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Washington -- Facing strong criticism and increased scrutiny from congressional Democrats, President Trump turned to a friendly and raucous crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday to denounce the special counsel's Russia investigation, rail against undocumented immigrants and accuse Democrats of having a fringe socialist agenda.

With a fiery speech that ran for more than two hours -- his longest as president -- Mr. Trump distanced himself from the heavy criticism he has received this week for an unsuccessful summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as well as congressional testimony from his former fixer Michael Cohen and a New York Times report that he ordered former chief of staff John Kelly to give his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance despite concerns raised by White House lawyers and intelligence officials.

"Unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and you leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with bullshit," he told the crowd, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in U.S. elections and possible collusion between Trump campaign associates and the Kremlin.

Along with mocking progressives' "Green New Deal" proposal and claiming that some members of Congress "hate" the U.S., the president vowed to sign an executive order that would withhold federal funds from schools that fail to protect "free speech" on campus. But he did not specify when he would sign such proclamation.
Here are the most noteworthy moments from the speech:

Trump links undocumented immigrants and criminality

Mr. Trump again argued for the construction of his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by linking undocumented immigrants to criminality and casting them as a burden to the American economy.

He accused Democrats and the press of disseminating "false propaganda" that says undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than American citizens.

However, multiple studies, including one by the libertarian Cato Institute, have found that native-born residents are more likely to be convicted of a crime than immigrants living in the country legally or illegally.

Employing his signature hardline rhetoric on immigration, Mr. Trump also denounced the "lawless chaos" at the southwestern border, birthright citizenship and so-called sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with immigration authorities.

"We are being invaded," he claimed.

Trump vows to sign order to withhold funds from schools that don't protect "free speech"

The president vowed to sign an executive order that would withhold federal funds from schools that fail to protect "free speech" on campus.

Mr. Trump did not specify when he would sign such order and did not provide additional details.

The proposal is likely designed to appease concerns by some conservatives that their voices are stifled on college campuses.

​Decrying socialism, Trump blasts Democrats

Continuing fiery rebukes of socialism by previous CPAC speakers, Mr. Trump suggested the Democratic Party is embracing fringe, far-left proposals.

The president highlighted Democrats' support for "Medicare for all" -- which he said would precipitate a "socialist takeover of American healthcare."

He again denounced the Green New Deal as a proposal that would dismantle the American economy and force people to travel by train. After underscoring the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela -- led by a leftist authoritarian leader -- Mr. Trump repeated a pledge he made during his State of the Union address earlier this year.

"America will never be a socialist country," he said to fervent applause.

​Trump takes aim at Fed chair, again

Accusing him of liking raising interest rates, the president took aim -- again -- at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

"We have a gentleman that likes raising interest rates in the Fed," Mr. Trump said.

"Can you imagine if we left interest rates where they were?" he later added.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly blamed Powell for downturns in the stock market and accused him of threatening economic growth by raising federal interest rates.

In a report to Congress this week, Powell said the Federal Reserve will be "patient" in determining when to boost its rates in light of the various "crosscurrents and conflicting signals." He said the Fed's rate decisions will be "data dependent" as the economic outlook evolves.

Some in Congress "hate our country," Trump claims

Mr. Trump claimed some members of Congress "hate" the U.S., citing remarks he did not identify but said he has heard about.

"We have people in Congress that hate our country," he said without naming any specific senators or representatives.

He suggested he could be referring to some foreign-born members of Congress. Mr. Trump asked the crowd, "How did they do in their countries?"

​Trump on Mueller probe: "They're trying to take you out with bullshit"

The president continued his strong criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in U.S. elections and possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow, saying some people are trying to take him out "with bullshit."

"You put the wrong people in a couple of positions ... and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with bullshit," he said, prompting some in the crowd to repeat the profanity.

Mr. Trump added that Mueller, who he said "never received any votes," appointed "the angriest Democrats" to his investigative team -- a claim that has been widely debunked. The president also lambasted former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and mocked his recusal from the Russia investigation with a fake Southern accent.

Trump mocks Green New Deal proposal

Mocking the Green New Deal being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and most 2020 Democrats, the president advised his congressional opponents to continue backing the bold proposal designed to mitigate climate change.

"I think it's really something that they should promote," he said sarcastically.

Trump bills himself as grand trade negotiator with China

The president said he's the first American leader to hold China accountable for what he believes were years of disparity in trade between the two economic giants.

"They wouldn't negotiate with previous administrations," Mr. Trump said, repeating his claim that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him other U.S. presidents did not ask for changes to the trade relationship between both countries.

