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37 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

He’ll say some more repugnant shit and the GOP will look the other way. 

What do you mean look the other way? Republicans LOVE this.  This is who they are.  He is the leader, the face, and the voice of the GOP.  This is who you are when you vote R.  

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18 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Apparently your flight to Aspen or at least Vail?  I thought you weren't a poor

I’m a poor. I admit, I had to take my family to Copper Mountain a few years ago, before the era of President-Trump/2016. Since about November of 2016 an industrial conglomerate stock I’ve owned has gone from like $90 to $150.

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14 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Apparently your flight to Aspen or at least Vail?  I thought you weren't a poor

Brother-in-law lives out here. He’s been pretty icy towards me since he learned I voted for Trump, but I’m trying to keep the missus happy. 

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tjhooker calling everyone soyboys in the bomber thread and then flipping both birds and posting a picture of his BA degree on the way out

Seriously? Full on Rocko’d!? Sad.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/28/no-president-trump-nyse-did-not-open-day-after-sept-attacks/?utm_term=.c58e62be8fef

 

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“I remember when we had the attack in Manhattan, we opened the stock exchange the next day. People were shocked.” 

— President Trump, remarks at National FFA Organization Convention, Indianapolis, Saturday

“With what happened early today, that horrible, horrible attack in Pittsburgh, I was saying maybe I should cancel both this and that. And then I said to myself, I remembered Dick Russell, a friend of mine, great guy, he headed up the New York Stock Exchange on September 11th, and the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day. He said — and what they had to do to open it you wouldn’t believe, we won’t even talk to you about it. But he got that exchange open. We can’t make these sick, demented, evil people important.” 

— Trump, remarks at a campaign rally in Murphysboro, Ill., Saturday

“Remember the teams, the Yankees, George Steinbrenner. He said we have got to play, even if nobody comes, nobody shows up, we have got to play.” 

— Trump, a few minutes later

 

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President Trump is not an ordinary president, and apparently he does not have a typical staff. So, in an effort to justify holding a campaign rally after 11 people at a synagogue were gunned down in Pittsburgh, the president twice referenced an event that did not happen.

This will be a very short fact check.

The Facts

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, struck at the heart of New York’s financial district, destroying the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Is it possible that the New York Stock Exchange, located just blocks away, quickly reopened the next day?

No.

The NYSE and even the over-the-counter Nasdaq exchange never opened for trading the morning of the attacks and were closed until Sept. 17 — the longest shutdown since 1933. Other stock markets around the world were closed as well. It’s easy to figure this out using Google. There’s even a whole Wikipedia page.

The market plunged 7 percent that day, but the fact that things went smoothly was hailed as an achievement.

Just two years ago, the Wall Street Journal celebrated the reopening on its 15th anniversary with the headline: “9/17/01: Wall Street’s Proudest Day. A Look Back on the Reopening.” 

“The reopening had both financial and psychological significance for the country,” the WSJ said. “In fact, it was Wall Street’s proudest day. The 9/11 attacks in New York were just blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, and getting the markets to reopen was a round-the-clock effort, even as workers grieved for those who died. The market closure itself was the longest in nearly 70 years, and it was certain that there would be heavy trading and a stock drop when trading resumed.” 

While Trump remembered “Dick Russell, a friend of mine, great guy,” as reopening the exchange, it was actually Dick Grasso, at the time chief executive of the NYSE. Grasso appeared on Fox News just a few weeks ago, on Sept. 11, to recall the reopening. Dick Russell was a senator from Georgia, known as a fierce defender of segregation.

Trump also implied that baseball did not pause for the attacks but started playing games as soon as possible. But the games were canceled that night — and then for the rest of the week. Professional baseball also did not start up again until six days later, on Sept. 17. The whole baseball season was pushed back a week.

 

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