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Bad Week – Correct The Record http://correctrecord.org Correct The Record is a strategic research and rapid response team designed to defend Hillary Clinton from baseless attacks. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:06:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 CTR Statement On Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach Rally http://correctrecord.org/ctr-statement-on-donald-trumps-west-palm-beach-rally/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 18:07:09 +0000 http://correctrecord.org/?p=4399 Washington, D.C.–Today, Correct The Record Communications Director Elizabeth Shappell released the following statement on Donald Trump’s rally in West Palm Beach, Florida:

“Donald Trump has officially gone full Breitbart. This was Trump’s most authoritarian and disturbing speech of his entire campaign—and demonstrated just how much his campaign has given up on winning over any new voters. In West Palm Beach, Trump monstrously called on his supporters to dig up dirt and go after the women who have accused him of sexual assault. He misogynistically denied attacking a People Magazine reporter by invoking her looks. Let’s not forget, Trump has literally bragged about kissing and groping women without their consent. Then, in his most blatantly dictatorial rhetoric yet, Trump once called for Hillary Clinton to be jailed and said a dark global conspiracy of bankers and the media is aligned against him. As his campaign melts down, Trump is retreating deeper and deeper into his dark, misogynistic, mendacious and perverse alternate reality.”

Elizabeth Shappell, Communications Director for Correct The Record

]]> Trump's "worst week" got worse http://correctrecord.org/after-trumps-worst-week-things-actually-got-worse/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:32:20 +0000 http://correctrecord.org/?p=4362 Think Donald Trump has hit rock bottom? Think again.

After having what may have been the “worst week in modern presidential campaign history,” things have only gotten worse for Donald Trump. Two days after The New York Times published a devastating exposé on the fact that Trump lost $916 million in 1995 and could have avoided paying income taxes for almost two decades, a new report continued to expose Trump’s despicable record in business.

In a shocking story published this morning, The Associated Press revealed that Trump repeatedly “rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he’d like to have sex with” on the set of The Apprentice. With 36 days until Election Day, the Trump campaign is in a downward spiral. As noted on CNN this morning, Trump’s latest round of controversies “threaten to drain the Republican nominee of something he can’t afford: time.”

With 36 days until Election Day, the Trump campaign is in a downward spiral. As noted on CNN this morning, Trump’s latest round of controversies “threaten to drain the Republican nominee of something he can’t afford: time.”

NEW TRUMP STORIES OUT TODAY:

AP: How Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism

The Boston Globe: ‘Apprentice’ insiders say Donald Trump demeaned, objectified women

The Week: Former cast and crew of The Apprentice say Donald Trump was a sexist lout on set

Vox: I’m from Atlantic City. I’ve seen how Donald Trump’s false promises devastate a community.

New Yorker: DONALD TRUMP, AMERICAN OLIGARCH

CNN: Trump running out of time as controversies pile up

New York Times: Donald Trump Seeks Route Out of the Glare

TRUMP’S TAX REVELATIONS:

Washington Post: Trump hopes to revive campaign after tax discovery caps a week of ‘self-sabotage’

Denver Post: Donald Trump tax revelation punctuates week of political challenges

Washington Post: Following Trump tax revelations, voters in Toledo question his business acumen

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump’s Tax Numbers Sharpen Focus on Treatment of Losses

Salon: Donald Trump’s no good, very bad week: “Economic genius” revealed as tax scammer who lost $916 million in a boom market

MSNBC: Why Donald Trump’s new tax revelations are so damaging

New York Times: How Donald Trump Turned the Tax Code Into a Giant Tax Shelter

New York Times: Donald Trump and His Allies Struggle to Move Past Tax Revelation

New York Times Opinion: Trump’s Tax (Avoidance) Plan

TRUMP’S “WORST WEEK”:

NBC News: Analysis: Trump May Have Had the Worst Week in Presidential Campaign History

New York Magazine: Trump Finishes His Very Bad Week by Driving His Trainwreck Off a Cliff

Washington Post: The Fix: Donald Trump’s massively epic meltdown shouldn’t really surprise anyone

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump’s Rough Week Vexes GOP

NBC News: Donald Trump Has Had a Brutal Seven Days

Bloomberg: Republicans Wonder If Trump Can Recover From ‘Worst Week’

