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| Trump claims crisis at the border in Oval Office speech – as it happened | |
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| We’re wrapping up live coverage now. Here’s where things stand: | |
| President Donald Trump returned to familiar talking points about immigration in his Oval Office address on Tuesday, the first of his presidency. | |
| Top Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer also broke no new ground as well in their rebuttal. | |
| Pundits were left unimpressed with both Trump’s remarks and the Democratic response. | |
| The partial government shutdown will hit day 19 at midnight with no prospect of a breakthrough in the near future. | |
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| DNC Chair Tom Perez has released a statement on Trump’s speech. He is not a fan. | DNC Chair Tom Perez has released a statement on Trump’s speech. He is not a fan. |
| “Lies, fearmongering, finger-pointing, and a manufactured excuse for shutting down the government. Using the Oval Office to deceive the American people and spout offensive, anti-immigrant rhetoric proves, once again, that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as president. | “Lies, fearmongering, finger-pointing, and a manufactured excuse for shutting down the government. Using the Oval Office to deceive the American people and spout offensive, anti-immigrant rhetoric proves, once again, that Donald Trump is unfit to serve as president. |
| “800,000 workers are furloughed without pay. The American people are demanding an end to the Trump Shutdown. Democrats have already voted to end the Trump Shutdown, and we’re ready to pass legislation to fund common-sense, effective border security. It’s time for Republicans in Congress to wake up, stop marching in lockstep behind Trump, and do their jobs – the president is clearly incapable of doing his.” | “800,000 workers are furloughed without pay. The American people are demanding an end to the Trump Shutdown. Democrats have already voted to end the Trump Shutdown, and we’re ready to pass legislation to fund common-sense, effective border security. It’s time for Republicans in Congress to wake up, stop marching in lockstep behind Trump, and do their jobs – the president is clearly incapable of doing his.” |
| The New York Times reports that Trump was not excited about giving the speech in the first place. | The New York Times reports that Trump was not excited about giving the speech in the first place. |
| Trump didn’t want to give the speech tonight and told TV anchors at lunch today that his planned trip to the border is a waste of time. https://t.co/GFnpFnH8Tt | Trump didn’t want to give the speech tonight and told TV anchors at lunch today that his planned trip to the border is a waste of time. https://t.co/GFnpFnH8Tt |
| Republican Will Hurd, who represents more of the border than any other member of Congress, expressed his frustration with the shutdown today. | Republican Will Hurd, who represents more of the border than any other member of Congress, expressed his frustration with the shutdown today. |
| “If something is a crisis why are you not paying the people that are taking care of the crisis?” Texas Republican @WillHurd today to @ElizLanders, when asked about VP Pence’s visit to Capitol Hill | “If something is a crisis why are you not paying the people that are taking care of the crisis?” Texas Republican @WillHurd today to @ElizLanders, when asked about VP Pence’s visit to Capitol Hill |
| Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is already using the speech to raise money both via email and text. | Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign is already using the speech to raise money both via email and text. |
| So Trump's 2020 campaign is using his first Oval Office address about what he called a humanitarian crisis as the basis of a multi-platform pitch for campaign cash pic.twitter.com/cWDA5S7HdJ | So Trump's 2020 campaign is using his first Oval Office address about what he called a humanitarian crisis as the basis of a multi-platform pitch for campaign cash pic.twitter.com/cWDA5S7HdJ |
| Bernie Sanders is giving his own personal response to Trump and is not impressed. | Bernie Sanders is giving his own personal response to Trump and is not impressed. |
| Sanders: "It gives me no pleasure to tell you what most of you already know. President Trump lies all of the time – and in his remarks tonight, and in recent weeks regarding immigration and the wall, he continues to lie." https://t.co/4NXH0dDQQq | Sanders: "It gives me no pleasure to tell you what most of you already know. President Trump lies all of the time – and in his remarks tonight, and in recent weeks regarding immigration and the wall, he continues to lie." https://t.co/4NXH0dDQQq |
| RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has just weighed in to praise Trump in statement: | RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has just weighed in to praise Trump in statement: |
| Tonight, Americans saw their president fighting for a solution to fund our government while protecting American citizens, versus the approach of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer which is to resist, resist, resist at all costs ... It wasn’t always this way. President Trump is simply asking Democrats to support border security policies they all supported just a few short years ago. It’s time for Democrats to put down their swords and work with President Trump. | Tonight, Americans saw their president fighting for a solution to fund our government while protecting American citizens, versus the approach of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer which is to resist, resist, resist at all costs ... It wasn’t always this way. President Trump is simply asking Democrats to support border security policies they all supported just a few short years ago. It’s time for Democrats to put down their swords and work with President Trump. |
| One-time Trump critic and current Trump ally Lindsay Graham praises the speech on Fox News. | One-time Trump critic and current Trump ally Lindsay Graham praises the speech on Fox News. |
| .@LindseyGrahamSC tells @seanhannity this is the "most presidential" he's seen President Trump. | .@LindseyGrahamSC tells @seanhannity this is the "most presidential" he's seen President Trump. |
| The New York Times has a full fact-check of Trump’s speech here. So far they have found one false statement and quite a few that need context. | The New York Times has a full fact-check of Trump’s speech here. So far they have found one false statement and quite a few that need context. |
| Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan weighs in and is just as impressed with the remarks tonight as everyone else | Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan weighs in and is just as impressed with the remarks tonight as everyone else |
| Nobody convinced anybody. | Nobody convinced anybody. |