President Donald Trump is expected to take a victory lap when he holds a “Total Exoneration” rally Thursday evening in Grand Rapids, Michigan, just days after Attorney General William Barr revealed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated” with the Russians in 2016.
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8:05 PM: Trump says the Republican Party will become the party of health care after again referencing John McCain’s “thumbs down” vote. Trump says Obamacare is bankrupting Americans and nobody should go bankrupt because of health care. Trump vows to protect patients with pre-existing conditions even though his administration does not yet have a healthcare plan to “replace” Obamacare.
Trump: “We have a chance of killing Obamacare” in court. “We almost did it” in congress. “But somebody unfortunately surprised us with thumbs down. We’ll do it again.”
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) March 29, 2019
7:58 PM: Trump says “go get yourself a good socialist” if you want to see a “good deflation.”
7:57 PM: Trump pivots to America’s economic revival and says America’s economy is the “hottest” in the world. He rehashes his “geniuses” line about 401ks. He talks about rising wages, especially for blue-collar workers. He says the unemployment rate has reached the lowest in 51 years. Trump says he got criticized for asking black voters, “what do you have to lose?” Trump talks about the lowest unemployment rates for minorities and disabled Americans.
7:53 PM: Trump says “it’s time.”
BREAKING NEWS: Trump says “I’m going to get full funding of $300M for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.”
— Richard Burr (@RichardBurr_DN) March 28, 2019
“I am going to get full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration. Which you have been trying to get for over 30 years!” @realDonaldTrump That is amazing news for Michigan! That’s OUR President!
— Michigan GOP (@MIGOP) March 28, 2019
7:51 PM: Trump mocks Jussie Smollett–he says he claims he was attacked by “MAGA country.”
“Maybe the only time I’ve ever agreed with the mayor of Chicago,” Trump says. He says “that’s a terrible situation” and what took place in Chicago is “an embarrassment to Chicago” and an “embarrassment to our country.”
7:48 PM:
Trump asks whether Democrats will have to decide if they want to continue defrauding the public with “ridiculous bullshit” or apologize for the Russia collusion hoax.
Trump says the Russia collusion hoax is why it’s important to “finish what we came here to do–drain the swamp.”
Trump reminisces about election night in 2016 when his audience at 1AM was larger than Hillary’s in prime time. He mocks the media for predicting it would be a “short evening” for Trump. Crowd chants “four more years!”
Trump says we cannot criminalize political differences and talks about law enforcement and intelligence agencies that spied on him.
“They spied on me,” Trump says.
He says they eventually won against the deep state and “it’s a beautiful thing…They tried taking something great.”
Trump bashes media at Michigan rally over Russia investigation, calls journalists “bad people” and says there must be “accountability.” Crowd chants “lock them up!” pic.twitter.com/pvF8Uokg1j
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) March 28, 2019
7:39 PM: Trump ridicules Hillary Clinton for not going to Wisconsin and speaks about how Michigan was his last campaign stop in 2016.
7:35 PM: Trump Mocks Adam “Pencil Neck” Schiff.
Trump blasts the Democrats and the media bosses and the crooked journalists and the totally dishonest TV pundits–“group of major losers”–who have harmed the country.
“They tried to divide our country, to poison the national debate, to tear up the fabric of our great democracy,” Trump says. “They did it all because they refuse to accept the results of one of the greatest presidential elections—probably no. 1—in our history.”
Trump says many many people were hurt by the scam and blasts little “pencil neck” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who Trump says has “the smallest, thinnest neck I’ve ever seen. He is not a long-ball hitter.
“Sick, sick, these are sick people,” Trump says. “There has to be accountability because it’s all lies. They know it’s lies.”
Crowd chants “lock her up” after Trump talks about the “fake, dirty dossier” that Crooked Hillary and the Democrats paid for..
Trump says maybe he got lucky because even the fake news didn’t even believe it.
“Thank you very much, I appreciate it. You never know,” Trump says.
7:26: TRUMP: “TOTAL EXONERATION. COMPLETE VINDICATION.”
Trump says the effort by Democrats, the media, and the Deep State to overturn the 2016 election has failed—”the greatest election we’ve had in a long time, maybe right from the beginning.”
He says it was nothing more than a “sinister effort” to undermine the results of the 2016 election.
Trump says there has “never been anything like what we did” in 2016.
“We defeated a very corrupt establishment and we kept our promise to the American people, and it’s driving them crazy,” Trump says. “Today, our movement and our country are thriving. Their fraud has been exposed. The credibility of those who pushed the hoax is forever broken. And they’ve now got big problems.”
He says Mueller was a God to Democrats until he said “no collusion.” “They don’t like him so much right now,” Trump says.
