"They tried to cancel Kermit the Frog and Mr Potato Head. You see that? They backed off Mr Potato Head. I think he told them his preferred pronounces are 'he, his, him.'" -- Jim Jordan pic.twitter.com/gU9pwYh3rk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Jim Jordan is talking about Mr. Potato head’s preferred pronouns
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 28, 2021
I don't pretend to know the potato's gender, I do know that if the potato were molested Jim would turn a blind eye.
— Kevin Sandford (@KevTucky1971) February 28, 2021
may you find something you care about in life as much as CPAC speakers care about Mr Potato Head's junk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Kristi Noem tried to take a victory lap for her CPAC speech and coronavirus response. It did not go well. https://t.co/aZ4x4IfeOE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Sure, let’s ask every other state’s governor about how South Dakota has got the highest COVID death rate since July. https://t.co/mjJ9VsPkCE
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) February 28, 2021
Fauci on Noem bragging at CPAC about ignoring the public health advice of experts: "It's unfortunate, but it is not really helpful ... just take a look at the numbers. They don't lie." pic.twitter.com/CWPooZWRBR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Turned CPAC off for three and a half hour, just turned it back on, literally the first sentence on the stream was "And there WAS widespread voter fraud in way too many states, most especially in big cities run by the Democrat machine. That is fact." (It is a lie.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 28, 2021
Some of the Trump supporters who say they perpetrated the Capitol attack have been irritated that other Trump supporters have been saying that Antifa did it. From @MarshallCohen: https://t.co/JGHueejVeg
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 27, 2021
Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue at CPAC: "It’s just an honor to be here. But my biggest honor today is gonna be that -- I think we're gonna be on the same stage -- as, in my opinion, the real, the legitimate, and the still actual president of the United States, Donald J. Trump."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 28, 2021
This comes a month after the Goya board voted to require Unanue to get board approval before doing media appearances. It’s not clear if board authorized his CPAC appearance - no board comment yet - or if doing a speech violated the board policy. https://t.co/bgJSDojvcs
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 28, 2021
Donald Trump is not "the president" pic.twitter.com/qn8Ps85wZf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
you guys realize Trump is just going to deliver the same exact speech he's done for the 5 years, right? he only knows how to do one speech
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Fox is also saying the speech may be two hours long.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) February 28, 2021
— Donny Michael 🎰 🕵️♂️ 👩 👨 🎥 📺 (@donsoroka2011) February 28, 2021
"I will tell you that everything is going according to schedule with the President of the United States. He will be here very soon" -- Matt Schlapp, 15 minutes after Trump's speech was supposed to begin (also, Trump is not the president) pic.twitter.com/6BybEWh3iv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
TRUMP ARRIVES AT CPAC SITE 50 MINUTES AFTER HIS SPEECH WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN pic.twitter.com/2o4kZnzg8X
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Fox News's John Roberts: "It looks like [Trump] didn't leave Palm Beach for Orlando until just probably about 25 minutes ago ... they're thinking about 4:55 eastern time when he hits the stage"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
So Trump's speech will start over an hour late for no good reason. lol pic.twitter.com/RueXTDONr3
Meanwhile, on Fox News, they're predicting that Trump -- who'd been scheduled to speak at CPAC at 3:40 -- only left Palm Beach earlier this hour and now isn't expected to take the stage in Orlando until 4:55 p.m.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) February 28, 2021
Don’t forget he made the crowd at the 1/6 insurrection rally wait an hour for him to take the stage although it was literally in sight of the White House.
— David Pope (@PopeGoodpope) February 28, 2021
Busy today. Many meetings. Many phone calls.
— jon schuster (@jschuster59) February 28, 2021
Also selfishness; no one else’s time matters
— ☝️SoSayU (@sosayu3) February 28, 2021
Meanwhile he is being fed a drug cocktail in the hope that he can stand up even sort of straight along with a mix of “mood modifiers”. And getting a good wipe down in preparation for a fresh diaper.
— fka Arkantart (@FArkantart) February 28, 2021
I hope he uses this opportunity to describe his health care plan.
— matthew 🍔 (@beingreleased) February 28, 2021
This is not much a crowd for Dear Leader. He must be so disappointed.
— digby (@digby56) February 28, 2021
Morris Day did it better pic.twitter.com/GNfSUSp9gB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 1, 2021
Trump: Do you miss me yet? pic.twitter.com/h1rkbBoy3E
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 28, 2021
"There has never been a journey so successful," Trump says of his presidency to begin his CPAC speech, despite the fact he was defeated and left office last month pic.twitter.com/D7ONVxrLCx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
seems legit pic.twitter.com/zNUv0KlVra
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
lol Trump's material is completely unchanged. he's still banging on about "walls and wheels" pic.twitter.com/VJ86ZlIEfa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
you can tell Trump is reading his speech from the prompter for the first time. Here he is reading a sentence and then ad libbing, "that's true" pic.twitter.com/GLCscL6Efu
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
"I may even decide to beat [Democrats] for a third time" -- Trump pushes the big lie and gets a standing ovation pic.twitter.com/Lu5umfHHN1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
drink! pic.twitter.com/IOJJCcMxUT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump just short-circuited pic.twitter.com/0tRD6PpuHw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump seems to suggest that if he hadn't been president, "hundreds of millions" of Americans would've died from Covid -- so basically the entire US population (his comments in this clip are a word salad so it's a bit unclear exactly what he means) pic.twitter.com/cG5WNGy6uP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Ivanka Trump Made Up To $640 Million While Working In Washington
Trump, without a shred of irony, claims Biden is the most corrupt president in history (Trump owned and profited from a private business while in office, and benefitted from lavish Secret Service expenses at his properties) pic.twitter.com/rm0UNxME4M
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
"Had we had a fair election, the results would've been much different" -- Trump is still pushing the big lie that motivated the January 6 insurrection, which he hasn't so much as alluded to yet pic.twitter.com/f4mijse9GJ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
45 Million Americans Have No Access To Clean Water (14%: 1 Out Of Every 7 Americans)
Trump on the Paris Climate Accord: "We have the cleanest air, the cleanest water, and everything else that we've ever had. So I don't know why we have to [rejoin]" (this is a lie, first of all, and second, clean air and water are different issues than climate change) pic.twitter.com/EvM4gBEca9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump still thinks that an over-reliance on wind power means you won't be able to watch him on TV anytime you want pic.twitter.com/YMNN0tRpKa
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
The transphobia part of Trump's CPAC speech gets a big standing ovation. Republicans remain big on bigotry pic.twitter.com/h1NuKPq5gI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
"We won the election twice" -- Trump keeps pushing the big lie as little side points during his speech pic.twitter.com/AkLBGKCupz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump: "Our military is stronger than ever before."