​Trump: "The numbers are going to be even bigger" in 2020

After boasting about his poll-defying and unexpected triumph in 2016 against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump predicted a similar outcome during the 2020 presidential election.

"The numbers are going to be even bigger," he said, provoking fervent chants of "USA!" from the raucous crowd.

Other speakers at CPAC

Other prominent speakers and administration officials have spoken at the 2019 CPAC. They include Republican senators Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Jr. and far-right British politician and Brexit crusader Nigel Farage.

Pence: Trump is "the most pro-life president" in U.S. history

Addressing the CPAC gathering Friday, Vice President Michael Pence touted the passage of the Republican tax overhaul bill in 2017, as well as the administration's staunch support for the anti-abortion movement, calling Mr. Trump "the most pro-life president in American history."

What is the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)?

The Conservative Political Action Conference, which was first held in 1974, is an event attended by conservative activists and elected officials who tend to identify with the Republican Party. It is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU). Former President Reagan gave the conference's inaugural keynote speech in 1974.

First published on March 2, 2019 / 9:10 AM

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Washington -- Facing strong criticism and increased scrutiny from congressional Democrats, President Trump turned to a friendly and raucous crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday to denounce the special counsel's Russia investigation, rail against undocumented immigrants and accuse Democrats of having a fringe socialist agenda.

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March 2 at 4:25 PM
President Trump capped a tumultuous week by reveling in the embrace of conservative activists on Saturday, deriding investigations of him as "bullshit," repeatedly complaining about coverage of his crowd sizes and abruptly announcing an executive order to mandate protection of free speech on college campuses.

In his remarks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which stretched beyond two hours, Trump also mocked the "Green New Deal" promoted by liberals to address climate change, disparaged his former attorney general Jeff Sessions with a faux Southern accent and defended his move to declare a national emergency to secure money for his U.S.-Mexico border wall that was denied by Congress.

"You know, I don't know, maybe you know. You know, I'm totally off script right?" Trump said at the outset of his speech. "This is how I got elected, by being off script . . . and if we don't go off script, our country is in big trouble, folks."

But the Russia probe and those leading it drew the biggest ire and even profanity from the president, as investigations ramp up in Congress and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III continues his probe into potential collusion between Trump associates and Moscow.

"So now they go and morph into, let's inspect every deal he's ever done," Trump complained. Nicknaming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) as "Little Shifty Schiff," Trump continued: "These people are sick. They're sick."

Noting that "you put the wrong people in a couple of positions," Trump added: "And they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they are trying to take you out with bullshit, okay?" Trump said.

"Now Robert Mueller never received a vote and neither did the person who appointed him," the president said, referring to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in May 2017 after Sessions recused himself.

Trump's speech zigzagging from trade to immigration and from the 2016 campaign to last fall's midterm elections, came against the backdrop of the collapse of his summit with North Korea and the extraordinary congressional testimony this week from his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen.

Cohen alleged that Trump manipulated financial records and that the president knew in advance of WikiLeaks' efforts to dump damaging information on his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Trump mentioned his call during the 2016 campaign for Russia to hack into Clinton's emails, although he has since suggested that he was being sarcastic at the time and criticized the news media for coverage of those remarks.

Few targets were spared in Trump's wide-ranging speech, which included jabs at unnamed Republican senators - "Where do these people come from?" - his potential Democratic challengers in 2020 and a swipe at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell.

"We have a gentleman who likes raising interest rates, a gentleman who likes quantitative tightening," said Trump. "Can you imagine if we left interest rates where they were? If we didn't do quantitative tightening, taking money out of the market?"

Trump has repeatedly slammed Powell for raising interest rates too quickly. Powell has said the rate hikes were necessary in light of economic evidence, but in January acknowledged the case for raising rates "has weakened" somewhat.

He also dismissed one prominent argument from Republicans on his recent decision to declare a national emergency to redirect federal funds for his border wall. While GOP lawmakers have argued that his move could set a precedent for future Democratic presidents, Trump argued that the answer to that is for him to be reelected instead.

"They're gonna do that anyway, folks," Trump said. "The best way to stop that is for us to win the election."

Trump criticized his political opponents on Capitol Hill following a riff on immigrants, whom he said needed to "love our country."

"We have people in Congress right now - we have people in Congress that hate our country," Trump said. "And you know that, and we can name every one of them if you want. They hate our country."

The president also mocked the Green New Deal's climate-related provisions, deriding the plan as promoting "no planes, no energy."