“The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans, many of them, they suffered, with an elaborate hoax,” Trump says pic.twitter.com/zjweyZeyfg
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) March 28, 2019
7:25 PM: Trump says after three years of lies and slander, “the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over.”
Trump pumped to be back in the Heartland. Crowd chanting “USA! USA!” He says he’s bringing a lot of the car companies back — “they’re pouring in.” He says this has been an “incredible couple of weeks for America.” He says the economy is roaring and ISIS is defeated 100%.
“Robert Mueller was a god to Democrats, was a god to them, until he said there was no collusion. They don’t like him so much right now,” Trump says at a rally in Michigan pic.twitter.com/q48cHznqrv
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) March 28, 2019
7:20 PM: Trump, with, as Trump Jr. said, the “monkey off of his back,” now appears on stage. Raucous crowd awaits.
Pres Trump pumps fist as he takes the stage at political rally. pic.twitter.com/asvp4DxIBG
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 28, 2019
7:00 PM:
Trump is wheels down in Michigan.
Addressing rally before his father, @DonaldJTrumpJr says his dad “had a pretty good week.” He cited “vindication” by Mueller Report, House failure to override his veto and a new meaning for MAGA: “Michael Avenatti Got Arrested.” pic.twitter.com/VyARiQBW7t
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 28, 2019
Among the choice puns from @DonaldTrumpJr in his warm-up for the president tonight:
“Adam ‘Full of’ Schiff”
“So much bull-Schiff”
“Schiff-the-bed”— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) March 28, 2019
Overheard while walking the line outside Trump’s Grand Rapids, MI rally: “he’s gonna go off the rails tonight!” Supporters prepared for a memorable night.
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) March 28, 2019
6:35 PM:
Speaking to local reporters, Donald Trump Jr. says the Russia Collusion hoax was the greatest hoax perpetrated upon the American people and says the media have done “irreparable damage” in pushing the Russia Collusion hoax.
A very 2020 sign, and a very 2016 sign, outside today’s Trump rally in Grand Rapids pic.twitter.com/EBtNurp8By
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) March 28, 2019
Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox at Trump rally: Liberals pushed “a phony investigation for two years to look for collusion with Russia and they came up empty.”
— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) March 28, 2019
“Lock her up!” chants already ringing out during Trump’s Grand Rapids rally pre-show after Laura Cox, chair of the Michigan GOP, says the media and Democrats need to “get over it” and accept that Donald Trump won
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) March 28, 2019
Warming up the crowd for Trump, MI GOP chairwoman Laura Cox is going back through the 2016 election, attacking Hillary Clinton for hanging out with Hollywood elite including Harvey Weinstein instead of autoworkers.
— Tarini Parti (@tparti) March 28, 2019
@GOPChairwoman @MIGOPChair #TrumpInMichigan #Trump2020 pic.twitter.com/1VFvWjovqT
— meshawn maddock (@meshawnmaria) March 28, 2019
On my way to Grand Rapids, Michigan right now. See you all very soon! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/JjGAijXlRT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2019
Here we go: President Trump is off to Grand Rapids, Michigan for his first rally since the Mueller investigation concluded.
Buckle up. pic.twitter.com/F9RHd60IWA
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) March 28, 2019
I thought I was going crazy because I kept smelling like a super strong incense? Turns out the anti-Trump protestors across the street are burning sage.
— Emily Lawler (@emilyjanelawler) March 28, 2019
In #GrandRapids #Michigan for the first #Trump rally since the #MuellerReport found no collusion. The crowd just may be into this one tonight… pic.twitter.com/UyaCnCGCn4
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) March 28, 2019
@seanhannity it’s a sea of red hats here in Grand Rapids!!! pic.twitter.com/kEZ13oHP08
— Roy Couch (@royboy138) March 28, 2019
President Trump will hold a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan tonight. The president had a historic upset here in 2016, he was the first Republican to win the state in nearly 30 years.
It’s the President’s first rally since the release of the special counsel summary. pic.twitter.com/awcqcC47iR
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) March 28, 2019
There’s now a live band playing. People selling Pres. Trump gear. Pretty heavy police presence.
The line for the rally extends a couple blocks down Ionia Ave SW. pic.twitter.com/TbxFetB5RP
— Katherine Ducharme (@KD_WOODTV8) March 28, 2019
The line for @POTUS rally tonight at @VanAndelArena is starting to wrap around the corner of Hop Cat. pic.twitter.com/S0BGJsA4LG
— Katherine Ducharme (@KD_WOODTV8) March 28, 2019
Pres Trump said he’s going to a rally in Michigan to trumpet return of manufacturing to the state, including car companies. “It’s a great thing so see,” he says. Michigan played a key role in his 2016 election victory. He narrowly won the state with 47.3% over Clinton’s 47.0%. pic.twitter.com/iN9hkYmoMG
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 28, 2019
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