]]> The Donald’s disastrous days in headlines http://correctrecord.org/the-donalds-disastrous-days-in-headlines/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:32:33 +0000 http://correctrecord.org/?p=4256 It’s been a disastrous few days for The Donald. Just yesterday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced there is an inquiry into the Trump Foundation, which earlier this week was exposed working allegedly as Trump’s personal slush fund. The childcare plan Trump introduced last night has been widely panned as  regressive, half-baked and even sexist—a political stunt designed to cover up his years of misogynist statements. And Trump continues to come under scrutiny for telling a number of deeply insensitive (and narcissistic) lies about the 9/11 attacks.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

New reports have raised troubling questions about whether Trump is compromised by his business interests. Yesterday, McClatchy and The Huffington Post reported that Trump—who styles himself as the ultimate negotiator—begged and complained to the Obama administration for help in a trade dispute with China. And early this morning, Newsweek published a devastating exposé revealing that the Trump Organization has highly suspect ties to governments and political groups across the globe—raising serious questions about whether Trump is bought and paid for by foreign interests and outlining the major conflicts of interest he would have if elected president.

Never before has an American candidate for president had so many financial ties with American allies and enemies, and never before has a business posed such a threat to the United States. If Donald Trump wins this election and his company is not immediately shut down or forever severed from the Trump family, the foreign policy of the United States of America could well be for sale.

Don’t fall for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s smirking dismissal of his illegal campaign contribution to a political action committee supporting Florida’s attorney general. His campaign calls it a ‘clerical error,’ but it was an illegal contribution, and he knows it.

Not only was Trump’s boast despicable, coming as it did just hours after nearly 3,000 people lost their lives ― it was also a lie, according to architectural reports reviewed by The Huffington Post.

Not only has Trump offered no plan to tackle mental healthcare, he’s presented the barest of outlines for most of his governing agenda, even as he now accuses Clinton of “running a policy-free campaign,” as he claimed at an Iowa rally Tuesday.

]]> CTR statement on Donald Trump’s turbulent week http://correctrecord.org/ctr-statement-on-donald-trumps-turbulent-week/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:33:52 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3881 16058899353_ba14af3918_b

The Trump campaign is in chaos (again). Earlier this week, Trump appointed widely-loathed Breitbart executive and alt-right poster boy Steve Bannon as his campaign’s CEO. For years, Bannon has peddled anti-semitism and white nationalism—and his promotion has been widely condemned. And just this morning, Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort was forced to resign after a series of devastating stories came out about his relationship with pro-Kremlin politicians in Ukraine. Below is a statement from Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse on Trump’s terrible week:

“This week proved that Donald Trump is running one of the most self-destructive, dysfunctional presidential campaigns in modern American history. Trump is desperately clinging to a teleprompter to hide the fact that his campaign has aligned itself with sinister forces both here and abroad. With the dismissal of Paul Manafort and the addition of Steve Bannon, the questions only grow about Trump’s ties to both the Kremlin and the white nationalist alt-right. Three teleprompter speeches cannot erase the fact that the Trump train is going completely off the rails.”

Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record

A CAMPAIGN IN CHAOS, WITH ALT-RIGHT-WING BREITBART EXEC NOW IN THE LEAD…

…AFTER MORE BAD UKRAINE HEADLINES…

…AND DOES TRUMP ACTUALLY “REGRET” ANYTHING?

]]> CTR statement on Donald Trump’s historic week http://correctrecord.org/ctr-statement-on-donald-trumps-historic-week/ Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:58:32 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3712 Correct The Record President Brad Woodhouse released the following statement on the state of the presidential race:

This week was a turning point in the presidential campaign. Donald Trump showed that he has the temperament and basic decency to lead our nation and be America’s Commander-in-Chief. I truly admire Trump’s respect for Gold Star families, his reverence for the American Constitution and the inclusive campaign he’s running. And Trump never lies—how refreshing. Americans across the country—including in key battleground states—are flocking to his vision of a greater America. I would also like to personally applaud Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan and RNC Chair Reince Priebus for uniting their party around Mr. Trump’s vision and enabling his historic candidacy.

Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record

Mr. Trump, that’s how you do #sarcasm.

]]> Trump’s epically bad week: continued http://correctrecord.org/trumps-epically-bad-week-continued/ Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:18:36 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3812 There’s more! We kept breaking down the play-by-play of his offensive statements, terrible interviews and surrogate missteps since last Wednesday, through Trump’s afternoon rally in Des Moines. Here is a glimpse of ten days in the Trump campaign.

