Standing in front of stacks of bottled water at Bethel United Methodist Church in Flint, Mich., Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon began to point fingers regarding the city’s water crisis — and was quickly interrupted by his host, who approached his lectern on the small stage and reminded the presidential candidate he hadn’t been invited to give a political speech.
Trump calls NAFTA "the worst trade deal in the history of the world" in Flint. Host interjects, telling him to stay on topic @MSNBC
— Kate Snow (@tvkatesnow) September 14, 2016
Woman at church in Flint where Trump is appears to have told him to halt his political attacks on Clinton bc it's a church.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 14, 2016
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Note that the media generally interpreted Trump’s speech about the people of Flint having been failed by government as “attacking Hillary Clinton.”
Pastor interrupts Trump in Flint to tell him not to give a political speech when he started to attack Hillary Clinton.
— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) September 14, 2016
Minister here interrupts Trump as he starts to attack Hillary Clinton to tell him that's not why he was invited – asked him to stop.
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 14, 2016
During appearance at Flint church: Trump started to attack Clinton, pastor interrupted to say he was not invited to give a political speech.
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) September 14, 2016
A woman walked on stage as Trump was attacking Clinton, spoke to Trump and then he stopped reading and only talked about Flint after.
— Ginger Gibson (@GingerGibson) September 14, 2016
Why was the camera so shaky? That we don’t know, but it’s clear this wasn’t a typical campaign rally, and Trump was uncharacteristically soft-spoken.
Here's the Pastor at the church in Flint, MI asking Trump to refrain from attacking @HillaryClinton in his remarks: https://t.co/ps7LyQ8iF7
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 14, 2016
Earlier, Trump had toured Flint’s water treatment facility and visited briefly with people in the neighborhood.
Trump arrives at Flint Water Treatment Plant, site of the crisis of lead contamination in city drinking water. pic.twitter.com/3W8w2dhW9g
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 14, 2016
Trump taking tour of Flint Water Treatment Facility pic.twitter.com/UHM2jT3jnx
— John Santucci (@Santucci) September 14, 2016
Trump after 15-min tour of now dormant Flint water plant that caused lead crisis thanks "very very good executives." pic.twitter.com/CSFxClcnm2
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 14, 2016
Flint’s mayor, who’s done such a bang-up job overseeing the city’s water supply, made it clear before Trump’s visit that she considered it nothing but a photo-op.
Flint mayor offers swift rebuke to Donald Trump ahead of his visit to the embattled city https://t.co/Hf0BTdaxz7 pic.twitter.com/If3Cfq7d7X
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 14, 2016
I'm more interested in what "distracted" Obama admin officials who knew water was bad for months but said nothinghttps://t.co/OJPVuPZZxe
— ConservativeNotCrazy (@IAMMGraham) September 14, 2016
No, Trump wasn’t welcome in Flint, and some of the residents made that perfectly clear, though this guy seems to think Obama and Biden are on the ticket this November.
Resident who lives across from venue welcomes Trump to Flint. pic.twitter.com/1g0TdG5QWu
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) September 14, 2016
As Trump motorcade rolls through Flint, about a dozen ppl get off stopped public bus to throw middle fingers in the air as we pass
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) September 14, 2016
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