Trump begins by boasting about the jobs report -- "Did you hear? Did you hear?" -- then going into his mocking voice: "They all say 'speak about the economy, speak about the economy." He says he will, but "sometimes it's not as exciting to talk about the economy."
UPDATE: The next morning:
Overnight it got exciting, I guess.
Back to the rally:
For the second time, Trump declares that WV Gov. Jim Justice is 6-foot-11. (And makes a couple light jokes about Justice being overweight.) He is 6-foot-7.Hahahahahaha. He has to say 6'11" because if the man stands next to him, people will know Trump isn't 6'3".
Trump touts the strong jobs report. He says he would have gotten Pinocchios from the Washington Post if he'd said during the campaign that there'd be this many jobs created. (You don't get Pinocchios for predictions.)
Trump derides Pelosi, "Cryin' Schumer, and "the legendary Maxine Waters." Waters, who is not a leader of the party, gets the bigger boo.Gee, I wonder why that is.
Trump, for the first time at a rally, says they could lose the House: "It could happen. Could happen." He says: "And you know what you do? My whole life, you know what I say? 'Don't worry about it, I'll just figure it out.' Does that make sense? I'll figure it out."What does he think aid is for? It's not trade. I heard that stunning argument made years ago when we were finally providing aid to Rwandans during the genocide. It still flabbergasts me.
Trump says that the U.S. gives hundreds of millions in aid to poor Latin American countries, and "You know what they give to us? Nothing. Nothing. They give us nothing. They give us nothing."
Trump is escalating. He says that "the lawless caravan" includes people convicted of armed robbery and sexual assault. He also claims that a reporter interviewed a man who "didn't speak English" who was wanted for "murder" even though he "looked nice." Is this a thing?
Trump is sprinkling in some compliments of Joe Manchin while urging people to vote for his Republican opponent Morissey, saying, "I like him. He's a friend of mine. I'm just not going to get his vote." Trump is mocking Manchin, but without his usual vitriolic attack-tone, for waiting until the Kavanaugh outcome was decided to announce which way he was voting....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Trump mentions Clinton. There is a Lock Her Up chant. Trump says of Morissey, who is AG of West Virginia: "That's up to Patrick, and he won't do that. Because he's just focused on one thing: becoming your next United States senator."
"These are anti-coal people," Trump warns of Democrats. "And frankly that's what you're getting. And if that's what you end up with, it's your fault, not mine. Remember that. Remember that."
Trump says he listened to Obama speak today, and "he had a very small crowd."
Trump mocks Obama's comments about freedom of the press: "We have to love those people, love them...except than nobody was worse to the press than Obama. Nobody. He even used...the Justice Dept. to go after reporters."
"Lie after lie," Trump, who is averaging five false claims per day, says of Obama.
Trump: "A blue wave equals a crime wave."
Trump: "Border security is also a women's issue." He says he will do well with women because people in the caravan are "horrible people," and women don't want them. "You have to see the crimes they've committed."
Trump lies that "very few people come back, almost none," after they are released for an immigration hearing. According to the Justice Department, 72% showed up last year; for asylum seekers, it was 89%.
Trump says nobody can even challenge his assertion that his movement is the greatest political movement in American history.
Trump has concluded. I think the most interesting parts of that were Trump 1) Distancing himself from a potential House loss, suggesting it'd be because he couldn't campaign everywhere, and 2) Saying a House loss would be fine because he'd "figure it out."
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