# Trump's June 2020 Phoenix AZ rally **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519 "2020-06-23T19:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/21 "2020-06-25T15:02:16Z")
As someone joked, it was an easy place to practice social distancing. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/22 "2020-06-25T15:12:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Steve Schmidt tells us all what he thinks](https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/politics/steve-schmidt-donald-trump/index.html): > > _"Donald Trump has been the worst president this country has ever had. And I don’t say that hyperbolically. He is. But he is a consequential president. And he has brought this country in three short years to a place of weakness that is simply unimaginable if you were pondering where we are today from the day where Barack Obama left office. And there were a lot of us on that day who were deeply skeptical and very worried about what a Trump presidency would be. But this is a moment of unparalleled national humiliation, of weakness._ > > _"When you listen to the President, these are the musings of an imbecile. An idiot. And I don’t use those words to name call. I use them because they are the precise words of the English language to describe his behavior. His comportment. His actions. We’ve never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country whose ever been charged with substantial responsibilities._ > > _"It’s just astonishing that this man is president of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was. A successful businessman. Well, he’s the President of the United States now, and the man who said he would make the country great again. And he’s brought death, suffering, and economic collapse on truly an epic scale. And let’s be clear. This isn’t happening in every country around the world. This place. Our place. Our home. Our country. The United States. We are the epicenter. We are the place where you’re the most likely to die from this disease. We’re the ones with the most shattered economy. And we are because of the fool that sits in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk._ The word “**[Kakistocracy](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kakistocracy)**” is not used nearly enough to describe American society today. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/23 "2020-06-25T19:26:16Z")
Schmidt does the best rants. I don’t know if he prepares them or what, but they’re fabulous. But he can never truly fully pay his penance for Sarah Palin until Trump is out, because she begat him. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/24 "2020-06-26T01:15:14Z")
I’ll give the guy some credit for trying to atone. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/25 "2020-06-27T17:26:30Z")
Meanwhile, Dream City Church where Trump spoke, has been issued a [cease-and-desist](https://www.12news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/phoenix-church-that-hosted-trump-being-investigated-over-claim-it-was-99-covid-free/75-a3b3bdc9-3c26-4710-bdba-115b5f058fc3) by the Arizona AG. _“The (Attorney General’s Office) is aware of no scientific research or public health authority that has certified any kind of air treatment product that universally prevents, at all or at any distance, COVID-19 infections."_ _The AG’s office also ordered Dream City Church to preserve all documents related to rentals going back six months “in anticipation of possible consumer fraud litigation.”_ A similar letter was sent to the company that designed and installed the church’s HVAC system. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/26 "2020-06-28T00:35:37Z")
What ho?? Is it possible the Pubs are beginning to realize this isn’t a hoax?? > **[Trump Campaign Postpones Pence Events In Arizona And Florida After...](https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/27/884304459/trump-campaign-postpones-pence-events-in-arizona-and-florida-after-coronavirus-s?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news)** > > Vice President Pence and the Trump campaign are postponing events in Florida and Arizona "out of an abundance of caution" after increases of coronavirus cases in both states. > …A day after defending his right to hold campaign events in the midst of spikes in coronavirus cases, Vice President Pence and the Trump campaign are postponing two events he was to headline next week in Florida and Arizona. > > The states are two of the hardest hit in recent days, and health officials have encouraged people to avoid large in-person gatherings. The events have been postponed “out of an abundance of caution,” two campaign officials told NPR. > > It’s a remarkable reversal for Pence, who on Friday forcefully defended his plan to move forward with the campaign events. > … ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/27 "2020-06-28T00:45:55Z")
Awesome news. And by that I mean: sane, regular news in a circumstance where an incompetent shitbag isn’t the so-called president. But I welcome the news. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519/29 "2020-06-28T01:38:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What ho?? Is it possible the Pubs are beginning to realize this isn’t a hoax?? Twing! No. The Pubs are beginning to realize they’re not going to be able to hoodwink even _their supporters_ that it isn’t a hoax. In response to a perfectly reasonable question posed by a reporter yesterday during that briefing, why the Trump campaign failed to abide by the rules in Phoenix to wear masks and practice physical distancing for their event, Pence looked a complete ass as he stammered through his answer about free-dumb of speech and to assemble. As if you can’t talk through a mask or assemble outdoors. Pence ended the briefing after 6 questions without allowing either Birx or Fauci to answer. He looked a bit humiliated. I’m glad the events are postponed. Can’t see Trump standing for that for too long, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-june-2020-phoenix-az-rally/912519.md?page=1)