President Donald Trump formally kicked off his 2020 reelection campaign on Tuesday night in Orlando, but in many ways it looked a lot like 2016.
Trump mentioned Hillary Clinton frequently, and the crowd replied with their ’16 chants of “lock her up.”
Trump even toyed with keeping the same campaign slogan, at one point asking the audience to choose between 2016′s “Make America Great Again” and the apparent new slogan, “Keep America Great.”
Trump’s critics panned the throwback speech on Twitter:
I’ve been overoptimistic in the past. But I just don’t think he’s going to beat Hillary this time. https://t.co/xNG22H7fGL
— James Gleick (@JamesGleick) June 19, 2019
When Hillary Clinton runs in 2020, Trump is totally ready for her.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) June 19, 2019
A new vision would require sustained thought, which he’s not capable of. https://t.co/BRJABK0r9V
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 19, 2019
Values Voters: Christians against “sex outside of marriage” & “illegal immigration” who cheer an escort who got into US illegally to pose in porn & marry an adulterous American for an anchor baby and chain migration for her parents. #TrumpRallyOrlandopic.twitter.com/UkxUYKFVZx
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 19, 2019
based on this speech so far, gonna be a tough race for hillary clinton
— Adam Steinbaugh (@adamsteinbaugh) June 19, 2019
Are we positive Trump knows what year it is?
— Chris H (@Chris_H_Politic) June 19, 2019
After two and a half years as President, Donald Trump is still talking about.... Hillary.
— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) June 19, 2019
Even the Stones sometimes skip Jumping Jack Flash. https://t.co/JfXfmmdftf
Breaking: Trump kicks off campaign against Hillary Clinton
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) June 19, 2019
I remember when I had a bad concussion one of the first questions the doctors asked when evaluating me was do you know what year it is? I answered correctly, Trump seems lost I think he has lost his mind he has some cognitive inadequacies
— Dawn Knapp (@dawn_dknapp2) June 19, 2019
The only nice thing you can say about Trump’s sick obsession with Hillary is that it’s the longest he’s ever gone in his life focused on one woman.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 19, 2019
Yeah, this'll keep people from accusing Trump of being an out of touch senior citizen who doesn't know what year it is. https://t.co/oYzP26AVSx
— SpideyTerry (@SpideyTerry) June 19, 2019
The thing that got people going most at Trump’s rally was yelling “Lock her up” over and over again, and turning around and booing the press pack whenever he or his kids mentioned the media. We are stuck in an endless 2016 loop, people!
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) June 19, 2019
Trump is spending more time talking about the 2016 election than the 2020 one
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) June 19, 2019
Just curious did I miss something is Hillary running in 2020? Trump keeps mentioning her. Oh wait I know tonight was a repeat of a 2016 speech. He needs some new material that or someone needs to tell him what year it is.
— Kathy Rogers (@kmrog1126) June 19, 2019
It's so cool that Trump and his supporters think he's running against Hillary again.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 19, 2019
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