Wednesday, July 27

5:43 a.m. ET: TRUMP FALSELY CLAIMS, AGAIN, THAT PUTIN CALLED HIM A GENIUS

11:03 A.M. ET: TRUMP CALLS ON RUSSIA TO INTERFERE IN U.S. ELECTION

COVERAGE

11:27 a.m. ET: TRUMP ORDERS NBC’S KATY TUR TO “BE QUIET”

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Thursday, July 28

7:08 a.m. ET: KILMEADE INTERVIEW: TRUMP DENIES MOCKING DISABLED REPORTER

11:15 a.m. ET: DONALD TRUMP JR. CLAIMS POTUS PLAGIARIZED SPEECH, FOLLOWING MELANIA’S SPEECH DISASTER

Friday, July 29

4:50 p.m. ET: AFTER BEING SAVED BY FIRE DEPT, TRUMP BASHES HONORED FIRE MARSHAL FOR DOING HIS JOB

  • Trump: “We have thousands of people in a room next door. We have plenty of space here. We have thousands of people outside trying to get in. And we have a fire marshal that said, “Oh we can’t allow more people.” It really is so unfair to the people…. hey, maybe they’re a Hillary person.”

COVERAGE

5:31 p.m. ET: TRUMP “AGREE[S]” WITH “LOCK HER UP” CHANT

9:33 p.m. ET: TRUMP  ATTACKS GENERAL ALLEN, CALLS HIM A “FAILED GENERAL”

  • Trump: “They had a general named John Allen, and he — I never met him. And he got up and he started talking about Trump, Trump, Trump. Never met him. And you know who he is? He’s a failed general.” Denver, CO

11:24 p.m. ET: MAUREEN DOWD COLUMN POSTED, IN WHICH TRUMP ATTACKS GHAZALA KHAN FOR NOT SPEAKING DURING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Saturday, July 30

12:08 a.m. ET: TRUMP INTERVIEW WITH 9NEWS DENVER RELEASED, IN WHICH HE LIES ABOUT PUTIN RELATIONSHIP

7:36 p.m. ET: PART OF TRUMP INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS’ GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS LEAKED, IN WHICH TRUMP SAYS GHAZALA KHAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT DNC

  • TRUMP ON GHAZALA KHAN: “His wife … if you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me. But a plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet, and it looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of people have said that.”
  • TRUMP ON SACRIFICE: “STEPHANOPOULOS: What sacrifice have you made for your country? TRUMP: I think I have made a lot of sacrifices. I’ve work very, very hard. I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I’ve done—I’ve had tremendous success. STEPHANOPOULOS: Those are sacrifices? TRUMP: Oh, sure. I think they’re sacrifices.”

COVERAGE

Sunday, July 31

9:01 a.m. ET: IN ABC NEWS INTERVIEW, TRUMP REVEALS HE DIDN’T KNOW RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA AND DEFENDS PUTIN’S INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • TRUMP: “He’s not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He’s not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want.” STEPHANOPOULOS: “Well, he’s already there, isn’t he?” TRUMP: “OK — well, he’s there in a certain way.” ABC News  ‘This Week’  Transcript: 7/31/16

COVERAGE

9:01 a.m. ET:  IN ABC NEWS INTERVIEW, TRUMP ONCE AGAIN SAYS HE WILL ONLY SUPPORT NATO ALLIES WHO ARE “PAYING”

  • “STEPHANOPOULOS: Even if that means conditioning our commitments to NATO, as you said? TRUMP: No, because you’re not going to do that. NATO is going to be just fine. But NATO countries — we have 28 countries — many of them are taking advantage of us because they’re not paying. So we’re protecting these countries and they’re not paying. And when people leave that last part in, everybody agrees with me.” ABC News  ‘This Week’  Transcript: 7/31/16

9:52 p.m. ET: NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER MAY STILL BE ON PAYROLL OF KREMLIN-BACKED UKRAINIAN POLITICIANS

    • “It is not clear that Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine ended with his work with Mr. Trump’s campaign. A communications aide for Mr. Lyovochkin, who financed Mr. Manafort’s work, declined to say whether he was still on retainer or how much he had been paid.”

