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  1. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    May 15, 2019 – The Federal Register published safety rule changes that loosened an Obama-era restriction on offshore drilling.

    The safety regulation was enacted after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

    The changes meant a savings of hundreds of millions of dollars for oil companies, which donated large amounts of money to Trump’s re-election campaign.

    #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  2. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    May 13, 2019 – Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House. Orbán’s actions include installing a barbed-wire fence along the border to prevent impoverished migrants from the Middle East and Africa from entering the country.

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    #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  3. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    May 9, 2019 – At a rally in Florida, Trump said, “How do you stop these people?” when referring to migrants at the border.
    An audience member yelled, “Shoot them!”

    The president then smirked and joked, “Only in the Panhandle!”

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  4. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    May 7, 2019 – The White House blocked former White House Counsel Don McGahn from disclosing records to the House Judiciary Committee.

    The documents contain information about Trump urging McGahn to fire Mueller.

    They also reference subsequent conversations in which the president told his former counsel to deny the exchanges.

    #ImpeachTrumpNow #RepublicansOwnItAll #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  5. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 30, 2019 – A 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant died in U.S. Customs and Border Patrol custody, becoming the third child in five months to perish in the care of the U.S. immigration authorities.

    A video obtained by ProPublica showed that workers at the facility where Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez was held missed signs that the teenager was in grave condition.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  6. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 29, 2019 – Looking to block congressional Democrats from obtaining his financial information, Trump filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One.

    Deutsche Bank, Trump’s largest creditor, has a history of working with Russians laundering money.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  7. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 29, 2019 – Asylum-seekers should pay more money to pursue citizenship, Trump said in a presidential memorandum.

    Under the proposal, some application fees would be increased by 83 percent. People fleeing persecution would also be charged a fee for seeking protection.

    Never before in U.S. history has a fee existed for such applicants.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  8. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 26, 2019 – More than 100 countries have ratified a treaty to promote peace and end illicit arms trade.

    Trump used a large gathering at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention to announce that the United States would withdraw from the Arms Trade Treaty.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  9. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 21, 2019 – In the wake of the Mueller Report’s release, Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, defended his client’s ties to Russia.

    “There’s nothing wrong with taking information from Russians,” he told CNN. On NBC, he was asked, “So, it is now OK for political campaigns to work with materials stolen by foreign adversaries?”
    Giuliani’s response: “Well, it depends on the stolen material.”

    #TrumpMustGo #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  10. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 18, 2019 – The Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller Report.

    At the time Trump was holding a Wounded Warrior event in the East Room of the White House.

    Interrupting the veterans event, Trump declared the investigation a “hoax” saying, “This type of abuse must never be permitted to occur again,” he said. He also noted that he was having a “good day.”

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  11. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    April 9, 2019 – Trump repeated a false claim he made in 2018 that the Obama administration was responsible for child-separating policies at the border.

    Trump said his own administration put an end to them. It was Trump, however, who created the zero-tolerance policy.

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    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  12. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatY

    April 5, 2019 – During a visit to Calexico, California, Trump lashed out at those attempting to cross the southern border.

    “We can’t take you,” he said. “Our country is full … Can’t happen. So turn around.”

    The United States has space for about 45 million more people.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  13. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 29, 2019 – Trump said that if migrant families continue to enter the United States, he would close the southern border.

    “Mexico’s tough. They can stop them, but they chose not to,” he said. “And if they don’t stop them, we’re closing the border. … And we’ll keep it closed for a long time. I’m not playing games.”

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  14. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 22, 2019 – Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered his 448-page report into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William Barr.

    Barr gave the first formal remarks on the report and issued a 4-page summary before its release, downplaying and mischaracterizing Trump’s culpability.

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    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  15. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 21, 2019 – In addition to Ivanka Trump using a personal account for government-related emails, a lawyer for her husband, Jared Kushner, said the senior adviser to the president used private communications to discuss official matters.

    When running for president, Trump said the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server was “bigger than Watergate.”

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  16. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 15, 2019 – Trump vetoed a joint congressional resolution that would have overturned the national emergency he declared at the southern border.

    In a rare rebuke, Republicans in both the House and Senate voted in favor of ending the national emergency.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  17. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 11, 2019 – Trump called for $8.6 billion for his border wall in his budget proposal for fiscal year 2020.

    The same budget called for increased spending for the Department of Homeland Security and a 31% spending cut to the Environmental Protection Agency.

    #TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  18. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 8, 2019 – Trump officially nominated David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, a role responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources.

    A former oil lobbyist, Bernhardt played a key role in rolling back the protection of endangered species.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #AgentKrasnov #GOPKakistocracy #FightFascism #USPol

  19. March 8, 2019 – Trump officially nominated David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, a role responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources.

    A former oil lobbyist, Bernhardt played a key role in rolling back the protection of endangered species.

  20. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 8, 2019 – Trump officially nominated David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, a role responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources.

