RUSH: What the heck is this? I’m watching fake news — this is CNN — Trump moments ago the White House grounds meeting with executives from Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle people. Now, how many of you had heard that Harley-Davidson had pulled out of a meeting with Trump because they were afraid of backlash from customers and protesters and anarchists and whatever? I distinctly remember. I remember when I read it I got kind of mad at Harley-Davidson. Turns out it was fake news! Now, maybe Trump was gonna visit their plant. Maybe that’s what it was.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Yeah, that’s what it was. Harley-Davidson, they just moved the meeting from the Harley-Davidson factory in Wisconsin to the White House. The story was all over the media yesterday that Harley-Davidson wanted no part of Trump. They were gonna have a meeting with Trump at their plant, their factory, at their whatever, in Wisconsin. And then they started getting threatening tweets and threatening emails. And the story was that Harley-Davidson said, “We don’t like Trump that much, we don’t want to have a meeting at all,” and they cancel it.
So the news is out, “Harley-Davidson,” — and they were celebrated, by the way — “Harley-Davidson cancels meeting with Trump over threat of protests.” And then today there’s Harley-Davidson at the White House. They just moved the meeting to the White House, which is pretty cool for the Harley-Davidson people. They’re outside on the grounds, a couple bikes there that they were demoing for Trump, and it all went well.
But the thrust of the story, fake news again, Harley-Davidson wanted nothing to do with Trump, and they were afraid that if the meeting was held that people would protest, and Harley-Davidson didn’t want any part of that. Not true. They were happy to travel to Washington for the meeting, and there’s videotape of it. If they’re afraid of protests, I mean, they’re gonna happen regardless.
Related Links