Monday, August 1

7:10 a.m. ET: TRUMP CLAIMS KHIZR KHAN “VICIOUSLY ATTACKED” HIM

7:32 a.m. ET: FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER COREY LEWANDOWSKI SAYS CAPTAIN KHAN WOULD BE ALIVE IF TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT

12:36 p.m. ET: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS RELEASES STATEMENT CONDEMNING TRUMP

12:31 p.m. ET – JEB BUSH ADVISER SALLY BRADSHAW LEAVES GOP, MAY BACK CLINTON

3:19 p.m. ET: TRUMP GOES AFTER ANOTHER FIRE MARSHAL

  • The clip of Trump talking to reporters about the fire marshal first aired on CNN at 3:19 p.m. on Monday, August 1, with a bug reading “Moments Ago.”

3:45 p.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS “RIGGED”

COVERAGE

8:25 p.m. ET: TRUMP CALLS HILLARY CLINTON THE “DEVIL”

COVERAGE

NEW FACT CHECKS

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Tuesday, August 2

7:12 a.m. ET: ERIC TRUMP LIES ABOUT FATHER’S APOLOGY TO KHAN FAMILY AND POSITIONS ON IRAQ AND LIBYA

7:56 a.m. ET: SITTING REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RICHARD HANNA BACKS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

8:39 a.m. ET: FORMER CHRIS CHRISTIE AIDE MARIA COMELLA BACKS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

9:47 a.m. ET: DURING FOX BUSINESS INTERVIEW, TRUMP SUGGESTS AMERICANS PULL THEIR 401(k) FUNDS OUT OF THE STOCK MARKET

COVERAGE

11:29 a.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS HE LIKES GETTING A PURPLE HEART JUST HANDED TO HIM, THE “EASIER WAY”

COVERAGE

12:07 p.m. ET: TRUMP KICKS BABY OUT OF RALLY

COVERAGE

3:57 p.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS “I DON’T REGRET ANYTHING” REGARDING HIS CLASH WITH THE GOLD STAR KHAN FAMILY

COVERAGE

4:30 p.m. ET: WASHINGTON POST STORY BREAKS IN WHICH TRUMP REFUSES TO ENDORSE PAUL RYAN, JOHN MCCAIN, OR KELLY AYOTTE

  • TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NOT ENDORSED WAR-HERO JOHN MCCAIN BECAUSE “[MCCAIN] HAS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB FOR THE VETS.” [Washington Post, 8/2/16]
  • TRUMP REFUSES TO ENDORSE SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE, SAYING SHE “HAS GIVEN ME ZERO SUPPORT.” [Washington Post, 8/2/16]

4:55 p.m. ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGN VETERAN CO-CHAIR AL BALDASARO SAYS KHIZR KHAN “DISGRACED” HIS SON

6:31 p.m. ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON KATRINA PIERSON SUGGESTED THAT OBAMA AND CLINTON ARE TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF HUMAYUN KHAN, WHO DIED IN 2004

  • “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagements that probably cost his life,” Katrina Pierson said in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.

COVERAGE

8:06 p.m. ET: JUDGE LETS TRUMP U FRAUD CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP PROCEED

COVERAGE

8:30 p.m. ET: ALLY OF CAMPAIGN MANAGER PAUL MANAFORT TELLS CNBC THAT MANAFORT IS “MAILING IT IN” AND THE REST OF THE STAFF IS “SUICIDAL.”

9:44 p.m. ET – WASHINGTON POST RELEASES TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP INTERVIEW, REVEALED TRUMP PAUSED FIVE TIMES TO WATCH TV IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS INTERVIEW

  • The Washington Post released a transcript of its full interview with Trump, indicating among other things that he paused five times to watch TV coverage in the middle of the interview.

10:29 p.m. ET: MEG WHITMAN CALLS TRUMP A “DEMAGOGUE,” SUPPORTS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

  • Meg Whitman Facebook post: “Trump’s reckless and uninformed positions on critical issues – from immigration to our economy to foreign policy – have made it abundantly clear that he lacks both the policy depth and sound judgment required as President. Trump’s unsteady hand would endanger our prosperity and national security. His authoritarian character could threaten much more. Therefore, I have decided to support Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

10:50 p.m. ET: FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER COREY LEWANDOWSKI PUSHES TRUMP’S OBAMA BIRTHER CONSPIRACY

FACT CHECKS

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Wednesday, August 3

3:17 a.m. ET: REINCE PRIEBUS IS “APOPLECTIC” OVER TRUMP

8:53 a.m. ET: GOP OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR AN INTERVENTION WITH TRUMP

