President Donald Trump on Friday expressed verbal support for recently introduced, bi-partisan legislation that seeks to codify legal protections for state-sanctioned marijuana-related activities.
In response to a question from reporters, the President acknowledged that he “probably will end up supporting” The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act of 2018, sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Corey Gardner (R-CO). Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has also reportedly promised to permit a vote on the legislation.
The bill mandates that the federal Controlled Substances Act “shall not apply to any person acting in compliance” the marijuana legalization laws of their state. It also amends federal law to explicitly remove industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana. A bipartisan House companion bill, sponsored by Reps. David Joyce (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), is pending in the House of Representatives.
Also today, Governors from 12 states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging passage of the STATES Act.
In April, Sen. Gardner acknowledged that he had spoken with the President regarding the intent of his bill and that Trump “assured me that he will support a federalism-based legislative solution to fix this states’ rights issue once and for all.”
Click here to send a message to your lawmakers in support of the States Act.
I knew ever since the election that President Trump would be the one that ends the federal prohibition of cannabis.
I have written at least 60 letters to President Trump about prohibition and why it must be ended. Just the commerce and industrial end of it is huge. The medical end of is very important. The prison reform end of it very big as well.
This bill is a waste of time(in my opinion), but it has brought the issue up where it is getting some much needed press coverage.
Jeff sessions can eat his words…lol
For the record, Jeff Sessions’ words in response to being left out of talks between Gardner and Trump were;
“I was not a participant in the meetings he had at the White House, so I don’t know details of that except that it remains clear that the Cole memo has been withdrawn and the impact of that is essentially to make clear that we are not guaranteeing—and cannot guarantee—persons who use or distribute marijuana are protected from federal prosecution. I don’t think that’s appropriate for me to, in effect, violate or neuter federal marijuana laws.”
The word “neutered” stands out… as in Sessions was neutered from cracking down on state legalized marijuana because the Cole memo signed by President Obama prevented him… and by the time he rescinded it the memo was largely obsolete.
But in this era of Rule-of-law-by-public-opinion or trial-by-propaganda the people watching Fox News think Obama did nothing for mj legalization. And Trump reacts to whatever lies his followers follow. So Trump feels like he can take all the credit for marijuana legalization and piss off AG Sessions, much to the chagrin of his greatest doners such as the Koch brothers.
And thats where things get really interesting; regardless of what Trump’s supporters believe (which is apparently anything) what will be more important to Trump? Signing a bill to get perceived vengeance on Obama and piss off Sessions? Or keep his voter supressing doners happy… you know, the ones with petroleum and timber patents that will lose value in a legally banked hemp and marijuana market and the same ones that brought Kris Kobach and the Cro$$check program to steal the election?
I don’t care who legalizes it or what party they’re affiliated with. Finger pointing is something our parents did for the fifty years they were in office.
I belong to generation “stfu and get shit done already”
Sk,
Your stfu failed.
To the contrary we need to use this moment to get loud: as in click on the ACT tab and tell your Congressman to pass the STATES Act.
If you read my post carefully my question is not meant to discourage Republican participation in mj legalization so much as point out the doners and stake holders behind them who are busy lobbying the President and our Congress for their own patents, taxes and subsidies. And so should we as voting constituents.
sk,
You “can’t get shit done” until you get the assholes out of power.
Well said sk. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
RJ,
Wow, who knew legalization was as easy as “stfu?” Wonderful! We’ve got nothing to worry about now! (sarcasm)
Stop telling people how to live their lives. Not because their there and you own the land over there doesn’t give you the right to tell them how to live on that land. Grow up guys or I’m coming in there and grabbing you grown boys by your ears and removing you
Julian
“For the record”
“PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” and Draining the Swamp and Legalizing Marijuana and Building the Wall.
Congratulations Jack, you almost completed a cohesive sentence! Keep reading! You might learn something.
Jeez, I’m worried this guy is going to fly head first through a closed door when he realizes how badly he’s getting screwed.
Jack, you’re the broken record. Bullshit.
President Trump Making America Great Again and Legalizing Marijuana and Draining the Swamp and Building the Wall.
“Roll a Fatty for Ol’Big Daddy”??
Dave, you crow too soon. You don’t “know” jack shit. Trump ain’t done shit for the marijuana legalization movement. He gave us Sessions. He is not going to legalize it.
Here’s a different perspective on Sessions’ effect on mj legalization.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/dpa-op-ed-usa-today-why-anti-marijuana-ag-jeff-sessions-may-be-best-thing-happen-marijuana
Sometimes the draconian fascist tactic is the most effective one to spur folks to action.
DemonHype,
It wasn’t worth Trump.
We were chugging along just fine without Trump, legalizing state after state after state under President Obama, and would have continued doing so under Hillary.
We sure as fuck did not need Trump’s help, or the traitorous Republicans. And he is no fucking help now. He is a worthless, evil human being. He is the last person we want to associate with.
Traitor Trump is the worst thing that could have happened to the marijuana legalization movement, and to America.
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp.
President Trump is legalizing marijuana. The neo-liberals are just pissed off “WE WIN Again”. And, We will Will Again. Setting here on this sack of seeds….??
Nobody is buying it except you: the ones that can be fooled ALL of the time.
Julian,
Wait till people start feeling the true effects of Trump’s trade war. Those haven’t even kicked in yet.
No fucking way Jeff Sessions is “good” for the marijuana legalization movement. That’s like setting your kid on fire so he gets some exercise! Pure fucking evil.
If Jeff Sessions is “helping”, then stop! Knock that shit off!
No, we’re good and fucked, until we rid the world of the Russian mob Trump Administration.
Dain,
I agree with you that all the voter supression by US oligarchs such as Charles and David Koch, John Paulson, Sheldon Adelson and the Sacklers to name a few… putting a pathological narcissist Russian traitor in the White House just to get their tax cuts was absolute treason. The Koch’s anarchist Nazi agenda should worry everyone, whether their grandfathers were medics in Normandy during D day or not.
But with that said, Demonhype has a point. Do you realize how far Trump supporting conspiracy theorists have to stretch their fearful minds to rationalize why Sessions was chosen by Trump for AG if he wasn’t already taking money from prohibition during the campaign?
We mj activists saw the red Kremlin flags even before Sessions endorsed Trump’s campaign in Feb. of 2016. The Anslingeresque speech Trump began his campaign on said it all.
But the Fox-brained voting block is still figuring it out. Loyal Republican farmers are just now figuring out that Trump betrayed them like he does to everyone… even himself. Hell, Trump is so dumb and greedy he sometimes forgets and betrays Putin.
But Sessions is another creature of avarice. He knows mj is safe and medicinal. But he spent his entire career killing the sick and poor for Big Pharma. He reversed the Cole memos but too late. But that action snowballed into an mmj rider in the DOJ’s budget to protect mmj dispensaries yesterday, and that is under a Republican controlled government. Just imagine what a Democratic Congress will do to Sessions…
Julian, and Demonhype,
Try this on for size:
Donald Trump and his girlfriend Jeff Sessions are the WORST thing to happen to the marijuana legalization movement, BUT it is bringing OUT the BEST in US, as we rise to meet the challenge.
Better?
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp and Legalizing Marijuana ????????
By the way, it remains to be seen whether the marijuana legalization movement will succeed in overcoming the challenges which Trump and Sessions represent.
Both Trump and Sessions are marijuana prohibitionists, and they are coming for us, don’t kid yourself.
Will you really be shocked when the crackdown happens? Be honest. You saw it coming a mile away. So did I.
