Politico reports:
The president lamented that he couldn’t joke without upsetting the media while facetiously reiterating his past comments inviting Russia to find Clinton’s deleted emails.
“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 crowd cheered enthusiastically and chanted “lock her up.”
Trump goads the crowd into booing “the fake news,” then suggests he was just being sarcastic when he called for Russian hackers to go after Hillary Clinton’s emails during a 2016 news conference.
The crowd responds with “lock her up!” chants pic.twitter.com/kuCu61UgMr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2019
President Donald Trump joins @mschlapp on the @CPAC stage, hugs the American flag as “God Bless the USA” plays over the speakers. pic.twitter.com/h7ZsFMR5Q2
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) March 2, 2019