9:11 a.m. ET: TRUMP STAFFERS FRUSTRATED BY TRUMP

9:19 a.m. ET: FORMER TOP GINGRICH ALLY VIN WEBER CALLS GOP NOMINATION OF TRUMP “MISTAKE OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS”

1:12 p.m. ET: TRUMP SURROGATE BEN CARSON SAYS THE KHAN FAMILY SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO TRUMP

1:15 p.m. ET: GOP VP NOMINEE MIKE PENCE BREAKS WITH TRUMP, ENDORSES PAUL RYAN

  • “A day after Donald Trump declined to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan in his upcoming primary election in Wisconsin, Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, broke with the Republican presidential nominee by offering his own endorsement. ‘I strongly support Paul Ryan, strongly endorse his re-election,’ Pence said in a phone interview on Fox News today. ‘He’s a longtime friend. He’s a strong conservative leader. I believe we need Paul Ryan in leadership.’” [ABC News, 8/3/16]

2:26 p.m. ET: ANNOUNCEMENT BREAKS THAT TRUMP TAJ MAJAL WILL CLOSE AFTER LABOR DAY

  • Tony Rodio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Entertainment: “Currently the Taj is losing multi-millions a month, and now with this strike we see no path to profitability,” Rodio said in the statement. “Unfortunately, we’ve reached the point where we have will to have to close the Taj after Labor Day weekend and intend to send WARN notices to before this weekend.” Press of Atlantic City: Trump Taj Mahal set to close after Labor Day weekend

4:04 p.m. ET: DURING RALLY, TRUMP SAYS HILLARY CLINTON FOUNDED ISIS, SHOULD GET AN AWARD

4:09 P.M. ET: TRUMP LIES ABOUT SEEING FOOTAGE OF A $400 MILLION MONEY TRANSFER TO IRAN

5:03 p.m. ET: TRUMP PUSHES RIGGED ELECTION CLAIMS, FEARMONGERS CROWD OVER VOTER FRAUD

8:22 p.m. ET: IN INTERVIEW TO WPEC12, TRUMP THINKS RICK SCOTT HAS ZIKA EPIDEMIC UNDER CONTROL IN FLORIDA

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Thursday, August 4

11:33 a.m. ET: TRUMP KEEPS LYING ABOUT SEEING AN IRANIAN PROPAGANDA VIDEO

3:22 p.m. ET: Vets take to Capitol Hill to demand Republicans unendorse Trump

7:01 p.m. ET: Pence betrays running mate’s hesitation, endorses McCain and Ayotte

FACT CHECKS

GENERAL COVERAGE

Friday, August 5

6:39 a.m. ET: TRUMP FINALLY ADMITS HE WAS LYING ABOUT SUPPOSED HOSTAGE FOOTAGE FROM IRAN

7:13 a.m. ET: FORMER CIA DIRECTOR ENDORSES HILLARY CLINTON, DENOUNCED DONALD TRUMP AS “AN UNWITTING AGENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION”

7:40 a.m. ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES ALL-MALE ECONOMIC ADVISORY TEAM

  • “Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday announced more than a dozen members of the Republican nominee’s all-male economic advisory team, including several prominent real-estate investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers.” Politico: Trump unveils all-male economic advisory team

4:28 p.m. ET: TRUMP RE-LITIGATES THROWING CRYING BABY OUT OF HIS RALLY, SAYS HE IS GOING TO TRAIN IT TO BECOME PAVAROTTI

  • “In one of the events, a beautiful baby was crying. And I mean crying like you would not believe. The baby could have been Pavarotti, in fact, I am going to find out who that baby is, I am going to make a deal with the parents, because we can take that baby to training school and it will be the next great Pavarotti.” [Donald Trump Rally in Des Moines, 8/5/16]
  • “I don’t throw babies out, believe me. I love babies. I love my children, I love babies, I don’t throw babies out, believe me.” [Donald Trump Rally in Des Moines, 8/5/16]

4:49 p.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS THAT IF HE WERE PRESIDENT, JAPAN MAY “HAVE TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST NORTH KOREA”

  • “You always have to be prepared to walk. I don’t think we’d walk, I don’t think it’s going to be necessary, could be though! Could be that Japan would have to defend itself against North Korea.” [Donald Trump Rally in Des Moines, 8/5/16]

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

FACT CHECKS

]]> Try to keep up with Trump’s epically bad week http://correctrecord.org/try-to-keep-up-with-trumps-epically-bad-week/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:40:57 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3851 The past seven days have been something else for Donald Trump’s campaign for president.