Dave,
Most marijuana arrests occur on a state level. The 10th Amendment does not legalize marijuana.
No, but Article 4 section 1 does.
Charles, you don’t know what the fuck you are talking about.
You are a tuff-guy behind the keyboard!
Why was Fox News, a conservative network the first and one of the only networks to report this? Isn’t this a liberal cause?
You’ve never heard of Tom Angell and http://www.marijuanamoment.net
And NORML had this post up day one and remains I bipartisan non-for-profit.
You must be thinking of the scorecard if you think marijuana is just a liberal cause:
http://www.norml.org/congressional-scorecard
So what?
Trump’s word means nothing.
Jesus God, am I the only one who sees the elephant in the room?
From above:
‘President acknowledged that he “probably will end up supporting” The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act.’
But the 10th Amendment is safely enshrined in the Constitution! In fact, Traitor Trump himself, and his Republican cult devotees like Cory Gardner, are the biggest single threat to the US Constitution today! Full stop! See “Mueller investigation” and Trump’s claims of Absolute Power in response. We are facing a constitutional crisis. We are descending into a dictatorial banana republic!
Have we not learned? The worst thing you can do is try to cut a deal with Trump.
It’s an investigation over a non-issue: the Stele Dossier.
Half Asleep,
That is a hoot. Read the indictments!
Read IG report and see who’s going to prison…Obama and Michael, Crooked Killary clinton, Comey, Brennan, McCabe, and MUELLER. Stand up Ass-Hats and take a breath you are oxygen deprive.
Jack, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, cheap!
he can’t be president for ever. you are upset that your candidate lost? cool.
no need to freak out. the Constitution is being upheld more now than ever, if the people want to switch in the upcoming election, we will have another president.
Brenton, I am upset that America lost Democracy and became a banana republic with a racist sexist treasonous shit-gibbon at the helm.
Damn right it won’t be forever.
Never say Never!
Jack, that’s what your Momma told me!
From Frank Vyan Walton on Daily Kos:
“Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort has now received his fourth indictment, this one includes seven counts for conspiracy to defraud the United States, witness tampering, in an effort coverup his money laundering, his actions as an unregistered foreign agent with false statements and obstruction of justice which all occurred between 2006 and 2018 and involved an active Russian Intelligence operative.
“Manafort’s partner Rick Gates who has already pleaded guilty to many similar crimes and is now a cooperating witness is mentioned several times, also charged in the indictment is Manafort’s long time employee Konstantin Kilimnick who besides running Manafort’s offices in Kiev where he acted as a go between for Manafort with Russian Oligarch’s such as Aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska — whom he had offered to provide a private briefing on the Trump Campaign — also happens to have current ties to Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) as was explained in the indictment against London based lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan for his lying to the FBI about Gates being in contact with Kiliimnick for which he just finished serving 30 days in Federal prison.
“The bulk of the indictment involves Manafort’s money laundering which occurred before he was part of the Trump campaign and his more recent attempts to use encrypted apps to contact and influence witnesses to support him on his previous three indictments but the fact is that during the entire time, including during the election, he was in near constant contact with Kilimnick, who again was a Russian Intelligence asset.
“That. Is. Collusion with Russia.”
President Trump Making America Great Again. His words DO mean something because his words have removed Obama 8 years from ever occupying the WHITE House. And the oil pipelines are pumping Canadian and United States Oil. Drill Baby Drill.
Traitor!
Yes, we know Trump is a traitor Leroy. But he did campaign that we should respect states rights in regards to mj law. If you feel Trump betrayed you by expressing support for state legalization what are you doing on a marijuana legalization blog?
Laughable, Julian. It’s you and Dain calling him a traitor. I think you’re idiots, and you responding as if I wasn’t being sarcastic demonstrates how disingenuous you guys are. You’re full of shit.
Thought Julian was all business, but he delivers the bullshit just like the insufferable, dillusional Dain Bramage.
Leroy, you are not capable of intellectual thought. Stop embarrassing yourself, fool.
Leroy,
It is an internet convention to indicate sarcasm with /s, or some other explicit indicator, since sarcasm cannot be detected using ordinary visual or tonal social cues.
Have a nice day Leroy.
Leroy,
I second your facts. The “Ass-Hat neo-liberals” are having a nervous breakdown due to mental illness.
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp and Building the wall and LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. ??.
People who have nervous breakdowns tend to have extreme cognative dissonance before repeating themselves loudly in grave denial of the facts around them.
Meth is bad for you.
Marijuana can help:
http://www.norml.org/congressional-scorecard
I don’t like your style, Jack.
You’re the Dain Bramage of the conservative side but surprisingly less coherent-sounding and, dare I say, less sane.
Jack, keep repeating it until you believe it. Click your heels, if it helps!
Trump is the biggest threat to the US Constitution.
Dain stand up slowly and take a breath, ass-hat. President Trump is Making America Great Again. ??????
Jack, that’s an easy question. No. Hell no.
It’s obvious you can’t stand up and take a breath… you are oxygen deprived to the point of delirious.
WTP WON.
Yes, Trump is the biggest threat to the US Constitution. Like Nixon, he claims to be above the law.
Leroy, check my logic, will you?
This bill is called “The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act of 2018”, correct?
But the 10th Amendment is already safely enshrined in the US Constitution. There is no expiration date on the 10th Amendment. I wasn’t aware that it was weakening, like a rickety, old, weather-worn fence.
Why would the 10th Amendment need “strengthening” when it doesn’t get old? Is it under attack? By whom?
If your answer is Jeff Sessions, then I assume you are talking about Traitor Trump’s nomination for Attorney General, confirmed among Republican Senators unanimously.
So, the 10th Amendment is under attack from the Trump administration, and Republicans.
Now: Is it smart, or is it stupid, to expect the people who are attacking you to protect you from themselves?
Think, Leroy.
Mr. Bramage,
The 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
So with that said, let me ask you: When the U.S. Constitution was drafted, reviewed, and adopted, was there a Constitutional authority that stated the federal government could decide for all 50-states what substances were harmful and hence illegal and which ones weren’t? The answer is obviously “No”, but case law (read Courts) have manipulated the interpretation to the point the 10th Amendment is almost meaningless–hence the need for “Strengthening.” In other words, the STATES legislation can preempt any previous case law that acted contrary to the 10th Amendment.
And on a side note, if you think the 10th Amendment has been corrupted by the Courts, just look at the enumerated powers, specifically the Commerce Clause–what a Kluster. Have a great day Mr. Bramage and always remember–MAGA-MF-er!
Sincerely,
Charles G.
Thanks for the comment, Charles. Sorry, but you didn’t pass Leroy’s logic test for him, on his behalf. You both fail. The correct answer is: Trump is practicing extortion.
No prize for you. But thanks for playing!
Fuck Trump, now and forever!
And for those states that think theyre slipping out of legalization like Texas, there exists equal protection under the 14th amendment. Have a nice day G.
I want to share this info with NORML members since it clearly demonstrates just how stupid and totally asinine it is to put cannabis into Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substance Act. It is hard to believe that doing so ever had anything to do with any real danger. It was all about politics and it has done tremendous harm over the years.
Schedule I drugs have the highest potential for abuse and “the potential to create psychological and/or physical dependence,” according to the DEA. That potential decreases with each subsequent schedule; i.e. That is to say that the higher numbers on the Schedule list are considered the least dangerous.
Schedule I
Considered drugs with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” They include marijuana, heroin, LSD, ecstasy, methaqualone and peyote.
