is to focus on the nominee's qualifications as long as that nominee's philosophy is within the mainstream."
It sure sounds like she is going to announce a yes vote.
.@ChuckGrassley, who is struggling to read a statement on the Senate floor, baselessly accuses @SenFeinstein of "shameful" handling of Dr Ford's accusation because she didn't violate Ford's wishes and make an issue of it immediately
Grassley flat out lies, claims Ford's accusations are "refuted."
Grassley, getting angry, says "resistance" in a very odd way, closes by urging senators to "say no to mob rule by voting to confirm Judge Kavanaugh." #wut