"When the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric," Trump said, before launching into an impression. " 'Darling, is the wind blowing today? I'd like to watch television, darling.' "

Key planks of the liberal platform call for renewed investments in energy and transportation alternatives. While a fact sheet associated with the Green New Deal proposes to "build out high-speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary," the resolution does not advocate for terminating air travel.

Trump also announced that he would sign a new executive order to make federal research funding for colleges and universities contingent on their support for "free speech." The move appeared to be a response to complaints by some university critics that institutions of higher education stifle right-wing viewpoints.

"If they want our dollars, and we give it to them by the billions, they've got to allow people like Hayden and many great young people, and old people, to speak," Trump said, bringing onstage a young conservative, Hayden Williams, who was physically attacked last month while lobbying for a conservative organization at the University of California at Berkeley.

Ahead of Saturday's conference, Trump dealt with a chaotic and tumultuous week even by his own standards.

Negotiations in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un proved inconsequential, with the White House saying it could not accede to Kim's demands that the United States end all economic sanctions in exchange for closing just one nuclear facility. The North Koreans gave a different account, insisting that the regime asked for only a partial lifting of sanctions.

Though he was largely praised for walking away from a potentially bad deal with Kim, Trump ignited another furor when he said in Hanoi that he took the North Korean leader "at his word" when he denied knowing about the treatment of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who was released from a 17-month detainment by North Korea in a vegetative state and died shortly thereafter upon returning to the United States in 2017.

Warmbier's parents issued a statement in response saying Kim and his "evil regime" were responsible for their son's death, and Trump later clarified on Twitter, saying: "Of course I hold North Korea responsible for Otto's mistreatment and death."

Two hours into his CPAC speech, Trump brought up the North Korea talks, declaring his affection for the Warmbiers and talking about the "very, very delicate balance" of the nuclear negotiations.

"We made a lot of progress," Trump said, noting a "very good meeting" and saying North Korea "has an incredible, brilliant future."
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In rambling, two-hour speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, President Trump mocked immigrant members of Congress and said some of them hate the United States.

"We have people in Congress right now, we have people in Congress that hate our country," Trump told the audience during a segment of his speech on immigration. "And you know that, and we can name every one of them if they want. They hate our country."

The rowdy crowd booed the unnamed members of Congress, with some shouting the name of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who immigrated to the US as a teenage refugee from Somalia.

The president said these members of Congress, whom he didn't name, "very sad" comments about the United States.

"How did they do in their country?" he continued. "Just ask them. How did they do? Did they do well? Were they succeeding? Just ask that question."

"Somebody would say, 'Oh, that's terrible that he brings that up.' But that's OK. I don't mind. I'll bring it up."

"How did they do in their country? Not so good. Not so good."

According to the Pew Research Center, there are currently 13 foreign-born members of the House and just one in the Senate. All are Democrats.

Representatives for the White House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Trump's rollicking, off-script speech at Maryland's Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center lasted over two hours, which several news outlets said was his longest ever as president.

The president also used his remarks to attack Democrats and those investigating him as part of the Russia probe, saying his enemies are "trying to take [him] out with bullshit!"

The crowd erupted at that line, clapping and chanting, "Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!"

In January, the president castigated Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her "disgraceful" language when she told a crowd of supporters she would "impeach the motherfucker."

In an extensive airing of grievances, Trump also relitigated old arguments over his crowd sizes, while simultaneously mocking a journalist for not "flying private."

He criticized Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel, who in Dec. 2017 tweeted a photo of a scant crowd in an arena where Trump was having a rally.

Weigel deleted the tweet after learning the venue had not yet filled up, but Trump responded at the time by demanding an apology and for Weigel to be fired.

"He got there four or five hours early, because he doesn't fly private, you know....The place hadn't started taking in people," Trump told the crowd..

In yet another return to the size of his inauguration crowd, Trump falsely claimed the media had compared his crowd to the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 by using photos of his 2017 inauguration "taken hours before."

"I saw pictures that there were no people," Trump said. "Those pictures were taken hours before, right?"

Trump has previously accused the media of altering photos of his inauguration crowd size, but official photos released by the National Park Service clearly show that the crowd at President Obama's inauguration was far bigger.

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Trump Mocked Immigrant Members Of Congress And Said Some "Hate Our Country"

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In rambling, two-hour speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, President Trump mocked immigrant members of Congress and said some of them hate the United States. "We have people in Congress right now, we have people in Congress that hate our country," Trump told the audience during a segment of his speech on immigration.