Schedule II
These drugs are “also considered dangerous” with a high potential for abuse. They include Vicodin, cocaine, methamphetamine, methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall and Ritalin
Schedule III
The DEA describes these drugs as having a “moderate to low potential for physical or psychological dependence.” They include products with less than 90 mm of codeine, ketamine, anabolic steroids and testosterone.
Schedule IV
These drugs are listed as having a low potential for abuse or dependence. They include Xanax, Soma, Darvon, Valium, Ativan and Ambien.
Schedule V
Basically, products that contain low levels of narcotics, such as cough syrup.
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So, there you have it. In reality, the one the Feds don’t want to admit to, cannabis is less dangerous than those listed in Schedule V!!!
I say remove Peyote and Marijuana altogether. Psilocybin in it’s natural form as well. Ayahuasca too. Raw Opium. and that is about all the illegal plants, I think. If I am wrong, PLEASE correct me!
Brenton, you are wrong.
Brenton, I think you are absolutely correct!
Adults should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they wish to use any drug. If it damages them or kills them, it is their decision.
If it is legal to enter a boxing ring, then it is a no-brainer you should be able to smoke a joint or take an LSD trip if you compare the possible relative harms of each…
oh! Erythroxylum coca also!
and Salvia. And any other illegal plant I forgot to mention.
Trump is a fraud.
But President Trump is legalizing marijuana.
What happened to Obama?
President Obama completed his two terms with dignity and distinction.
Traitor Trump will die in prison for treason.
That’s the difference.
To those of us living in the prohibitionist state of Virginia, please go out and vote for Elaine Luria on June 12th.
I reached out to their campaign to inquire about Ms Luria’s opinion on the legalization of cannabis and she supports it!!!
Let’s try to get her elected to Congress. The Gods all know we need more like her to overcome the evil dirtbags like Mitch McConnell and his ilk.
She won, so we have to get out and vote for her in Nov!
https://elaineforcongress.com/meetelaine/
Miles,
No, “we” don’t have to support her. Females should never be in a leadership position or position of authority.
We’ll take HER over YOU, any day.
Jack, what small credibility you may have had evaporated quickly with your asinine (trolling) comments. Not only are you rabidly sexist, but also rabidly racist.
You attack Native Americans with your Pocahontas comment, but are too stupid to understand the irony. They were HERE FIRST–you’re the immigrant, widget. Jack–doesn’t sound Native American to me–sounds like an immigrant name.
Do you have your green card, Jack, or just here visiting? I think you’re a perfect candidate for a visit from ICE, Jack. Foreigner.
Jack Stinnett is an immigrant, next to Elizabeth Warren! Hilarious!
Maybe he’s only fifteen, and maybe we should rip him from his mommy, in accordance with Trump policy.
Or maybe he’s sixty years old, and still a big, cruel baby, like Trump; I imagine, when he isn’t online spewing hate, he probably tortures cats and other small animals.
In any case he doesn’t represent the views of the marijuana legalization community.
What’s wrong, Jack, did mommy quit breast feeding too soon?
Jack, thanks for showing up to balance things out. We now have a raging idiot from the right to counter the crowd of crazy liberals dominating NORML’s blog comments.
While your trolling abilities are strong, but you come across as a child or possibly a senile old man with a loose screw.
Proof, Leroy, that your goal is to polarize rather than to reform marijuana law. Do you use the ACT tab? Do you support any of the linked mj reform laws on this blog?
Proof of what now? SARCASM, Julian, SARCASM.
I’m positive 9 out of 10 would know my comment was completely sarcastic at idiot-Jack’s expense, but here you go again being the one d1ckhead to pretend otherwise. Maybe your minions will pile on to get your back by claiming the obvious sarcastic tone in my comment was hard to grasp in plain text from my mobile, but we both know how that game goes.
Ok. Now, LE-roys get back to your chores or else you’ll get a lashing with a knotted plow line.
America has been a house divided especially since around the time Richard Nixon declared “the war on drugs” in 1971, and so such a “war” has actually turned out to be a decades long attack on 20% or so of the American people.
Strength in unity, and then again united we will stand.
I hate Donald Trump more than I have the words to express it.
…but, I vote.
Nice try, people. Seriously. But Trump is nothing but a con man and a traitor, and extortion is his game. Republicans like Cory Gardner have his back all the way.
This is not bi-partisanship, this is a set-up for another Republican screw-job.
Everything Trump touches turns to shit. You can expect the same duplicity and betrayal to occur here.
Don’t forget Pocohantas Elizabeth Warren!!! Gardner and Warren are the authors. The neo-liberal ass-hats have lost their support and even Pocohantas realize it… somebody please give pelosi a calculator!
Elizabeth Warren for President! Yeah!
It’s “Pocahontas.” Or “Matoaka” or her married name, Rebecca Rolfe. If you are going to insult Powhatan’s people who saved the Puritans from digging up their loved ones and eating the dead you could at least spell it right.
Julian
She’s a cunt so what’s the difference!
The difference Jack is that a cunt is just a vulgar way to describe where we were all born from. Although you talk like you came out of the wrong hole.
Jack, you seem to be projecting here. Sorry that you have such a low opinion of your “birthing hole,” I mean your mother. Perhaps she should’ve considered abortion.
The Trumpanzees go out of their way to be such monumental assholes, don’t they? I am amazed they ever get laid. If they ever do!
You’re aware of the kettle’s color, aren’t you, Dain?
Her name is what I call her, period. Me Man her woman.
Jack Stinnet – Racist / Idiot!!!
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp and Legalizing Marijuana.
Thank you to all you Ass-Hats neo-liberals for your compliments.
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp and Building the Wall and Legalizing Marijuana.
Thank you for the compliment. ??????
Nobody is complimenting you, Jack. You are being a dick, and we all know it.
“Probably…”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-say-he-probably-will-support-bill-to-protect-states-that-have-legalized-marijuana/2018/06/08/23fe0884-6b24-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html
Why is it when Trump says “probably” it makes us think he’s saying “I have to ask Papa Putin first…”
Gardner and Republicans know marijuana is a major voter turn out issue. (Too late for Michigan, weren’t you GOPers?) That’s the major reason the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 exists: to supress Democratic turn out during elections… Especially midterms.
It’s not clear what Trump knows except when he says “I know exactly what he’s (Gardner) is doing” we can rest assured the President’s cognitive dissonance is on overdrive. He doesn’t have a clue. He takes his orders from Putin and whoever shakes a dollar at one of his Trump Tower or hotel projects. When Trump says “probably” he’s fi$hing. “Koch Industries? Insys Therapuetics? CCA and Geo Group? Take a seat at my DC hotel or get in line at one of my golf resort porn holes and I will betray anyone for the highest bidder.”
So Dr. Bronner’s? John Boehner? Cannabis Associations across America? Now is the time to go to Trump hotel and beat the auction. Because to Trump, that’s all this is. For those of you who think pissing off Sessions is Trump’s real motivation for not recusing himself from the Russia investigation remember Trump already got punked by Senators who refuse to nominate another AG.
I suggest we keep focusing on Congress. Call this bluff right into midterm elections:
Congressional hotline:
202-244-3121
Correction:
Congressional Hotline:
202-224-3121
By legalizing it can be taxed an all the money can be put back into schools teachers pay an heir to better the state
Rick,
Trump is not going to legalize marijuana.
I told you all a long time ago that Trump campaigned on states’ rights. He is a man of his word. Obama, the choomer in chief, didn’t have the huevos to do what Trump will do.