    A former oil lobbyist, Bernhardt played a key role in rolling back the protection of endangered species.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #AgentKrasnov #GOPKakistocracy #FightFascism #USPol

  21. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 8, 2019 – Trump officially nominated David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, a role responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources.

    A former oil lobbyist, Bernhardt played a key role in rolling back the protection of endangered species.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #AgentKrasnov #GOPKakistocracy #FightFascism #USPol

  22. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 8, 2019 – Trump officially nominated David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Interior, a role responsible for the management and conservation of federal land and natural resources.

    A former oil lobbyist, Bernhardt played a key role in rolling back the protection of endangered species.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #RepublicansOwnThis #AgentKrasnov #GOPKakistocracy #FightFascism #USPol

  23. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    March 2, 2019 – In a rambling speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference that lasted more than two hours, Trump hugged an American flag, called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation “bullshit" and mocked renewable energy.

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    #ImpeachTrumpNow #RepublicansOwnItAll #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  24. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    November 30, 2018 – The Trump administration authorized five companies to use seismic airguns to search for offshore oil and gas. In doing so, the administration disregarded the federal government’s estimate that airgun testing poses a threat to many marine mammals, including dolphins and whales.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  25. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    November 10, 2018 – Trump blamed the Camp Fire, the deadliest blaze in California’s history, on poor forest management.

    In a tweet, he threatened the state: “Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!” California regulators, however, came to a different conclusion, determining that Pacific Gas & Electric equipment caused the fire.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  26. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    November 9, 2018 – In defending his appointment of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, who had criticized investigations into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election, Trump told reporters, “I don’t know Matt Whitaker.”

    In reality, the president had met his appointee at least a dozen times.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #uspoli

  27. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    November 9, 2018 – In the aftermath of tight midterm elections, Trump backed Florida Governor Rick Scott’s claims that voter fraud occurred. He tweeted “Law Enforcement is looking into another big corruption scandal having to do with Election Fraud.” The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said that there were no allegations to investigate.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  28. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreWeGreatYet

    November 8, 2018 – Trump introduced new laws denying asylum to migrants who enter the U.S. illegally, despite declining border crossings in recent years. Immigration advocates challenged the ban with a lawsuit, saying the proclamation would deny protection to thousands of vulnerable individuals.

    #TrumpKillsAmerica #Impeach #Convict #Remove #Indict #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

  29. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    February 27, 2018 – After special counsel Robert Mueller filed 24 charges of tax and bank fraud against him, Richard Gates, the former deputy chairman of Trump’s campaign, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of making a false statement to investigators.

    #AgentKrasnov #ImpeachTrumpNow #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #RepublicansDidThis #WeirdGOP #USPol

  30. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    November 19, 2017 – Donald Trump publicly feuded with LaVar Ball, who is the father of a UCLA basketball player, after Ball’s son was arrested for shoplifting in China during a team trip. Trump reportedly called Chinese President Xi Jin Ping and requested LaVar Ball’s son’s release.

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    #CriminalTrump #TrumpKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #WeirdGOP #USPol

  31. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    November 18, 2017 – Donald Trump tweeted, “Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time. She just can’t stop, which is so good for the Republican Party. Hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years!” In the first year of his presidency, Trump tweeted about Hillary Clinton 77 times, an average of once every 4.7 days.

    #CriminalTrump #TrumpKakistocracy #ResistFascism #TrumpIsSatan #VoteBlue #WeirdGOP #USPol

  32. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    December 14, 2017 – For all official documents, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were instructed not to use the terms “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “evidence-based,” or “science-based.”

    #ChumpDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #PresidentChump #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #GOP #Project2025 #Agenda47 #HeritageFoundation #WeirdGOP #USPol

  33. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    December 13, 2017 – White House adviser Omarosa Manigault-Newman left her position in Donald Trump’s administration, amid a swirl of speculation about the cause for her departure. She later said, “It has been very, very challenging being the only African American woman in the senior staff.”

    #ChumpDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #PresidentChump #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #GOP #Project2025 #Agenda47 #HeritageFoundation #WeirdGOP #USPol

  34. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    Trump tweeted: “Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!”

    #ChumpDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #PresidentChump #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #GOP #Project2025 #Agenda47 #HeritageFoundation #WeirdGOP #USPol

  35. June 6, 2017 – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt claimed 50,000 jobs had been added to the coal mining industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the number was closer to 1,400.

  36. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    June 6, 2017 – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt claimed 50,000 jobs had been added to the coal mining industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the number was closer to 1,400.

    #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpMustLose2024 #VoteBlue #GOPIncompetence #NoRepublicansEverAgain #ScottPruitt #GOPLiars #EPA

  37. #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    August 2, 2017 –  During a single two-hour session in the situation room, White House officials said Donald Trump complained openly about his NATO allies, wondered aloud about how the U.S. could get a piece of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth, and then repeatedly argued the U.S.’s top general ought to be fired.

    #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpMustLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #GOP #Project2025 #Agenda47 #HeritageFoundation #KevinDRoberts #USPol