"If Trump came to Phoenix to enflame already heated passions & further divide the country, he succeeded." https://t.co/xlpurspK4y
— Sarah Lerner (@SarahLerner) August 23, 2017
Wow. Don Lemon doesn't hold back. pic.twitter.com/wCBQoat74B
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 23, 2017
Pro-Trump supporters face off with peace activists during protests outside a Trump rally in Phoenix. REUTERS/Sandy Huffaker pic.twitter.com/DkPrnmTwR7
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 23, 2017
Police are deploying chemical weapons against protesters outside Trump's Phoenix rally pic.twitter.com/Afqr3q04ni
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) August 23, 2017
Many at Trump's rally lost interest in what he was saying—hundreds left early, others scrolled through social media.https://t.co/y0h9EiYyLt
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 23, 2017
Trump threatens to shut down the government to get funding for border wall https://t.co/qQNd4Ij7tf pic.twitter.com/DmBbBbeduy
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2017
Trump hints Arpaio pardon coming. Wiping out conviction could fuel president's feud with fed judges https://t.co/gqQVuRVqrM w/@tedhesson
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) August 23, 2017
Trump used the first 20 minutes of his speech in Phoenix to defend his remarks on the unrest in Charlottesville https://t.co/zNwyfBVmia
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 23, 2017
Trump omits "on many sides" while re-reading remarks on Charlottesville at rally https://t.co/DcxkJPY8wM pic.twitter.com/UuQNXrtrL0
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2017
Address to the Nation
Full Video & Transcript:https://t.co/FELdImTuUM pic.twitter.com/6ly3fNatiX— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2017
Wrap-up:Trump threatens shutdown,suggests Arpaio pardon, trashes McCain &AZ rallyhttps://t.co/jeSpUtmJ3Q @WPJohnWagner @wpjenna @DPAQreport
— AnnGerhart (@AnnGerhart) August 23, 2017
Trump is lying to his Phoenix audience about "those cameras are going off." Cameras aren't going off. He's live on CNN.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 23, 2017
So I watched Pres. Trump on CNN live tell the crowd that CNN has turned off the live feed of his speech.
I watched that on CNN.— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) August 23, 2017
Trump's unhinged PHX event strikes me as pure diversion: He's worried about Mueller and feels he must get busy discrediting the news media.
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) August 23, 2017
That is one of the most bizarre and incoherent political speeches I have seen in more than 25 years of reporting politics
— Gary O'Donoghue (@BBCBlindGazza) August 23, 2017
I am shocked that so many are shocked by Pres. Trump's unhinged, divisive behavior. It was all on display in 2016.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) August 23, 2017
This was Trump as candidate, uncaged, unscripted, unabashed, and frankly unhinged. https://t.co/22AwmYrKRM
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 23, 2017
Donald Trump defines the Republican Party. He defines Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, all others who decided over & over to enable, justify him,
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 23, 2017
POTUS is railing about his treatment as if he suffered the most from Charlottesville. Sadly, Heather Heyer isn't here to tell him otherwise.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 23, 2017
Why/how is a cabinet secretary speaking at an official campaign rally?
That's an obvious Hatch Act violation. pic.twitter.com/jEru5aVFdk
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 23, 2017
Uh, if you're curious about the "Blacks for Trump" guy at the #PhoenixRally, holy hell: https://t.co/OnmuHn47xL pic.twitter.com/kFrsVSpE5M
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) August 23, 2017
James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, says he questions President Trump's fitness for office https://t.co/IRRXg7paZM
— CNN (@CNN) August 23, 2017
Richard Spencer: Trump will never denounce the "alt-right" https://t.co/AQJ0p9EFzG pic.twitter.com/0XemmUk6nH
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2017
Trump appears to be extremely agitated about his crowd size in Phoenix.
It'd be shame if everyone retweeted to show his actual crowd size. pic.twitter.com/rqGCRryG3M
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 23, 2017
Dollar hits session low vs. yen after Trump government shutdown remarks https://t.co/W80q2y0mo8 pic.twitter.com/2eZ3Ot9WPH
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 23, 2017
I wouldn't wish seeing this about your own father on my worst enemy. May God help these people who inflict such cruelty in the world. https://t.co/2wV3yFI1Hn
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) August 23, 2017
Meanwhile…
Investigation launched into Trump administration's reported threats to Alaska's senators https://t.co/wcHJjnF5UN pic.twitter.com/vtAroTbloF
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) August 23, 2017
Is Trump in even more obstruction trouble? Remember how we got the Mueller investigation in the first place. https://t.co/xmWoNGwHqj
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) August 23, 2017
NEW: Sure Trump tonight showed he's totally insane. The good news? Mueller is at the end game on Trump/Russia pic.twitter.com/Ynvgu1ipD1
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 23, 2017
The Overnight Note 