“A man of his word…” You mean like he tweeted “Melany” instead of “Milania”?
Trump is a pathological liar.
A LIST OF TRUMP LIES (As many as I could fit!)
By DAVID LEONHARDT and STUART A. THOMPSON
The New York Times
UPDATED December 14, 2017
JAN. 21 “I wasn’t a fan of Iraq. I didn’t want to go into Iraq.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.) JAN. 21 “A reporter for Time magazine — and I have been on their cover 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.” (Trump was on the cover 11 times and Nixon appeared 55 times.) JAN. 23 “Between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused me to lose the popular vote.” (There’s no evidence of illegal voting.) JAN. 25 “Now, the audience was the biggest ever. But this crowd was massive. Look how far back it goes. This crowd was massive.” (Official aerial photos show Obama’s 2009 inauguration was much more heavily attended.) JAN. 25 “Take a look at the Pew reports (which show voter fraud.)” (The report never mentioned voter fraud.) JAN. 25 “You had millions of people that now aren’t insured anymore.” (The real number is less than 1 million, according to the Urban Institute.) JAN. 25 “So, look, when President Obama was there two weeks ago making a speech, very nice speech. Two people were shot and killed during his speech. You can’t have that.” (There were no gun homicide victims in Chicago that day.) JAN. 26 “We’ve taken in tens of thousands of people. We know nothing about them. They can say they vet them. They didn’t vet them. They have no papers. How can you vet somebody when you don’t know anything about them and you have no papers? How do you vet them? You can’t.” (Vetting lasts up to two years.) JAN. 26 “I cut off hundreds of millions of dollars off one particular plane, hundreds of millions of dollars in a short period of time. It wasn’t like I spent, like, weeks, hours, less than hours, and many, many hundreds of millions of dollars. And the plane’s going to be better.” (Most of the cuts were already planned.)
So many lies, so little time.
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
JAN. 28 “The coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost has been so false and angry that the Times actually apologized to its dwindling subscribers and readers.” (It never apologized.) JAN. 29 “The Cuban-Americans, I got 84 percent of that vote.” (There is no support for this.) JAN. 30 “Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage.” (At least 746 people were detained and processed, and the Delta outage happened two days later.) FEB. 3 “Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” (There is no evidence of paid protesters.) FEB. 4 “After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost!” (It never apologized.) FEB. 5 “We had 109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers and all we did was vet those people very, very carefully.” (About 60,000 people were affected.) FEB. 6 “I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35.” (Much of the price drop was projected before Trump took office.) FEB. 6 “It’s gotten to a point where it is not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it.” (Terrorism has been reported on, often in detail.) FEB. 6 “The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse!” (It didn’t apologize.) FEB. 6 “And the previous administration allowed it to happen because we shouldn’t have been in Iraq, but we shouldn’t have gotten out the way we got out. It created a vacuum, ISIS was formed.” (The group’s origins date to 2004.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
FEB. 7 “And yet the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years, right? Did you know that? Forty-seven years.” (It was higher in the 1980s and ’90s.) FEB. 7 “I saved more than $600 million. I got involved in negotiation on a fighter jet, the F-35.” (The Defense Department projected this price drop before Trump took office.) FEB. 9 “Chris Cuomo, in his interview with Sen. Blumenthal, never asked him about his long-term lie about his brave ‘service’ in Vietnam. FAKE NEWS!” (It was part of Cuomo’s first question.) FEB. 9 “Sen. Richard Blumenthal now misrepresents what Judge Gorsuch told him?” (The Gorsuch comments were later corroborated.) FEB. 10 “I don’t know about it. I haven’t seen it. What report is that?” (Trump knew about Flynn’s actions for weeks.) FEB. 12 “Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest!” (The media did cover it.) FEB. 16 “We got 306 because people came out and voted like they’ve never seen before so that’s the way it goes. I guess it was the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan.” (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all won bigger margins in the Electoral College.) FEB. 16 “That’s the other thing that was wrong with the travel ban. You had Delta with a massive problem with their computer system at the airports.” (Delta’s problems happened two days later.) FEB. 16 “Walmart announced it will create 10,000 jobs in the United States just this year because of our various plans and initiatives.” (The jobs are a result of its investment plans announced in Oct. 2016.) FEB. 16 “When WikiLeaks, which I had nothing to do with, comes out and happens to give, they’re not giving classified information.” (Not always. They have released classified information in the past.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
FEB. 16 “We had a very smooth rollout of the travel ban. But we had a bad court. Got a bad decision.” (The rollout was chaotic.) FEB. 16 “They’re giving stuff — what was said at an office about Hillary cheating on the debates. Which, by the way, nobody mentions. Nobody mentions that Hillary received the questions to the debates.” (It was widely covered.) FEB. 18 “And there was no way to vet those people. There was no documentation. There was no nothing.” (Refugees receive multiple background checks, taking up to two years.) FEB. 18 “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this?” (Trump implied there was a terror attack in Sweden, but there was no such attack.) FEB. 24 “By the way, you folks are in here — this place is packed, there are lines that go back six blocks.” (There was no evidence of long lines.) FEB. 24 “ICE came and endorsed me.” (Only its union did.) FEB. 24 “Obamacare covers very few people — and remember, deduct from the number all of the people that had great health care that they loved that was taken away from them — it was taken away from them.” (Obamacare increased coverage by a net of about 20 million.) FEB. 27 “Since Obamacare went into effect, nearly half of the insurers are stopped and have stopped from participating in the Obamacare exchanges.” (Many fewer pulled out.) FEB. 27 “On one plane, on a small order of one plane, I saved $725 million. And I would say I devoted about, if I added it up, all those calls, probably about an hour. So I think that might be my highest and best use.” (Much of the price cut was already projected.) FEB. 28 “And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that.” (NATO countries agreed to meet defense spending requirements in 2014.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
FEB. 28 “The E.P.A.’s regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands.” (There’s no evidence that the Waters of the United States rule caused severe job losses.) FEB. 28 “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a five-year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials.” (They can’t lobby their former agency but can still become lobbyists.) MARCH 3 “It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.” (Paperwork for the last two candidates was still not submitted to the Senate.) MARCH 4 “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” (There’s no evidence of a wiretap.) MARCH 4 “How low has President Obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!” (There’s no evidence of a wiretap.) MARCH 7 “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!” (113 of them were released by President George W. Bush.) MARCH 13 “I saved a lot of money on those jets, didn’t I? Did I do a good job? More than $725 million on them.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) MARCH 13 “First of all, it covers very few people.” (About 20 million people gained insurance under Obamacare.) MARCH 15 “On the airplanes, I saved $725 million. Probably took me a half an hour if you added up all of the times.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) MARCH 17 “I was in Tennessee — I was just telling the folks — and half of the state has no insurance company, and the other half is going to lose the insurance company.” (There’s at least one insurer in every Tennessee county.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