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) February 28, 2021
Trump (10 minutes ago): Joe Biden has destroyed our military. #CPAC2021
An Incomplete List:"we reject cancel culture" -- drink! pic.twitter.com/rbrDaJulxb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump Has Called For The Cancelling Of Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Macy's, Apple, Italy, Scotland,
Mexico, Goodyear, Glenfiddich Whiskey, Oreos, New Balance, Under Armour, AT&T, T-Mobile, Boeing, Merck,
Nordstrom, General Motors, Toyota Motor Corp., Nike, Harley Davidson, New York Times, Washington Post,
Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, The Editorial Board Of
The Wall Street Journal, CNN, ABC News, NBC News, ESPN, CBS, HBO, CNBC, Univision, Touré (MSNBC),
Chris Matthews (MSNBC), Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair), Charles Krauthammer (conservative writer),
Rich Lowry (National Review), Jonah Goldberg (National Review), Sopan Deb (CBS News), Katy Tur (NBC/MSNBC),
Karl Rove (Republican Commentator), Megyn Kelly (Fox News), Chuck Todd (NBC), Paul Krugman (New York Times),
Dave Weigel (Washington Post), Fox News Pollsters, Joe Lockhart (CNN Analyst), Joy Reid (MSNBC),
Chris Cuomo (CNN), NFL Players Who Don't Stand For The National Anthem, The Entire NFL, The Entire NBA,
Debra Messing (Actor), Tom Ford (Designer), And All Products Made In China (He Has Supported The Cancelling
Of Walmart, Netflix, Budweiser, Starbuck's, Keurig Coffee Makers, Target, Pepsi, And Gillette)
hard to imagine that courts didn't find this argument persuasive pic.twitter.com/Y6MsQbzfOw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
"This election was rigged," Trump lies, prompting CPAC attendees to chant, 'you won! you won!"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump then attacks the Supreme Court for not overthrowing the election result for him
"The didn't have the guts or the courage to make the right decision," Trump says pic.twitter.com/HYo4IiaWFI
Trump claims "it is undeniable" that election rules were "illegally changed" -- the only problem being that the courts in fact denied it pic.twitter.com/UqlqHgqGIc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump's CPAC speech is every bit as incendiary as his January 6 speech just before the insurrection. He's pushing the same lies about the election.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump Pledges Party Unity Before Attacking Every Republican Who Supported His Impeachment"fragrantly -- flagrantly" pic.twitter.com/q2sg1l84IC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Hell hath no fury like a moron scorn
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) February 28, 2021
pic.twitter.com/ter232UwTB
It's a target list. https://t.co/yyOG1kHeTO
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 28, 2021
He did this at an event themed "America Uncanceled." https://t.co/LJpIvNaPsf
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) February 28, 2021
who "stated" this? David Dennison? pic.twitter.com/KuKuPDnlh2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Funny how it didn’t work for himself.
— Jeff Norman (@jeffnorman90) February 28, 2021
poor guy is still in the denial stage of grief pic.twitter.com/qCrrZ5A9jh
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
the grift goes on pic.twitter.com/Mer7Pii6hi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Back to the Sir stories..,
— M J Specter (@MJSpecter1) February 28, 2021
Trump is teasing he'll run again in 2024 but not committing to anything pic.twitter.com/xOJdUEr7aW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Trump ditched the traditional end of his rally speech and is no longer doing the "we will make America great again" bit. His CPAC address is finally over after about 90 minutes. pic.twitter.com/UVVwHZLtsL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2021
Wtf he didn’t even talk about bags of soup or cans of tuna
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 28, 2021
Trump is going to say some evil, apocalyptic shit about immigrants on Sunday, and reporters had better think about how they're going to cover it ahead of time. https://t.co/vQfOIigkeB
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) February 26, 2021
Trump is absolutely counting on the mainstream media, not just the right-wing media, to provide imagery of migrants at the border. https://t.co/vQfOIigkeB
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) February 28, 2021
Just a few minutes into this speech, Trump is hitting immigration much harder than he did during the campaign. Message that unites GOP, particularly when out of office
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) February 28, 2021
Possibly the same guy who pencilled the CPAC 2021 stage design.
— memoryswap (@memoryswap) February 28, 2021