“Darling, I’m sorry, we can’t.”Trump reused a domestic comedy sketch in place of a technical argument.
Transcript location: 00:12:04
Campaign rally · 2020-11-01
Macomb County: Trump Repeats the Wind-Powered Television Story
About this speech
Trump again used an imagined husband-and-wife conversation to argue that wind power makes television unavailable on calm nights.
What stands out in this speech
The repeated scenario mischaracterizes the way electricity is supplied by a diverse grid; it is not a realistic description of normal wind integration.
“The wind is not blowing tonight.”Calm weather does not mean an interconnected grid has no power.
Transcript location: 00:12:04
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