We broke down the play-by-play of his offensive statements, terrible interviews and surrogate missteps since last Wednesday. Try to keep up.

Wednesday, July 27

5:43 a.m. ET: TRUMP FALSELY CLAIMS, AGAIN, THAT PUTIN CALLED HIM A GENIUS

11:03 A.M. ET: TRUMP CALLS ON RUSSIA TO INTERFERE IN U.S. ELECTION

COVERAGE

11:27 a.m. ET: TRUMP ORDERS NBC’S KATY TUR TO “BE QUIET”

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Thursday, July 28

7:08 a.m. ET: KILMEADE INTERVIEW: TRUMP DENIES MOCKING DISABLED REPORTER

11:15 a.m. ET: DONALD TRUMP JR. CLAIMS POTUS PLAGIARIZED SPEECH, FOLLOWING MELANIA’S SPEECH DISASTER

Friday, July 29

4:50 p.m. ET: AFTER BEING SAVED BY FIRE DEPT, TRUMP BASHES HONORED FIRE MARSHAL FOR DOING HIS JOB

  • Trump: “We have thousands of people in a room next door. We have plenty of space here. We have thousands of people outside trying to get in. And we have a fire marshal that said, “Oh we can’t allow more people.” It really is so unfair to the people…. hey, maybe they’re a Hillary person.”

COVERAGE

5:31 p.m. ET: TRUMP “AGREE[S]” WITH “LOCK HER UP” CHANT

9:33 p.m. ET: TRUMP  ATTACKS GENERAL ALLEN, CALLS HIM A “FAILED GENERAL”

  • Trump: “They had a general named John Allen, and he — I never met him. And he got up and he started talking about Trump, Trump, Trump. Never met him. And you know who he is? He’s a failed general.” Denver, CO

11:24 p.m. ET: MAUREEN DOWD COLUMN POSTED, IN WHICH TRUMP ATTACKS GHAZALA KHAN FOR NOT SPEAKING DURING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Saturday, July 30

12:08 a.m. ET: TRUMP INTERVIEW WITH 9NEWS DENVER RELEASED, IN WHICH HE LIES ABOUT PUTIN RELATIONSHIP

7:36 p.m. ET: PART OF TRUMP INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS’ GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS LEAKED, IN WHICH TRUMP SAYS GHAZALA KHAN WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT DNC

  • TRUMP ON GHAZALA KHAN: “His wife … if you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me. But a plenty of people have written that. She was extremely quiet, and it looked like she had nothing to say. A lot of people have said that.”
  • TRUMP ON SACRIFICE: “STEPHANOPOULOS: What sacrifice have you made for your country? TRUMP: I think I have made a lot of sacrifices. I’ve work very, very hard. I’ve created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I’ve done—I’ve had tremendous success. STEPHANOPOULOS: Those are sacrifices? TRUMP: Oh, sure. I think they’re sacrifices.”

COVERAGE

Sunday, July 31

9:01 a.m. ET: IN ABC NEWS INTERVIEW, TRUMP REVEALS HE DIDN’T KNOW RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA AND DEFENDS PUTIN’S INVASION OF UKRAINE

  • TRUMP: “He’s not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He’s not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You can take it anywhere you want.” STEPHANOPOULOS: “Well, he’s already there, isn’t he?” TRUMP: “OK — well, he’s there in a certain way.” ABC News  ‘This Week’  Transcript: 7/31/16

COVERAGE

9:01 a.m. ET:  IN ABC NEWS INTERVIEW, TRUMP ONCE AGAIN SAYS HE WILL ONLY SUPPORT NATO ALLIES WHO ARE “PAYING”

  • “STEPHANOPOULOS: Even if that means conditioning our commitments to NATO, as you said? TRUMP: No, because you’re not going to do that. NATO is going to be just fine. But NATO countries — we have 28 countries — many of them are taking advantage of us because they’re not paying. So we’re protecting these countries and they’re not paying. And when people leave that last part in, everybody agrees with me.” ABC News  ‘This Week’  Transcript: 7/31/16

9:52 p.m. ET: NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER MAY STILL BE ON PAYROLL OF KREMLIN-BACKED UKRAINIAN POLITICIANS

    • “It is not clear that Mr. Manafort’s work in Ukraine ended with his work with Mr. Trump’s campaign. A communications aide for Mr. Lyovochkin, who financed Mr. Manafort’s work, declined to say whether he was still on retainer or how much he had been paid.”

