Annie Karni in NYT on Trump's rushmore speech...

The scene at Mount Rushmore was the latest sign of how Mr. Trump appears, by design or default, increasingly disconnected from the intense concern among Americans about the health crisis gripping the country. More than just a partisan rally, it underscored the extent to which Mr. Trump is appealing to a subset of Americans to carry him to a second term by changing the subject and appealing to fear and division.

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The audacity of Trumpie is unfathomable...

“We will not be tyrannized, we will not be demeaned, and we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people,” Mr. Trump said, referring to his political opponents and their supporters.

And as an American, I will say to Trump...

WE WILL NOT BE TYRANNIZED BY YOU, WE WILL NOT BE DEMEANED BY YOU, AND WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY YOU, YOU BAD, EVIL PERSON.

“Donald Trump is seeking to aggrandize himself and divide our nation at yet another rally,” said Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Mr. Biden. “Joe Biden believes the presidency is about serving the American people — whereas Donald Trump only exploits it to serve himself.”

Before the president left for South Dakota on Friday, Trump campaign aides were circulating on social media a doctored image of Mount Rushmore, featuring Mr. Trump’s face carved into the stone next to some of the nation’s most revered presidents.

“Mount Rushmore, improved,” one aide wrote.

(THIS SHIT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED UNDER THE STOLEN VALOR PROVISIONS)

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