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Live Twitter feed: The inauguration of Donald Trump

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Aaron Sharockman

By Aaron Sharockman January 20, 2017

Follow the inauguration of Donald Trump through our live Twitter feed.

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stated on November 1, 2024 in a post:

Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer told an Antifa meeting he “made sure” Donald Trump wouldn’t win.

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stated on October 29, 2024 in a post:

“Joe Rogan says he will not be voting for Trump after having him on the podcast.”

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stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image:

Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.

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stated on June 21, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

Says President John F. Kennedy said, “There are people in Washington, D.C., in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not.”

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stated on October 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“Shredded Pennsylvania Mail in ballot Applications were discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.”

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stated on October 4, 2020 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.

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stated on August 14, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”

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stated on June 30, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”

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stated on June 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”

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stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”

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stated on February 29, 2020 in posts on Twitter and Facebook:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer deleted a Feb. 5 tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban some forms of travel to and from China.

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stated on February 29, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

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stated on December 20, 2019 in the sixth Democratic presidential debate:

Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."

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stated on October 29, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"As some of you may know I am the recent $3.4 million lotto winner. I’d like to spread some positivity so I’m sending $1,000 to the first 100k people that share this."

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stated on February 7, 2018 in a blog post:

"FBI RAIDS OBAMA – Find Massive Secret That Was Hidden For YEARS."

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Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 in an interview with Dan Bongino:

Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026
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stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post:

Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.

By Maria Briceño • February 2, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:

In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”

By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026
Jared Moskowitz
stated on January 22, 2026 in an X post:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s “backlog of unanswered disaster assistance applications has exploded to the largest in its history.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2026
JD Vance
stated on January 22, 2026 in a press conference:

"Right now we're focused on Minneapolis because that's where we have the highest concentration of people who have violated our immigration laws."

By Amy Sherman • January 28, 2026
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stated on January 25, 2026 in an X post:

An image shows Alex Pretti holding a gun, not a phone, while pinned by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.

By Maria Briceño • January 27, 2026
Kash Patel
stated on January 25, 2026 in an interview on Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures":

“You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2026 in a speech in Davos:

Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”

By Maria Briceño • January 26, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 20, 2026 in posts on social media:

Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

By Madison Czopek • January 26, 2026
Social Media
stated on January 25, 2026 in posts:

Evan Kilgore is one of the Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

By Loreben Tuquero • January 26, 2026