Monday, August 1

7:10 a.m. ET: TRUMP CLAIMS KHIZR KHAN “VICIOUSLY ATTACKED” HIM

7:32 a.m. ET: FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER COREY LEWANDOWSKI SAYS CAPTAIN KHAN WOULD BE ALIVE IF TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT

12:36 p.m. ET: VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS RELEASES STATEMENT CONDEMNING TRUMP

12:31 p.m. ET – JEB BUSH ADVISER SALLY BRADSHAW LEAVES GOP, MAY BACK CLINTON

3:19 p.m. ET: TRUMP GOES AFTER ANOTHER FIRE MARSHAL

  • The clip of Trump talking to reporters about the fire marshal first aired on CNN at 3:19 p.m. on Monday, August 1, with a bug reading “Moments Ago.”

3:45 p.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS THE AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM IS “RIGGED”

COVERAGE

8:25 p.m. ET: TRUMP CALLS HILLARY CLINTON THE “DEVIL”

COVERAGE

NEW FACT CHECKS

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Tuesday, August 2

7:12 a.m. ET: ERIC TRUMP LIES ABOUT FATHER’S APOLOGY TO KHAN FAMILY AND POSITIONS ON IRAQ AND LIBYA

7:56 a.m. ET: SITTING REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RICHARD HANNA BACKS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

8:39 a.m. ET: FORMER CHRIS CHRISTIE AIDE MARIA COMELLA BACKS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

9:47 a.m. ET: DURING FOX BUSINESS INTERVIEW, TRUMP SUGGESTS AMERICANS PULL THEIR 401(k) FUNDS OUT OF THE STOCK MARKET

COVERAGE

11:29 a.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS HE LIKES GETTING A PURPLE HEART JUST HANDED TO HIM, THE “EASIER WAY”

COVERAGE

12:07 p.m. ET: TRUMP KICKS BABY OUT OF RALLY

COVERAGE

3:57 p.m. ET: TRUMP SAYS “I DON’T REGRET ANYTHING” REGARDING HIS CLASH WITH THE GOLD STAR KHAN FAMILY

COVERAGE

4:30 p.m. ET: WASHINGTON POST STORY BREAKS IN WHICH TRUMP REFUSES TO ENDORSE PAUL RYAN, JOHN MCCAIN, OR KELLY AYOTTE

  • TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NOT ENDORSED WAR-HERO JOHN MCCAIN BECAUSE “[MCCAIN] HAS NOT DONE A GOOD JOB FOR THE VETS.” [Washington Post, 8/2/16]
  • TRUMP REFUSES TO ENDORSE SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE, SAYING SHE “HAS GIVEN ME ZERO SUPPORT.” [Washington Post, 8/2/16]

4:55 p.m. ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGN VETERAN CO-CHAIR AL BALDASARO SAYS KHIZR KHAN “DISGRACED” HIS SON

6:31 p.m. ET: TRUMP CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON KATRINA PIERSON SUGGESTED THAT OBAMA AND CLINTON ARE TO BLAME FOR THE DEATH OF HUMAYUN KHAN, WHO DIED IN 2004

  • “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagements that probably cost his life,” Katrina Pierson said in an interview with Wolf Blitzer.

COVERAGE

8:06 p.m. ET: JUDGE LETS TRUMP U FRAUD CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP PROCEED

COVERAGE

8:30 p.m. ET: ALLY OF CAMPAIGN MANAGER PAUL MANAFORT TELLS CNBC THAT MANAFORT IS “MAILING IT IN” AND THE REST OF THE STAFF IS “SUICIDAL.”

9:44 p.m. ET – WASHINGTON POST RELEASES TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP INTERVIEW, REVEALED TRUMP PAUSED FIVE TIMES TO WATCH TV IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS INTERVIEW

  • The Washington Post released a transcript of its full interview with Trump, indicating among other things that he paused five times to watch TV coverage in the middle of the interview.