MARCH 20 “With just one negotiation on one set of airplanes, I saved the taxpayers of our country over $700 million.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) MARCH 21 “To save taxpayer dollars, I’ve already begun negotiating better contracts for the federal government — saving over $700 million on just one set of airplanes of which there are many sets.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) MARCH 22 “I make the statement, everyone goes crazy. The next day they have a massive riot, and death, and problems.” (Riots in Sweden broke out two days later and there were no deaths.) MARCH 22 “NATO, obsolete, because it doesn’t cover terrorism. They fixed that.” (It has fought terrorism since the 1980s.) MARCH 22 “Well, now, if you take a look at the votes, when I say that, I mean mostly they register wrong — in other words, for the votes, they register incorrectly and/or illegally. And they then vote. You have tremendous numbers of people.” (There’s no evidence of widespread voter fraud.) MARCH 29 “Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse!” (It didn’t apologize.) MARCH 31 “We have a lot of plants going up now in Michigan that were never going to be there if I — if I didn’t win this election, those plants would never even think about going back. They were gone.” (These investments were already planned.) APRIL 2 “And I was totally opposed to the war in the Middle East which I think finally has been proven, people tried very hard to say I wasn’t but you’ve seen that it is now improving.” (He was for an invasion before he was against it.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
APRIL 2 “Now, my last tweet — you know, the one that you are talking about, perhaps — was the one about being, in quotes, wiretapped, meaning surveilled. Guess what, it is turning out to be true.” (There is still no evidence.) APRIL 5 “You have many states coming up where they’re going to have no insurance company. O.K.? It’s already happened in Tennessee. It’s happening in Kentucky. Tennessee only has half coverage. Half the state is gone. They left.” (Every marketplace region in Tennessee had at least one insurer.) APRIL 6 “If you look at the kind of cost-cutting we’ve been able to achieve with the military and at the same time ordering vast amounts of equipment — saved hundreds of millions of dollars on airplanes, and really billions, because if you take that out over a period of years it’s many billions of dollars — I think we’ve had a tremendous success.” (Much of the price cuts were already projected.) APRIL 11 “I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late. I had already beaten all the senators and all the governors, and I didn’t know Steve.” (He knew Steve Bannon since 2011.) APRIL 12 “You can’t do it faster, because they’re obstructing. They’re obstructionists. So I have people — hundreds of people that we’re trying to get through. I mean you have — you see the backlog. We can’t get them through.” (At this point, he had not nominated anyone for hundreds of positions.) APRIL 12 “The New York Times said the word wiretapped in the headline of the first edition. Then they took it out of there fast when they realized.” (There were separate headlines for print and web, but neither were altered.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
APRIL 12 “The secretary general and I had a productive discussion about what more NATO can do in the fight against terrorism. I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism.” (NATO has been engaged in counterterrorism efforts since the 1980s.) APRIL 12 “Mosul was supposed to last for a week and now they’ve been fighting it for many months and so many more people died.” (The campaign was expected to take months.) APRIL 16 “Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over!” (There’s no evidence of paid protesters.) APRIL 18 “The fake media goes, ‘Donald Trump changed his stance on China.’ I haven’t changed my stance.” (He did.) APRIL 21 “On 90 planes I saved $725 million. It’s actually a little bit more than that, but it’s $725 million.” (Much of the price cuts were already projected.) APRIL 21 “When WikiLeaks came out … never heard of WikiLeaks, never heard of it.” (He criticized it as early as 2010.) APRIL 27 “I want to help our miners while the Democrats are blocking their healthcare.” (The bill to extend health benefits for certain coal miners was introduced by a Democrat and was co-sponsored by mostly Democrats.) APRIL 28 “The trade deficit with Mexico is close to $70 billion, even with Canada it’s $17 billion trade deficit with Canada.” (The U.S. had an $8.1 billion trade surplus, not deficit, with Canada in 2016.) APRIL 28 “She’s running against someone who’s going to raise your taxes to the sky, destroy your health care, and he’s for open borders — lots of crime.” (Those are not Jon Ossoff’s positions.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
APRIL 28 “The F-35 fighter jet program — it was way over budget. I’ve saved $725 million plus, just by getting involved in the negotiation.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) APRIL 29 “As you know, I’ve been a big critic of China, and I’ve been talking about currency manipulation for a long time. But I have to tell you that during the election, number one, they stopped.” (China stopped years ago.) APRIL 29 “I’ve already saved more than $725 million on a simple order of F-35 planes. I got involved in the negotiation.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) APRIL 29 “We’re also getting NATO countries to finally step up and contribute their fair share. They’ve begun to increase their contributions by billions of dollars, but we are not going to be satisfied until everyone pays what they owe.” (The deal was struck in 2014.) APRIL 29 “When they talk about currency manipulation, and I did say I would call China, if they were, a currency manipulator, early in my tenure. And then I get there. Number one, they — as soon as I got elected, they stopped.” (China stopped in 2014.) APRIL 29 “I was negotiating to reduce the price of the big fighter jet contract, the F-35, which was totally out of control. I will save billions and billions and billions of dollars.” (Most of the cuts were planned before Trump.) APRIL 29 “I think our side’s been proven very strongly. And everybody’s talking about it.” (There’s still no evidence Trump’s phones were tapped.) MAY 1 “Well, we are protecting pre-existing conditions. And it’ll be every good — bit as good on pre-existing conditions as Obamacare.” (The bill weakens protections for people with pre-existing conditions.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
MAY 1 “The F-35 fighter jet — I saved — I got involved in the negotiation. It’s 2,500 jets. I negotiated for 90 planes, lot 10. I got $725 million off the price.” (Much of the price cuts were planned before Trump.) MAY 1 “First of all, since I started running, they haven’t increased their — you know, they have not manipulated their currency. I think that was out of respect to me and the campaign.” (China stopped years ago.) MAY 2 “I love buying those planes at a reduced price. I have been really — I have cut billions — I have to tell you this, and they can check, right, Martha? I have cut billions and billions of dollars off plane contracts sitting here.” (Much of the cost cuts were planned before Trump.) MAY 4 “Number two, they’re actually not a currency [manipulator]. You know, since I’ve been talking about currency manipulation with respect to them and other countries, they stopped.” (China stopped years ago.) MAY 4 “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We’re not.) MAY 4 “Nobody cares about my tax return except for the reporters.” (Polls show most Americans do care.) MAY 8 “You know we’ve gotten billions of dollars more in NATO than we’re getting. All because of me.” (The deal was struck in 2014.) MAY 8 “But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high — highest rating. The highest rating he’s ever had.” (Colbert’s Late Show debut had nearly two million more viewers.) MAY 8 “Director Clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media already knows — there is ‘no evidence’ of collusion w/ Russia and Trump.” (Clapper only said he wasn’t aware of an investigation.) MAY 12 “Again, the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election.” (The F.B.I. was investigating before the election.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
MAY 12 “When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?” (Clapper said he wouldn’t have been told of an investigation into collusion.) MAY 13 “I’m cutting the price of airplanes with Lockheed.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) MAY 26 “Just arrived in Italy for the G7. Trip has been very successful. We made and saved the USA many billions of dollars and millions of jobs.” (He’s referencing an arms deal that’s not enacted and other apparent deals that weren’t announced on the trip.) JUNE 1 “China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement. India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020.” (The agreement doesn’t allow or disallow building coal plants.) JUNE 1 “I’ve just returned from a trip overseas where we concluded nearly $350 billion of military and economic development for the United States, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.” (Trump’s figures are inflated and premature.) JUNE 4 “At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’” (The mayor was specifically talking about the enlarged police presence on the streets.) JUNE 5 “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C.” (Trump signed this version of the travel ban, not the Justice Department.) JUNE 20 “Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and O!” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) JUNE 21 “They all say it’s ‘nonbinding.’ Like hell it’s nonbinding.” (The Paris climate agreement is nonbinding — and Trump said so in his speech announcing the withdrawal.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
