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Lisa Stranger

ooh I see I missed a #GlovesOff day while I was doing other things 👏👏👏

“Screaming and yelling and intimidating, you’re not going to intimidate, that’s what Trump does, to try to intimidate,” Mr. DeNiro shouted, jutting out a finger. “We are going to fight back.”

Reuters and NYT predictably bothsidesy:
* Robert De Niro calls Trump a 'clown' outside trial in Biden campaign message (text)
Actor Robert De Niro called Donald Trump a "clown" who is bent on destroying American democracy on Tuesday outside the New York City courtroom where the Republican presidential candidate's hush money trial is being held.
De Niro, a longtime Democrat who recently voiced an ad for Democratic President Joe Biden, attended a Biden campaign event outside the Manhattan courtroom with two former law enforcement officers, Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, who were at the U.S. Capitol when it was attacked by Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
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"We New Yorkers used to tolerate him when he was just another grubby real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot, a two-bit playboy lying his way into the tabloids," he said. "A clown...No one took him seriously. They take him seriously now."

I'd like to hear some actual quotes from the cops as well... they're not exactly shrinking violets

  • Robert De Niro, as Biden Surrogate, Says Trump ‘Absolutely’ Should Go to Jail Seeking to troll Donald Trump outside his Manhattan trial, the Biden campaign held a news conference with the actor and two former Capitol Police officers. Mr. De Niro veered off script. ... “I’ve never seen a guy get out of so many things, and we all know this. Everybody in the world knows this.” ... Mr. Fanone accused Mr. Trump of being “an authoritarian who answers only to himself,” and Mr. De Niro said the former president had engaged in a “coward’s violence” after the 2020 election. “He directs the mob to do his dirty work for him,” he said. ... “Just a couple of blocks from here a jury found him liable for sexual abuse,” Mr. De Niro said. ... “We’re trying to be gentlemen, the Democrats,” he yelled at the Trump supporters. “You are gangsters — you are gangsters!” ... “Screaming and yelling and intimidating, you’re not going to intimidate, that’s what Trump does, to try to intimidate,” Mr. DeNiro shouted, jutting out a finger. “We are going to fight back.”

and this negative vibe from NYP:
* Robert De Niro headlines bizarre Biden campaign presser outside Trump trial: ‘You’re a f–king idiot’
oh wait, they somehow have the best cop quotes 😒
“I came here today to remind Americans of what Donald Trump is capable of and the violence that he unleashed on all of Americans on Jan. 6, 2021,” former DC cop Michael Fanone said.
“Americans need to wake up. This is not a drill,” added former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress as a Democrat in Maryland earlier this year.
they had to get that last part in, didn't they?

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