{"id":2248539,"date":"2024-05-20T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-back-against-fake-story-about-his-speech-that-was-made-up-by-the-biden-campaign\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T11:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:36:20","slug":"trump-fires-back-against-fake-story-about-his-speech-that-was-made-up-by-the-biden-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-back-against-fake-story-about-his-speech-that-was-made-up-by-the-biden-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump retaliates against &#8216;fabricated&#8217; speech story by Biden campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-fires-back-against-fake-story-about-his-speech-that-was-made-up-by-the-biden-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Trump faced \u200caccusations\u2064 of freezing for 30 seconds\u2063 during \u2064his speech at the NRA convention. \u200cPromptly, he refuted these claims, labeling them as a &#8216;false story&#8217; generated by the Biden \u2063Campaign. Trump clarified that the pause\u2063 was \u200cstandard during his speeches and \u2062accused Biden of lacking coherence and\u200c competence. Additionally, Trump deflected criticism by highlighting Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-white-house-physician-demand-joe-bidens-resignation-due-to-his-cognitive-decline\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did A White House Physician Demand Joe Biden\u2019s Resignation Due To His \u2018Cognitive Decline\u2019?\">alleged cognitive decline<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 20, 2024 at 8:28am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump issued a fiery response on Sunday night amid claims he \u201cfroze\u201d for about 30 seconds while speaking on stage at the National Rifle Association\u2019s annual convention in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Trump addressed the NRA in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-dallas-cowboys-super-bowl-champ-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas<\/a> on Saturday as he accepted the organization\u2019s endorsement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-accepts-nra-endorsement-urges-gun-owners-vote-2024-rcna152938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>When a segment of the speech went viral on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/x-users-spot-telling-problem-hillary-clintons-attempt-support-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X<\/a>, the presumptive Republican nominee hit back, calling it a \u201cMADE UP Biden Campaign story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-poll-young-voters-break-trump-two-top-2024-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> briefly paused while music was played, a common occurrence when he speaks to large crowds.<\/p>\n<p>The official account of President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1791967568137232712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared a clip<\/a> of the moment and said, \u201cTrump starts playing QAnon music during his bizarre slur-filled NRA speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That video was shared by \u201cBiden\u2019s Wins,\u201d an X account described as the \u201clargest online community of President Biden\u2019s supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump just glitched out and froze at his rally tonight,\u201d the account said. \u201cHe is clearly unfit for office. Retweet so every American knows Trump is senile.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Donald Trump just glitched out and froze at his rally tonight. He is clearly unfit for office. Retweet so every American knows Trump is senile. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QTa5qKNy8H\">pic.twitter.com\/QTa5qKNy8H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Biden\u2019s Wins (@BidensWins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidensWins\/status\/1792000790938198296?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many other pro-Biden accounts on X also seized on the clip to claim the former president was either unwell or unfit to run the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">35 seconds! That\u2019s how long Trump froze when his teleprompter stopped scrolling at yesterday\u2019s NRA convention. He can\u2019t think or speak without a teleprompter. All he could do was shake his head in frustration &#038; grimace in embarrassment until it restarted.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fmIZpXxKG3\">pic.twitter.com\/fmIZpXxKG3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncoopertweets\/status\/1792232170494337236?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WTF??? Trump just FROZE for a solid 30 seconds. This guy is clearly unfit to serve. He has mentally declined rapidly, and it\u2019s very clear. He needs to drop out of the race ASAP! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q8JQOADyis\">pic.twitter.com\/q8JQOADyis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harryjsisson\/status\/1791981456014619126?\">May 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump issued a response Sunday on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-truth-social-announces-live-tv-streaming-platform-content-cancelled-suppressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth Social<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Speech in Dallas this weekend at the NRA\u2019s \u2018Endorsement of President Donald J. Trump,\u2019 was attended by a Record Crowd of very enthusiastic Patriots,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe Biden Campaign, however, put out a Fake Story that I \u2018froze\u2019 for 30 seconds, going into the \u2018Musical Interlude\u2019 section, when in actuality, the 30 to 60 second period of silence is standard in every one of my Speeches where we use the Music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheck out any of my Speeches! The reason they came up with this Disinformation is that Biden freezes all the time, can\u2019t put two sentences together, and can rarely find his way off the stage without help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump doesn\u2019t freeze! It is a MADE UP Biden Campaign story, put out in a dying Newspaper that I never heard of, and every Reporter knows it, including the large group that was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In another post, Trump hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-black-morehouse-students-turn-backs-biden-commencement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>, who has been dogged for years by speculation he is suffering from a cognitive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-marathon-bomber-files-lawsuit-over-alleged-unlawful-treatment-in-colorado-prison\/\" title=\"Boston Marathon bomber files lawsuit over alleged \u2018unlawful\u2019 treatment in Colorado prison\">physical decline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the podium, I actually stopped it from falling due to good reflexes and strength, two elements which Joe Biden does not possess,\u201d the former president wrote. \u201cCheck out the clip! Crooked Joe is a completely incompetent and corrupt person, even when it comes to putting out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-costello-says-chrissy-teigen-tanked-his-career-drove-him-suicidal-over-fake-instagram-post\/\" title=\"Michael Costello Says Chrissy Teigen Tanked His Career, Drove Him Suicidal Over Fake Instagram Post\">fake story<\/a> like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While anti-Trump accounts spread the clip from the NRA speech, a video of numerous moments of Biden freezing up while speaking \u2014 originally posted in February \u2014 went viral again.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here are five straight minutes that show exactly why the special counsel noted Biden\u2019s diminished mental fitness <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1ToosAKyz\">pic.twitter.com\/u1ToosAKyz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1756551610308702692?\">February 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump\u2019s appearance in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-farm-worker-infected-bird-flu-none-typical-influenza-signs-instead-showed-one-disturbing-symptom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> was one of the few times he had been able to travel for a campaign event in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever attended a Trump speech?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The former president is a criminal defendant in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s \u201chush money\u201d trial in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has consistently criticized Bragg\u2019s unprecedented prosecution of him as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/special-counsel-jack-smith-hit-official-election-interference-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election interference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump strongly denied allegations of a 30-second &#8216;freeze&#8217; during his NRA speech. Trump&#8217;s fiery rebuttal came in response to claims made about his performance at the NRA convention in Texas. 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