Article snippet: MORE delivered a freewheeling speech Saturday at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference that often veered off script and hit on a slew of familiar themes as the White House gears up for the 2020 election. Trump spoke to a rapt audience at the largest annual conservative summit in an address that featured invectives against the president’s political enemies, several standing ovations and little daylight between the White House and its base. Here are the top nine moments from Trump’s address. 1. Trump jokes about Russia, Clinton’s emailsTrump suggested he was joking when he said during the 2016 campaign that he hoped Russia would find MORE's deleted emails, sparking familiar “Lock her up” chants. “I’ve learned, because with the fake news, if you tell a joke, if you’re sarcastic, if you’re having fun with the audience,” he said, “If you say something like ‘Russia, please if you can, get us Hillary Clinton’s emails, please, Russia, please, please get us the emails.' ” The president was referencing a July 2016 news conference in which he said, “Russia, if you are listening, I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by the press.” Russian operatives made their first attempt to hack Clinton’s servers that same day, according to an indictment from special counsel MORE. 2. Trump slams “little shifty Schiff”The president also went after House Democrats’ widespread investigations into his camp... Link to the full article to read more
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