JUNE 21 “Right now, we are one of the highest-taxed nations in the world.” (We’re not.) JUNE 21 “You have a gang called MS-13. … We are moving them out of the country by the thousands, by the thousands.” (The real number of gang members deported is smaller.) JUNE 21 “Your insurance companies have all fled the state of Iowa.” (They haven’t.) JUNE 21 “If [farmers] have a puddle in the middle of their field … it’s considered a lake and you can’t touch it. … We got rid of that one, too, O.K.?” (The Obama environmental rule to limit pollution in the country’s waters explicitly excludes puddles.) JUNE 21 “Gary Cohn just paid $200 million in tax in order to take this job, by the way.” (Cohn sold Goldman Sachs stock worth $220 million.) JUNE 21 “We’re 5 and 0.” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) JUNE 21 “Last week a brand-new coal mine just opened in the state of Pennsylvania, first time in decades, decades.” (Another coal mine opened in 2014.) JUNE 22 “Former Homeland Security Advisor Jeh Johnson is latest top intelligence official to state there was no grand scheme between Trump & Russia.” (Johnson, who had a different title, didn’t say that.) JUNE 23 “We are 5 and 0 … in these special elections.” (Republicans have won four special elections this year, while a Democrat won one.) JUNE 27 “Ratings way down!” (CNN’s ratings were at a five-year high at the time.) JUNE 28 “Democrats purposely misstated Medicaid under new Senate bill — actually goes up.” (Senate bill would have cut the program deeply.) JUNE 29 “General Kelly and his whole group — they’ve gotten rid of 6,000 so far.” (The real number of MS-13 gang members who have been deported is smaller.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
JULY 6 “As a result of this insistence, billions of dollars more have begun to pour into NATO.” (NATO countries agreed to meet defense spending requirements in 2014.) JULY 17 “We’ve signed more bills — and I’m talking about through the legislature — than any president, ever.” (Clinton, Carter, Truman, and F.D.R. had signed more at the same point.) JULY 19 “Um, the Russian investigation — it’s not an investigation, it’s not on me — you know, they’re looking at a lot of things.” (It is.) JULY 19 “I heard that Harry Truman was first, and then we beat him. These are approved by Congress. These are not just executive orders.” (Presidents Clinton, Carter, Truman, and F.D.R. each had signed more legislation than Trump at the same point in their terms.) JULY 19 “But the F.B.I. person really reports directly to the president of the United States, which is interesting.” (He reports directly to the attorney general.) JULY 19 “She did the uranium deal, which is a horrible thing, while she was secretary of state, and got a lot of money.” (There’s no evidence Hillary Clinton was actively involved or benefited from the deal.) JULY 24 “It looks like about 45,000 people. You set a record today.” (Many fewer than 45,000 were there, and the attendance was not a record.) JULY 25 “We have the highest taxes anywhere in the world, and this will really bring them down to one of the lowest.” (Tax rates in the United States are below average, overall and for an industrialized country.) JULY 25 “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world” (We’re not.) JULY 25 “We have nearly doubled the number of veterans given approvals to see the doctor of their choice.” (The increase was 26 percent.)
(Trump’s lies…)
JULY 25 “Since I took office we have cut illegal immigration on our southern border by record numbers. 78 percent.” (The decline began before Trump’s inauguration.) JULY 28 “The previous administration enacted an open-door policy to illegal migrants from Central America. “Welcome in. Come in, please, please.” (Obama deported millions.) JULY 28 “We have trade deficits with almost every country because we had a lot of really bad negotiators making deals with other countries.” (The U.S. has a trade surplus with more than 100 countries.) JULY 31 “2.6 is a number that nobody thought they’d see for a long period of time.” (Many experts predicted economic growth at least this high.) JULY 31 “And even the President of Mexico called me – they said their southern border, very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get through our border, which is the ultimate compliment.” (Mexico’s president says he didn’t call Trump.) AUG. 1 “And I think to me, maybe the biggest is that GDP for the quarter just released at 2.6 percent. So that’s so much higher than anticipated.” (It wasn’t.) AUG. 3 “Economic growth has surged to 2.6% nationwide. You have to understand what that means. Nobody thought that number was going to happen.” (Many experts predicted that.) AUG. 3 “The Russia story is a total fabrication.” (It’s not.) AUG. 3 “Or let them look at the uranium she sold that is now in the hands of very angry Russians.” (There’s no evidence Hillary Clinton was actively involved in the sale.) AUG. 15 “We want products made in the country. Now, I have to tell you, some of the folks that will leave, they’re leaving out of embarrassment because they make their products outside.” (People resigned from Trump’s business councils over his Charlottesville comments.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
AUG. 22 “Remember, everybody said you won’t bring it up to 1 percent. You won’t bring it up to 1.2 percent.” (Many experts predicted economic growth at least this high.) AUG. 22 “I mean truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories. They have no sources in many cases. They say ‘a source says’ – there is no such thing.” (The media does not make up sources.) AUG. 22 “As everybody here remembers, this was the scene of my first rally speech, right?” (Trump’s first rally was in New Hampshire) AUG. 22 “We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently.” (The U.S. isn’t projected to become a net energy exporter until 2026.) AUG. 22 “Look back there, the live red lights. They’re turning those suckers off fast out there. They’re turning those lights off fast. Like CNN.” (CNN didn’t turn off its cameras.) SEPT. 6 “The taxes are crazy – the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We’re not.) SEPT. 6 “We are the highest taxed nation in the world – that will change.” (We’re not.) SEPT. 8 “Our incredible U.S. Coast Guard saved more than 15,000 lives last week with Harvey.” (The real number is 11,022.) SEPT. 14 “Also with the fact that I know in the case of FEMA and the case of Coast Guard, the job you’ve done in saving people, saving lives. As an example, in Harvey in Texas, we talked – over 16,000 lives.” (The real number is smaller.) SEPT. 14 “And in Florida you got hit with the strongest winds ever recorded.” (They weren’t the strongest ever recorded.) SEPT. 22 “We’ve been dealing with ICE, we’ve been dealing with the Border Patrol. They both endorsed me.” (Neither agency endorsed him; only their unions did.) SEPT. 22 “So he started off here, he was in third or fourth, he went to third, second, and now it’s like almost pretty even.” (Strange consistently polled first or second in the Alabama Republican primary.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
SEPT. 29 “With the F-35 fighter plane – me, myself – I’ve saved hundreds of millions of dollars in negotiating.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) SEPT. 27 “I’m doing the right thing, and it’s not good for me.” (All available evidence suggests he would benefit.) SEPT. 27 “To protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer, we are finally ending the crushing, the horrible, the unfair estate tax.” (The real number of small businesses and farmers is vastly smaller.) SEPT. 27 “No, I don’t benefit. I don’t benefit. In fact, very very strongly, as you see, I think there’s very little benefit for people of wealth.” (The tax plan would personally benefit Trump and other wealthy individuals.) SEPT. 27 “Facebook was always anti-Trump.The Networks were always anti-Trump hence,Fake News, @nytimes(apologized) & @WaPo were anti-Trump.” (The Times did not apologize for its Trump coverage.) SEPT. 28 “I mean right now, we’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We’re not.) OCT. 3 “But the Coast Guard itself saved in Texas 16,000 lives, and they went right through that hurricane.” (The real number is smaller.) OCT. 3 “But that’s an expensive plane that you can’t see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price very substantially – something that other administrations would never have done, that I can tell you.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) OCT. 6 “I was able to reduce the price of the Lockheed by billions of dollars.” (The cost cuts were planned before he became president.) OCT. 6 “We’re the highest-taxed developed nation in the world, probably the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We’re not.)
