2016

2016-01-01 Linda McMahon donated $6M to Trump-supporting SuperPAC Rebuilding America Now.

A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower uncovered that data was harvested for political advertising, and the Trump 2016 campaign used that harvested data to build psychographic profiles of users’ personality traits based on Facebook activity. In the oral evidence transcript dated February 27, 2018, Trump comes up 24 times and Cruz comes up 17 times when I did a search. The following year, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress and was fined $5 billion.

2016-01-01 Multiple allegations of criminal activity involving Trump properties emerged in 2016.

2016 January

2016-01-16 Obama tried to compile a plan for Iran to keep a limited nuclear plan for nuclear energy, while lifting sanctions and ensuring they aren’t building nuclear weapons.

2016-01-23 Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay?”.

2016 February

2016-02-16 After Pope Francis criticized Trump’s wall rhetoric, Trump said the Pope would “wish and pray” for his presidency.

2016-02-24 During a speech in Las Vegas, Trump told the crowd, “I love the poorly educated”.

2016-02-28 Ted Cruz said Trump is a “charming person” who “can turn on you overnight”.

2016 March Black Lives Matter

2016-03-18 Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza stated, “We are expected to participate in democracy while receiving conditional citizenship in return”.

I am posting the following dates of victims because there has been a lot of “white victimhood”, whitewashing, empowered white supremacy and blatant racism during the Trump regime, and I think it’s important to understand and respect why the Black Lives Matter movement is so important. These are just a small fraction of all the victims, and I can only guess readers don’t even know all the names listed here.

2009-01-01 Twenty-two-year-old Oscar Grant was killed by officers in Oakland CA.

2012-02-26 Trayvon Martin was walking home from a convenience store while visiting a family townhouse when he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman who claimed self-defense and cited Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Zimmerman was only charged and tried a year later after heavy media coverage and protest rallies.

2013-11-02 Renisha McBride was shot and killed after she knocked on a door and the homeowner thought she was breaking in.

2014-11-02 Twelve-year-old Tamir Rice was killed outside a rec center by a police officer. A grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against the officer.

2015-06-17 A white supremacist opened fire at Charleston church, but only after he spend 45 minutes in worship with the congregation. The suspect waited until everyone was in prayer before he began the massacre, firing approximately 74 rounds, and then told one of the victims “I’m going to leave you here to tell the story”. Dylan Roof remains on death row in Terre Haute Federal Prison in Indiana.

2016-10-20 A Chicago police officer shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in the back 16 times and only served three years in jail.

2020-02-23 Three white men chased down and killed 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery while he was out jogging.

2020-05-25 George Floyd died after a police officer pressed his knee into the back of Floyd’s neck for more than 9 minutes.

(October 6, 2021) Charlie Kirk called George Floyd a scumbag during a speech in Mankato Minnesota, adding that his death was not worthy of the national attention it received.

2022-05-14 A white supremacist walked into a Buffalo NY supermarket, killed 10 Black people and wounded 3 others. Investigators discovered his motives were tied in with the “Great Replacement Theory” conspiracy.

2016 March

2016-03-21 Obama made an historic visit to Cuba, eased travel restrictions, dropped the designation of state sponsor of terrorism, and urged Congress to lift the embargo.

2016 April

2016-04-27 In 2016, 2020, and 2024 Trump campaigned against any wars in the Middle East and bashed his predecessors for it. He even claimed Kamala Harris would start a war in Iran if she had won the presidency.

2016 June

2016-06-12 A gunman murdered 49 people and wounded 53 more at the Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando.

2016-06-16 Trump promoted the claim that Obama helped found ISIS, telling CNBC, “No, I meant that he’s the founder of ISIS. I do. He was the most valuable player. I gave him the most valuable player award”.

2016-06-30 The Duterte regime in the Philippines and the current U.S. climate share parallels, including “war on drugs” rhetoric, extrajudicial killings, democratic backsliding, and governance through fear and repression.

2016 July

2016-07-06 Trump posted an image of Hillary Clinton in front of cash and a Star of David captioned, “Most Corrupt Candidate Ever.”

2016-07-10 Rudy Giuliani stated that Black parents needed to teach their children to respect the police.

2016 August

2016-08-09 During a campaign rally in Wilmington NC, Trump remarked “maybe the Second Amendment supporters should ‘do’ something about Hillary Clinton”.

2016-08-22 During a speech Trump said, “You could go to war zones in countries we’re fighting and it’s safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats”.

2016 September

2016-09-01 During an election speech in Phoenix AZ Trump promised the crowd Mexico would pay to build the wall.

2016-09-21 Trump said he wanted to take the oil from Iraq, “You’re not stealing anything. We’re reimbursing ourselves”.

2016-09-21 Obama brokered a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel that would run through 2028. The bill would guarantee $3.3BN per year to Israel.

2016 October

2016-10-01 Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 to remain silent about an alleged affair with Trump. In 2018, Cohen plead guilty to campaign finance violations related to the payment.

2016-10-16 Trump posted, “The election is absolutely being rigged by the dishonest and distorted media pushing Crooked Hillary - but also at many polling places - SAD.”

2016-10-19 Trump’s “grab them by the pussy” full transcript can be found on BBC’s website.

2016-10-22 RFK compared Trump to Hitler on his podcast.

2016-10-26 Parents were told to administer bleach-based pills and injections to autistic children. Look up the brand-name “Miracle Mineral Solution”.

2016 November

2016-11-03 David Duke and the KKK expressed their support for Donald Trump.

2016-11-08 Michele Bachmann and David Barton hosted “Election Coverage in the Spirit of Faith”, which was organized by Kenneth Copeland ministries. Weaponizing faith for control in politics might be a sin.

2020-11-09 Trump megadonor Kenneth Copeland performed an unsettling fit of maniacal laughter during a political sermon about the elections.

2016-11-21 Turning Point’s Charlie Kirk created the “Professor Watchlist” so his followers could outwardly dox any teacher they felt was “woke”.

2016-11-27 Trump posted, “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally” the posted accusations of voter fraud in Virginia, New Hampshire, and California.

2016-11-28 PragerU released their “Just Say Merry Christmas” video.

2016 December

2016-12-02 Pizzagate spread online after leaked Podesta emails were falsely interpreted as code for a Clinton-linked child sex ring.

2016-12-31 On his podcast, RFK Jr. warned that Trump would attempt to dismantle environmental protections, including safe-water safeguards.