“Take Out Los Angeles”
California Governor Gavin Newsom alleges that President Trump “just invited Iran to take out Los Angeles and San Diego.”
IN FACT, Trump was talking about “keeping the world safe” and preventing Iran from nuking such cities. Here are the specifics, along with 12 other examples of Democrats and the media distorting Trump’s words:
- At a campaign rally in Nebraska, Trump emphasized and reiterated over a period of 8 minutes, “We’re kicking Iran’s ass,” “We’re saving the world from what could be one of the worst tragedies ever,” “They will not have a nuclear weapon,” “It’s going to end very soon, and when that happens, the oil will come tumbling down,” “Remember, with the war, it’s just artificial. It’s a little bit high. It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They could take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay, and it’s going to be over with very soon. It’s essentially almost over with.”
- Likewise, Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump said he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situations — while in reality — Trump said that no financial consideration is more important than stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and when the war is over, oil prices will plunge and the economy will boom.
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump threatened a “bloodbath” if he lost the 2024 election — while in reality — Trump used the term “bloodbath” to describe what 4 more years of Biden’s policies would do to the United States, particularly to the auto industry.
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump called immigrants “animals” — while in reality — Trump used the word “animals” to describe murderous illegal aliens like MS-13 gang members, not immigrants in general.
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump threatened to use the military against Americans “who don’t support him” — while in reality — Trump was answering a question about “agitators” who would sow “chaos on election day,” like the “Afghan refugee charged with plotting a U.S. election day massacre.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump told governors to “dominate protesters” during the 2020 George Floyd riots — while in reality — Trump stated that he is an “ally of all peaceful protesters” and that governors have a duty to protect “innocent people” from “professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump “praised white supremacists” as “very fine people” — while in reality — Trump called them “very bad people,” stated that he “condemned” them, and said that the “very fine people” were those who showed up to “innocently” protest.
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump encouraged the Capitol Hill riot by urging his supporters to “fight like hell” — while in reality — Trump told his supporters to march “over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump vowed to “be a dictator on day one” — while in reality — Trump stated that he is “NOT going to be a dictator” “except for day one” to “close the border” and “drill, drill, drill.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump threatened Liz Cheney with a firing squad — while in reality — Trump said that Cheney wouldn’t be a “radical war hawk” if she had to serve in combat “with nine barrels shooting at her” instead of “sitting in Washington.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump called for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails — while in reality — Trump stated that China, Russia, or an independent hacker has probably ALREADY hacked Clinton’s illegal email server, and if they did, they should release the 33,000 emails that Clinton destroyed after she received a subpoena for them.
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump endorsed Nazism by posting a video containing the text “Unified Reich” — while in reality — the words are practically invisible in the video, and the video was a generic vintage newspaper template containing a blurred headline from 1914 that predates the outset of the Nazi Third Reich by two decades and reads, “German Industrial Strength Significantly Increased After 1871 Driven by the Creation of a Unified Reich,” which simply means “the territory or government of a German state.”
- Democrats and the media widely reported that Trump told Republicans to vote against a border security bill because he didn’t want the crisis fixed when Biden was president — while in reality — the bill was loaded with loopholes that permit and reward illegal immigration, and Trump wrote that he opposed the bill because it “only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done,” and Trump has proven this true by actually doing it.