(Trump’s lies, continued…)
OCT. 17 “Right now, we are the highest-taxed nation anywhere in the world. You can even say developed or undeveloped.” (We’re not.) OCT. 17 “As far as I’m concerned, I think we’re really essentially the highest. But if you’d like to add the developed nation, you can say that, too.” (Taxes in the U.S. are lower than in most developed countries.) OCT. 17 “We’re the highest-taxed nation in the world. We are taxed beyond belief.” (We’re not.) OCT. 17 “Well, we’re the highest-taxed nation in the world.” (We’re not.) OCT. 17 “I wish President Obama didn’t get out the way he got out. Because that left a vacuum and ISIS was formed.” (The group’s origins date to 2004.) OCT. 18 “Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof).” (The wife confirmed Representative Frederica Wilson’s account.) OCT. 18 “The Coast Guard in Texas saved 16,000 lives.” (The real number was smaller.) OCT. 18 “Nobody has ever heard of a five hitting land.” (Category 5 storms have hit land before.) OCT. 24 “Under our plan, more than 30 million Americans who own small businesses will get a 40 per cent cut to their top marginal tax rate.” (The real number is estimated to be less than 1 million.) OCT. 25 “We have trade deficits with almost everybody.” (We have trade surpluses with more than 100 countries.) OCT. 27 “Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections!” (Steyer has financially supported many winning candidates.) NOV. 1 “Again, we’re the highest-taxed nation, just about, in the world.” (We’re not.) NOV. 7 “When you look at the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation, it’s Chicago.” (Several other cities, including New York and Los Angeles, have stronger gun laws.)
(Trump’s lies, final entry, but the lies continue. That was only about a years worth. Commentor Steve K, who claims Trump is a man of his word, doesn’t know what the fuck he is talking about.)
NOV. 11 “I’d rather have him – you know, work with him on the Ukraine than standing and arguing about whether or not – because that whole thing was set up by the Democrats.” (There is no evidence that Democrats “set up” Russian interference in the election.)
Dain: That all? (Joking)
The NYTimes clocked Trump at “1 lie every 70 seconds” on a 3 hour fact check.
Did you catch last week that Trump has been deposed?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/judge-says-trump-must-be-deposed-in-defamation-suit-by-apprentice-contestant-2018-06-05
God only knows what he’ll say under oath. Mueller must be requesting disclosure already even though it’s not his case… yet.
But hey, here’s another call to my Senators to pass the STATES Act.
Julian, I firmly believe Trump is willing to nuke the entire planet rather than let Mueller put him in cuffs.
His so-called “international diplomacy” is a farce; he is hiding from criminal prosecution for his treason and his thuggery.
He is not governing, this is axiomatic: he has ZERO interest in the common good. He is in this for himself, and only himself.
We must remove Trump from power. The situation is far more dangerous than the mind can grasp. One man with a pistol is extremely dangerous. A nutcase with an AR-15 is many times more dangerous. But a deranged lunatic like Trump, a man without any moral values, beliefs, scruples or conscience to constrain him, a man with a taste for blood, violence, injustice, and cruelty, a man obsessed with being the most “bigly” in all things…
Holy fucking shit this is serious.
The Trumpanzees will fry in Trump’s nuclear furnace along with the rest of us, with their shit-eating grins baked onto their faces.
I think that everyone who has posted here, except for the racist/idiot Jack Stinnett, would agree that Trump is liar. Actually, that is the least vulgar thing about him! The guy is a complete nightmare to anyone with at least half a brain who actually cares about this country and it’s values.
A man of his word? You mean like when he said he wouldn’t go after Social Security and Medicare? You mean like when he said he would drain the swamp? You mean like when he said Mexico would pay for the wall? You mean like when he said he’d get rid of the cartels in his first day in office? There are many, many more promises he made (for guys like you) that he’s conveniently forgotten already.
This is a guy who criticized Obama for issuing Executive Orders–yet is on a record pace himself for Executive Orders.
This is a guy who criticized Obama for golfing–yet, the Prince spends every other weekend doing exactly that which he bitched about.
The Prince has it easy now, because the GOp is protecting his ass–but his day is coming . . .
Amen to that! Looks like even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
I trust him about as far as I can throw him!
Catcassie,
Nice to see you back on the boards!
President Trump Making America Great Again
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Not a chance, Jack. Trump is not going to legalize marijuana.
I’m looking everywhere for evidence that Senator Mitch McConnell has “promised” to give the STATES Act a vote to no avail. He may have told that to Senator Warren, but he also promised Schumer a vote on DACA to get the tax cuts and look how that turned out? We’re talking about the same turtle who held up and stole Obama’s nomination to SCOTUS for more than a year. Sure, the STATES Act deschedules hemp as well, but turtle head deschedule marijuana for legal mj states? Before midterms? Not unless more Democrats turn out for the primaries, and Michigan’s mj initiative isn’t until November 8, a week before elections. McConnell just wants Gardner to vote in more DOJ nominees before actually offering a vote on the STATES Act. Watch Gardner cave.
The Hemp Bill has a better chance getting out of bicameral conference committee through the Farm Bill, after Koch money shuts Trump up and amends legal hemp into swiss cheese. Even that would be a bipartisan triumph… and that’s the part I can’t see Trump letting slide. Even his vengeance of Sessions is not as strong as his animosity towards any percieved victory for Democrats. He (and Putin) are scared of losing the Senate, and a vote on the STATES Act could hurt Ted Cruz during midterms. Beto Orourke should already be grilling Cruz on mj and states’ rights.
This is the time for our voices to be heard:
Congressional hotline:
202-224-3121
And Democratic voter turn out suffered another blow today:
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/supreme-court-gives-republicans-another-tool-rig-elections-voter-purge-decision?src=newsletter1093151
Now on a 5-4 vote from the stolen Gorsuch Justice seat in SCOTUS Republicans have free reign to purge Democratic votes. All they need is to win more Governorships, AG’s and DOJ nominations to make their oligarchy complete.
The “deal” with McConnell and Gardner is all about getting the Senate to cave in for more bad nominations for Federal Judges and the DOJ, which includes an attorney general, so Republicans can effectively destroy our Democratic Republic and make a two party system impossible. The STATES Act is being used as bait to concede nominations in the Senate and consolidate power for Trump before elections. Gardner has to hold Trump and McConnell to the fire before August recess, before they pass the STATES Act. If he keeps giving up nominations before a vote he’s just a fraud.
The only hope I can spare is voter turn out for Democrats will be up in Michigan thanks to their mj voter initiative and Pennsylvania’s maps were corrected by their state Supreme Court to more fairly represent their Democratic population. Even a county in Wisconsin wants an initiative for mj on their ballot and Paul Ryan is retiring. These were the three states where Kobach caged enough votes to steal the electorate for Trump. This is leverage for Democrats going into negotiations…
But Gardner caved too early… let Trump claim victory on mj reform before elections but don’t let him have his court and DOJ nominations before elections or before a vote on the STATES Act!! That’s not going to fool your voters in Colorado Corey!!
The topic is Trump.
On that topic, from David Corn at Mother Jones:
“An overseas enemy struck at the core of the republic—and it succeeded. Trump and his minions helped and encouraged this attack by engaging in secret contacts with Moscow and publicly insisting no such assault was happening. This is far bigger than a bribe, a break-in, or a blow job. And, worse, the United States remains vulnerable to such a strike.
“Yet the full impact of this scandal does not resonate in the daily coverage and discourse. In many ways, the media presents the Russia scandal mostly as a political threat to Trump, not as a serious threat to the nation. And many Americans, thanks to Trump and his allies, view it as a charade. All this shows how easy it is for disinformation and demagoguery to distort reality. That is a tragedy for the United States. For Trump—and Putin—that is victory.”