10:29 p.m. ET: MEG WHITMAN CALLS TRUMP A “DEMAGOGUE,” SUPPORTS HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT

  • Meg Whitman Facebook post: “Trump’s reckless and uninformed positions on critical issues – from immigration to our economy to foreign policy – have made it abundantly clear that he lacks both the policy depth and sound judgment required as President. Trump’s unsteady hand would endanger our prosperity and national security. His authoritarian character could threaten much more. Therefore, I have decided to support Hillary Rodham Clinton.”

10:50 p.m. ET: FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER COREY LEWANDOWSKI PUSHES TRUMP’S OBAMA BIRTHER CONSPIRACY

FACT CHECKS

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

Wednesday, August 3 (So Far)

3:17 a.m. ET: REINCE PRIEBUS IS “APOPLECTIC” OVER TRUMP

8:53 a.m. ET: GOP OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR AN INTERVENTION WITH TRUMP

9:11 a.m. ET: TRUMP STAFFERS FRUSTRATED BY TRUMP

9:19 a.m. ET: FORMER TOP GINGRICH ALLY VIN WEBER CALLS GOP NOMINATION OF TRUMP “MISTAKE OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS”

1:12 p.m. ET: TRUMP SURROGATE BEN CARSON SAYS THE KHAN FAMILY SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO TRUMP

2:26 p.m. ET: ANNOUNCEMENT BREAKS THAT TRUMP TAJ MAJAL WILL CLOSE AFTER LABOR DAY

  • Tony Rodio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Entertainment: “Currently the Taj is losing multi-millions a month, and now with this strike we see no path to profitability,” Rodio said in the statement. “Unfortunately, we’ve reached the point where we have will to have to close the Taj after Labor Day weekend and intend to send WARN notices to before this weekend.” Press of Atlantic City: Trump Taj Mahal set to close after Labor Day weekend

GENERAL TRUMP COVERAGE

]]> What pivot? http://correctrecord.org/what-pivot/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:11:46 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3844

This morning, Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort promised that Trump would be on message during his rally today and that “the campaign is focused and the campaign is moving forward in a positive way.”

Paul Manafort, call your office.

Today’s rally in Florida was wildly off message—even by Trumpian standards. The Republican nominee challenged President Obama to a game of golf (for the presidency), re-litigated his feud with Megyn Kelly and once again called Senator Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”  As The Hill’s Cate Martel tweeted, this supposed pivot felt “even more like a therapy session than usual.”

]]> “Donald Trump’s bad 72 hours” http://correctrecord.org/donald-trumps-bad-72-hours/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:13:00 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3854 Today was Donald Trump’s “terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.” This morning, New York Congressman Richard Hanna became the first Republican Member of Congress to endorse Hillary Clinton. Later in the day, Trump kicked out a baby from his rally. And in the afternoon,  he reignited the civil war within the Republican Party by failing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Arizona Senator John McCain.

But don’t take our word for it. The headlines speak for themselves:

  • CNN: “Donald Trump’s bad 72 hours”
  • WSJ: “Donald Trump’s Self-Created Pothole”
  • The Hill: “Worried GOP tells Trump: Get on message”
  • USA Today: “Many things are going badly for Donald Trump”
  • Slate: “Donald Trump vs. a Literal Baby”
  • CNN: “First on CNN: Ex-top Christie aide backs Clinton over Trump”
  • POLITICO: “Few Republicans want to campaign with Trump”
  • Daily Caller: “Trump’s Chances Of Winning The Election Just Plummeted, Says Statistician”
  • Washington Post: “Donald Trump just reminded America that the only loyalty he respects is to Donald Trump”
  • NPR: “WATCH: Donald Trump Kicks Baby Out Of Rally”
  • The Hill: “The ‘Trump Train’ flies off the rails”
  • Daily Dot: “Donald Trump and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”
]]> Trump’s ridiculous rollout http://correctrecord.org/trumps-ridiculous-rollout/ Fri, 15 Jul 2016 20:12:17 +0000 http://correct2016.wpengine.com/?p=3874 It’s the most important decision any presidential candidate has to make—and Trump completely botched it. After treating the vice presidential search process like The Bachelor, Trump finally seemed to settle on Indiana Governor Mike Pence–RFRA enthusiast and hater of Planned Parenthood, as the one who should be his Vice President. Or did he? Today, CNN and others reported that in frenzied midnight calls last night, Trump tried to drop Pence from the ticket. It seems that campaign advisors walked Trump back from the ledge, but the damage is done. This rollout of Trump’s VP pick has been an unprecedented mess, and an awful first impression for his general election campaign.

And the professionals let him know.

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