The White House is Quietly Memory-Holing Transcripts of Trump's Words

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Daily Beast

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President Donald Trump’s administration has scrubbed the White House website of almost every single transcript of the president’s official remarks.

As of this week, the only transcript still available on the site’s “Remarks” section is the transcript of Trump’s inaugural address on Jan. 20. Some transcripts have been replaced by videos of Trump’s speeches and appearances, though dozens of events are completely unaccounted for, NBC News reported.

An unnamed official told NBC the move was part of an internal policy change to give people a fuller and more accurate sense of the president, and that switching to video created “consistency” across the website.

But presidential transcripts have long served as the definitive record of what a president says in public, leading historians and former White House officials to condemn the move.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-white-house-is-quietly-memory-holing-transcripts-of-trump-s-words/ar-AA1FgdK2

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I expect any "videos" are probably AI-generated fake crap.

[Walleye]

1. The word quietly has been used too much these days. The word should be secret and unlawful.

[CousinIT]

2. NOPE. It is a policy change to PREVENT people from having a fuller and more accurate sense of the president. n/t

[William Seger]

3. Yep, when you READ what he said, his ignorance, dishonest, and mental confusion are obvious

[BumRushDaShow]

5. IMHO, it's just as bad in the videos

because then the accordion comes out!

[milestogo]

4. Well they are pretty embarrassing.

[mpcamb]

11. Removing the embarrassing parts is sane washing.

[riverbendviewgal]

6. What wiil those who are deaf gain?

Willl there be GOOD closed captions for those who are deaf?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. They don't care about that

and good luck getting any ASL insets on the videos.

[Demovictory9]

8. "real motive was that Trump's speeches often veer off into long-winded tangents that can read like incoherent babbling w

"real motive was that Trump’s speeches often veer off into long-winded tangents that can read like incoherent babbling when written out."

[haele]

9. In violation of the Records Act....

If anyone else did it, there'd be consequences.
But his Splendiferousness, Emperor *rump, has no flaws and the most Beautiful Diction, a True Statesman, dontchano...

[BumRushDaShow]

10. In this case

as long as the info is stored somewhere per their Records Management Schedule (even if not available on a website), they are probably be okay. But if no copies at all are archived, then they are in violation of the Federal Records Act (and Presidential Records Act).