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October 10, 2018

Trump Rolls Back Ethanol Gasoline Limits & Attacks Dianne Feinstein
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President Trump has ordered the EPA to roll back limits on the amount of
ethanol blended into gasoline, in a move that will benefit big
agribusiness companies. Trump announced the ethanol rule change at a
campaign rally in Iowa Tuesday evening, where he appealed to his
Republican base to turn out during next month's midterm elections.

At the rally, Trump mocked California Democratic Senator Dianne
Feinstein, claiming she leaked a letter written by professor Christine
Blasey Ford alleging Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape
her when they were teenagers. Trump then laughed as his supporters
chanted, "Lock Her Up!"-referring not to Hillary Clinton, but to Senator
Feinstein.

President Trump: "How about Senator Feinstein? That's another beauty.
[crowd boos] That's a beauty! Did you leak the documents? Huh, what?
What? No, I didn't. Did we leak? Did we leak? No, no, no, we didn't. Did
you ever see? No-she goes, no-he just said, no we didn't leak."

Audience: "Lock her up! Lock her up!"

In an unusual move, Trump wrote an op-ed Wednesday in USA Today asking
Americans to vote for Republicans in the midterm elections. Trump wrote,
"The new Democrats are radical socialists who want to model America's
economy after Venezuela. If Democrats win control of Congress this
November, we will come dangerously closer to socialism in America."


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