News Networks Dip In And Out Of Donald Trump’s Press Conference; Ex-POTUS Defends Laura Loomer As A “Free Spirit”

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Donald Trump stood on a lawn at his golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, today, speaking to mainstream and right-wing media, and made a long shot pitch for votes in the state while also bashing it as a poorly run hellscape. “It’s very sad when I have to stand out here on my property and see how bad California is,” said Trump, with the sweeping view of the Pacific as a backdrop.

Trump, though, claimed that if he is elected president, the state’s problems would be solved — everything from migration to taxes to wildfires to water. “You’re going to have water like you never thought,” Trump said, before turning to the mayor of RPV and noting, “Now, in your case, maybe you don’t want too much.” The city is struggling with massive landslide issues that now threaten hundreds of homes.

The purpose of the press conference seemed to be for Trump to reclaim attention, after a debate on Tuesday that most pundits say he lost, something that initial polls also suggest.

Among some Republicans, there has been consternation over Trump’s association with Laura Loomer, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has been traveling with him, and the notion that she has been a poor influence on him.