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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:24 PM Aug 2017

So much for Trump's claim that the "other" protesters didn't have a permit. #FactCheckingIsSad

President Trump’s false claim that counter-demonstrators lacked a permit

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/16/president-trumps-false-claim-that-counter-demonstrators-lacked-a-permit/

“You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent. . . . You had a lot of people in that [white nationalist] group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest, because you know — I don’t know if you know — they had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit.”
— President Trump, remarks during a news conference on infrastructure, Aug. 15, 2017


The Facts

Walt Heinecke, a professor at the University of Virginia, told Moyer that he received a “special events certificate of approval” for events at McGuffey Park and Justice Park — sites blocks from Emancipation Park, where white nationalists had a permit for a Saturday rally. A car allegedly driven by James Alex Fields Jr. rammed into counter-protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman, on Fourth Street, which runs adjacent to Justice Park.

The document is below, with Heinecke’s address and cellphone number removed.

2017 Public Demonstration Unity and Love Free Speech August 12 2017Certificate of Approval

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So much for Trump's claim that the "other" protesters didn't have a permit. #FactCheckingIsSad (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2017 OP
So much for Trump's 'fact checking' C_U_L8R Aug 2017 #1
His lies lay with lies and had a litter of lies. ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #2
Boom there it is Generic Other Aug 2017 #3
In tRump's case.... Grammy23 Aug 2017 #5
Jut another alt-fact that his fans will swallow without question. Beartracks Aug 2017 #4
Trump lied-who is surprised? Gothmog Aug 2017 #6
Another spontaneous press conference should clear this matter up. Hahahaha Freethinker65 Aug 2017 #7
He doesn't know how to check for facts! demosincebirth Aug 2017 #8
Trump will simply reply, "oh that's what I was told" /nt BigBearJohn Aug 2017 #9
...by his friend "Jim" who no longer goes to Paris? flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #11
☝️ This Bladewire Aug 2017 #10
FACTS!?! bearssoapbox Aug 2017 #12

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
3. Boom there it is
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:33 PM
Aug 2017

The Facts. The Facts. The Facts. Would he rather face the facts or drink a cup of his own phlegm?

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
5. In tRump's case....
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:45 PM
Aug 2017

Any bodily fluid would do for him rather than have facts. Since having a permit for the Alt. Rt group was soooo important for him, one might think that finding out if the other "side" had a permit would be one of the first thing he had his people check. I would bet money he did have it checked and knew better but lied his ass off, as is his custom. I hope the news people blast that back in his ugly mug tomorrow a.m. just in time for his first Tweet storm. Spread it far and wide with copies of their permit and call him a Big, Fat, MFing LIAR.

Every day he does more and more to give people a reason to despise him. How far does he have to go before people in the Republican Party come to know he is poison and will take them down, too, if they stay with him?? I am quite sure they know he is toxic, but why in heaven's name are they willing to stay on board with him? Maybe the bigger question is what does he have on THEM?

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