{"id":138752,"date":"2019-05-14T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138752"},"modified":"2019-05-14T00:01:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T06:01:39","slug":"trumpdependence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/14\/trumpdependence-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Trumpdependence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can say in all complete honesty that the last thing I want to do (and the least patriotic thing to do, in my opinion) on the Fourth of July is listen to Donald blather from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NSiIn6mn1W\">https:\/\/t.co\/NSiIn6mn1W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndependenceDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndependenceDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ***Dave Hill (@Three_Star_Dave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Three_Star_Dave\/status\/1127259151019569153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can say in all complete honesty that the last thing I want to do (and the least patriotic thing to do, in my opinion) on the Fourth of July is listen to Donald blather from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. https:\/\/t.co\/NSiIn6mn1W #trump #IndependenceDay<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Because <em>of\u00a0course<\/em> the Federal Government should elbow the city of Washington, DC, aside, and turn the Fourth of July into a Trump-centric MAGApalooza celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Abraham Lincoln was an unassuming man of strong moral fiber, a reputation for honesty, admitted self-doubt, a dedication to preserving the unity of the nation, forgiveness toward his enemies, and self-deprecating humor. The idea of Donald Trump giving a speech from his memorial building is &#8230; appalling.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you want to know more?<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/443226-trump-moves-dc-july-4-fireworks-display-plans-to-deliver-remarks\">Trump moves DC July 4 fireworks display, plans to deliver remarks: report | TheHill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has decided that the 4th of July is a great time for a political rally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,108,68,358,1071],"tags":[723,1077],"class_list":["post-138752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tweets","category-history","category-holidays","category-poor-citizenship","category-trump","tag-nt","tag-trump"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137800,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/donald-trump-wants-to-own-the-washington-dc-fourth-of-july-parade.html","url_meta":{"origin":138752,"position":0},"title":"Donald Trump wants to &#8230; own the Washington, DC, Fourth of July Parade?","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 12-Feb-19 7:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"But he's pretending like it's all his own idea. 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