Trump's tale of a harrowing helicopter ride and emergency landing? Didn't happen, Willie Brown says

Aug 10, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Very Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    98% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -14% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "You would have known if I had gone down on a helicopter with Trump," Brown told the paper.
41% : But Brown has never shared a helicopter with Trump, the former mayor said.
37% : "I know Willie Brown very well," Trump said about the alleged incident.
26% : During a meandering press conference Thursday riddled with false and misleading statements, Trump recalled riding as a passenger in the chopper with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown when it was forced to make an emergency landing.
26% : On Friday night, Politico reported that Nate Holden, a former Los Angeles city councilman and state senator, said he had once ridden with Trump in a helicopter heading to New Jersey that almost crashed.
26% : "But Brown told the San Francisco Chronicle that he's never been in a helicopter with Trump.
20% : Instead, it was former California Gov. Jerry Brown who rode with Trump in a helicopter in 2018 to survey wildfire damage, and no emergency landing was reported.
20% : The longtime Democratic politician said he has never disparaged Harris to Trump, either.
20% : "Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, and Trump did ride in a helicopter to survey wildfire damage in 2018.
18% : Now that Trump faces her in his bid for a second term, he and other Republicans have used the relationship to lob attacks suggesting Harris didn't earn her political positions legitimately.
2% : "Trump said Brown also told him "terrible things" about Harris.

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