‘He wants people to get fat’: Internet wonders why Trump nixed Obama-era WH bike share station
President Donald Trump’s administration has removed a nine-slot Bikeshare station at the White House, The Washington Post reports.
“It’s unclear why the White House wanted it removed,” The Post noted. “The White House didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.”
“We got the request to remove it, and we honored that request,” said Terry Owens, spokesman for the District’s Department of Transportation.
The Bikeshare system has 3,700 bicycles and 440 stations through the greater DC area.
Capital Bikeshare users average saving $631 per year on personal travel cost, meaning the removal of the 9-slot station could cost White House staff $5,679 in increased transportation expenditures.
With the White House refusing to answer why they are hurting their employees in such a manner, the internet was quick to fill the void with speculation and commentary:
.@realDonaldTrump removes White House BikeShare station. Which did he hate more, bikes or sharing? https://t.co/JLxxqb3Dm5
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) August 16, 2017
If you have time to hate bikeshare, but not Nazis, you're doing it wrong. https://t.co/npaEKNHNWn
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) August 16, 2017
Well…..cars are bad. But, there are some mighty fine cars out there. Bikes didn't have a permit.
— Leslie Burrell (@LeslieBurrell75) August 16, 2017
Pasty fat indoor people don't do well on bikes. https://t.co/QZT4fuUwKt
— Neil King (@NKingofDC) August 16, 2017
No detail of @BarackObama 's accomplishments is too small for Trump to want to erase from history, including this one. Wow.
— Mitchy McConell (@MitchMcConell) August 16, 2017
Predictable: if there's a dick move to be made, Churlish #ManBoy #Buffoon @realDonaldTrump can be counted on. Petty vindictive whiny infant.
— Samuel Claiborne (@SamuelClaiborne) August 16, 2017
he doesn't mind confederate monuments and racists who revere them, but bike stations gotta go
— Eric Gibbs (@ericwgibbs) August 16, 2017
I'm reminded of when Carter installed solar panels on the White House, and then Reagan promptly removed them…Pettiness for zero reason.
— Analogbear (@Analogbear) August 16, 2017
Reminds me of Reagan removing the solar panels… these guys think it's cowboy to be stupid… https://t.co/DvNE41VWGI
— Bill Roorbach (@billroorbach) August 16, 2017
Drain the swamp (of environmentally friendly commuting options) https://t.co/pEsCRQj5Yp
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 17, 2017
He wants people to drive, pollute and get fat. So evil.
— Stu Krupoff (@stukrupoff) August 16, 2017
I'd take Kerry on a bicycle during nuclear negotiations over Trump on the couch any day. https://t.co/BsqjtP4AQF
— travis norvell (@pedalingpastor) August 16, 2017
2020 Election
Mormons fed up with Trump’s vulgar rhetoric and behavior are flocking to the Democratic Party
Mormons in the United States have traditionally been reliable Republican voters, but some members of the conservative church put off by President Donald Trump are switching sides and backing veteran Democrat Joe Biden.
Support for Trump among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which emphasizes family values and morals, is especially lagging among women.
Experts say that could have a significant impact in some key battleground states -- notably Arizona and Nevada, where Mormons represent six percent of the population.
"There are things about Biden that I don't agree with, but I think it's more important not to vote for Trump," said Melarie Wheat, a 36-year-old mother of five who lives in the western state of Utah, where the LDS Church is headquartered.
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‘Nuts!’ The Lincoln Project mocks Jared and Ivanka for their ‘comical’ threat to sue over Times Square billboards
The Lincoln Project on Friday night fired back at White House advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for threatening to sue over billboards in Times Square attacking their response to the coronavirus crisis.
The ads show the couple smiling alongside coronavirus death tolls for New Yorkers and Americans.
https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1319294071513346053?s=20
Kushner and Trump's attorney, Marc Kasowitz, on Friday sent a letter to the Lincoln Project warning that the billboards were defamatory. “Those ads show Ms. Trump smiling and gesturing toward a death count of Americans and New Yorkers, and attribute to Mr. Kushner the statement that “[New Yorkers] are going to suffer and that’s their problem” (alteration in original), with body bags underneath,” the letter read.
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‘He blew it!’ Keith Olbermann erupts over Trump’s ‘stupid and dull’ debate performance — ‘the oxygen of his rise to power was gone’
On his new political show on YouTube, commentator Keith Olbermann ripped into President Donald Trump for his performance during the final presidential debate. Olbermann said that Trump "ran out of bullsh*t" as he tried to attack his rival Joe Biden.
"I don't mean to say that he was honest," he clarified. "It seems he was lying and manipulating reality at an even higher rate than usual. But with a few momentary exceptions, the salesmanship, the oxygen of his rise to power, was gone."
Olbermann said Trump needed "a debate knockout." Instead, the incumbent president just appeared "stupid and dull."
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Mary Trump sheds light on the president’s bizarre pattern of psychological projection
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Lincoln Project skewers Trump’s repeated failure to offer a long-promised replacement for Obamacare
