He claimed 35,000 people attended his Friday evening rally in Newport News, Virginia, but local reports indicate there were around 4,000. I was getting calls from stone-cold, hard-line Democrats,” even though in reality he had just been through an impeachment trial. He told his supporters that just prior to the coronavirus hitting the US, “ we were coming together. Trump’s comments about the July 2016 news conference were especially shameless, but they were far from the only brazen lie he pushed in Middletown. China likewise should start an investigation." /gLVBjmSs3q- Aaron Rupar October 3, 2019 TRUMP: "I would think that if they were honest about it, they'd start a major investigation. REPORTER: What exactly did you hope the Ukrainian president would do about the Bidens? In October 2019, Trump flatly told reporters that he thought the Chinese and Ukrainian governments “should investigate the Bidens.” Those comments were widely condemned but were defended as just a joke by Republican members of Congress like Kevin McCarthy and Roy Blunt, even though footage of the comment showed Trump was serious. Trump has made clear in the years since that he doesn’t think foreign interference in American elections is a bad thing, insofar as it helps him. At or around the same time, they also targeted seventy-six email addresses at the domain for the Clinton Campaign.” According to Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officials, on the same day Trump made those comments, Russian hackers “attempted after hours to spearphish for the first time email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provided and used by Clinton’s personal office. On September 19 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, for instance, Trump brought it up and claimed “everybody laughed” and “ it was a joke,” then added the lie about it happening at a rally for the first time over the weekend.Įven if Trump didn’t mean for his comments to be taken seriously, Russian hackers apparently did. Retconning the incident has become a staple of Trump’s campaign speeches. Trump is spitting on his supporters and telling them it’s raining
The president seems to be trying to turn reality on its head, even though there’s tape to prove otherwise.
Jim Acosta of CNN, the reporter who asked the question that prompted Trump to say “Russia, if you’re listening” at the July 2016 news conference, tweeted on Tuesday morning that “the reporters at the news conference didn’t laugh. That news conference wound up being his final one before the election, in large part because of the negative stir his remarks generated.įurthermore, nobody laughed when Trump said it, and his comments are just as bad in context as they are when the “Russia, if you’re listening” line is considered on its own. He actually said it in front of a handful of reporters during a news conference at his Doral property in Florida. Let’s see if that happens.”īut Trump did not say this to a cheering and laughing crowd at one of his rallies. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Trump made the remarks in question during his first campaign, saying, “Russia, if you’re listening - I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. P1GsqVLUSY- Aaron Rupar September 27, 2020 Tell others why you love this resource and how you will use it.Trump lies and says his infamous July 2016 call for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton happened in front of "25,000 people in a stadium," when in fact it happened at a news conference. After reading, have students share answers to the questions and provide supporting using details from the text.īe sure to check out more Reading Comprehension Worksheets. Then, have students work independently or with a partner to use the passage to find the answers to aligned questions. Other resources to use with this Are You Listening? Reading Comprehension WorksheetĪs your students are reading, it’s possible that they may need to use graphic organizers to help them find the main idea.Ĭheck out these Main Idea Graphic Organizers to use as a way for students to organize their ideas as they are reading.īefore reading this passage, you may review different reading strategies that students should use as they read (marking the text, reading questions first, etc). After reading, use the passage to help you find the answers to aligned questions. As you read, underline or circle key words or phrases in the passage that are key details. Your students can use this reading comprehension worksheet to practice reading strategies like underlining/circling key details, marking the text, and referencing the text to find supporting details.įirst, read the questions. This Are You Listening? Reading Comprehension Worksheet will help your students build their reading comprehension abilities by reading and answering questions.
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