I recently was arrested and convicted of a federal crime. Although I do have a PA medical marijuana card for chronic pain. The judge notified me while I’m on probation I am unable to use marijuana to medicate. He said if I fail 1 drug test I will be headed straight to jail for 30 days. Previously using opioids to help manage the pain I’m all to aware of the danger of addiction to these horrible pills. My lawyer and myself argued our case diligently only to be told to go back on the opiods. As a father of 2 young children I can only hope that I don’t became a statistic to the opioid problem. The government just doesn’t understand the value of medical marijuana and the devastation that these opiods cause. I can only hope in the future that somebody else doesn’t doesn’t experience this dilemma. In the mean time it looks like I’ll be back on these horribly dangerous pills. If anyone has any recommendations please share.
Find a head shop and flush your system.
Please listen to me! How can I make this more clear, how can I get through to you, this understanding: Whether or not Trump will support this legislation is THE WRONG QUESTION.
Nothing Trump says can be trusted, and everything Trump touches turns to shit. That’s a solid fact, and a hard truth that we all need to accept and deal with, and stop kidding ourselves about it. There is NO HOPE on this matter. Grasp this! If we don’t, we are doomed to be perpetual SUCKERS!
The RIGHT question, always, is: HOW DO WE GET RID OF TRUMP?
THE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION MOVEMENT HAS ALREADY LOST WHEN IT STARTS TRYING TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!
The STATES Act proposes to make the lengthy definition of marijuana even lengthier. Why not reform that definition to make it succinctly specify the meaning of the term to clearly be neither a plant or a drug, but the particular “other substance” (puff, puff) which many are familiar with? Then the cannabis plant would be de-scheduled, the important prohibitions could be spelled out, and marijuana could be removed from Schedule 1. Wouldn’t real people want that?
I dont think so. If marijuana isn’t a “plant or a drug” I have some concerns about how you define “real people.” Stop your propaganda outlawing marijuana smoke Yearbait. It’s not a “less complicated” definition it’s propaganda for Big Pharma.
It is not so vague as to prevent comparably sensible conversation.
Hey, look at that old car burning gasoline, and emitting all of that smokey exhaust. That car should be off the road.
Hey, look at that old guy burning cannabis, and emitting all of that smokey marijuana. That guy should be off the road.
Cars are not people and don’t have families to be separated from when they get thrown into the impound for failing emmissions tests.
I wish legalizing would help educate people. Just blocked a person on Facebook, who doesn’t think there’s anything good with Cannabis.
Still. It needs removed completely from the Controlled Substances List. It should not be listed with heroin.
Who knows. Once it’s fully legalized, some other people will properly educate themselves too. Of course idiots like Jeff Sessions will always think it’s bad.
It needs to be legalized.
Denny,
Jeff Sessions doesn’t really think marijuana is bad; he wants us to think it’s bad for his own racist private prison and greedy phamaceutical profit.
Please! After Cheney and Bush W I’ll NEVER trust another republican as long as I live. They claim all these ‘moral values’ but will drop them to the sound of a dime. They are the very definition of false conservatism. And politicians are the most cowardly chickenshit hypocrites in our society that can never be relied upon to do their jobs and do what’s best for the people. Think again if you think this will result in any changes.
You just described a demorat so you will not be voting period based on your above protocol!
Jack, that’s a stupid thing to say.
President Trump is MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and DRAINING the SWAMP. ??????
By sending it the states, it removes marijuana from a schedule narcotic and leaves it up each state to legalize or not. The neo -liberals that continually talk out of their ass are just that ass-hats. FYI, the Koch bro. do not support President Trump. Fact. There $’s go to the DNC. The republicans do not support President Trump. Fact. So, you ass-hats stand up so you can breath.
Jeff Sessions is a neo-liberal that will soon be indicted with comey, mueller, McCabe, Brennan for their involvement with crooked Killary uranium one deal and the Russian dossier.
Jack Stinnett,
Brother, what did I tell you about synthetic THC? YOU TRIPPIN’ HARD, BRO.
You need to stay away from that fake weed, man, it makes you crazy…
I’m not your brother, I know who my parents are. Unlike you, pickaninny.
Jack,
The STATES Act does not deschedule marijuana federally from the CSAct.
It simply prevents federal interference with states who have legalized marijuana.
Jack Stinnett,
So now the Kochs are supporting Democrats? Geez, the conspiracies just roll off the tongue for you righties. Sad news, Jack, they never found evidence that Hillary was running a child porn ring out of a pizza parlor. Here’s one: Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Shumer are secretly brother and sister and lovers, and regularly have four-way sex with the Obamas. (Let’s see how long it takes for that one to start making the rounds on Fox and hate radio.)
Bud,
I like how Bill Maher put it: let’s place ads on Fox news that say the government is putting mind control chemicals in the ballot boxes. The Red party of conspiracy would fall hard.
Watching CNN as we speak, Dennis Rodman is wearing his POTcoin.com T shirt and his Trump MAGA ball cap and Trump is obviously his buddy. Trump is giving Dennis Rodman credit for the Singapore Summit meeting with NOKO and did I mention Dennis Rodman is wearing his POTcoin.com T along with his Trump hat, now tell me what that means.
Trump and Dennis Rodman are pathological narcissists bent on despotic world rule over peace, truth and justice.
And you need to read real investigative reporting such as the news on this webpage, Alternet, The Hill, sometimes even the WashingtonPost. But cable news was already propaganda before the FCC killed net neutrality yesterday.
Legalize, the sooner the better. Looks like fickle Donald will not veto maybe even will sign the legislation to legalize.
I want to witness history in the making as it happens very soon. Keep this summer’s July deadline to legalize. Get stuff done and you can have your August recess back, I guess.
President Trump Making America Great Again ??????.
every person on this comment board needs to write at least 60 letters to the white house or your congressman and senator or all three.
If you can’t do that, then forget legalization.
If we don’t depose Trump, you can forget legalization.
President Trump is here to stay. President Trump Making America Great. WTP WON.
Trump is the only person I can think of that I would not even consider voting for even if he was 110% behind legalization.
Reginald,
Thank you.
Good god, I was starting to think I was the only one who could see the elephant in the room.
Trump’s word is worthless. But the elephant is: he is a Putin operative, and a wanna-be dictator!!
Goddamn, why is he not in prison already?
And finally, we note that his preferred solution to marijuana use is to kill all drug users (see his praise for the policies of Duterte and his extrajudicial murders.)
It is categorical: the horrific and never-ending evil being done by Trump and his phony, fake, fascist Presidency, eclipses any of his lies his cult followers might choose to believe.
Crooked Killary clinton IS GOING to PRISON along with her daughter Chelsea Hubbell.
Wait a minute, Jack, now I know you: you’re commentor Gumbo Joe! I recognize the “I Hart Hillary” tattoo on your ass!
You misspelled the prisoner’s name.
It’s spelled P-A-U-L M-A-N-A-F-O-R-T.
Cut your nose off to spite your… you sound like a neo-liberal.
WTP still WON and will WIN again.
The State of Texas just confirms it is “decriminalizing Marijuana”.
President Trump Making America Great Again and Draining the Swamp and Legalizing Marijuana.
The Republican state convention voted to include decriminalization on their PLATFORM. That does NOT mean the Republican legislature will vote to decriminalize unless we check the voter guide and call their campaigns;
https://www.texasnorml.org/votersguide/
Make America Green Again.