{"id":740,"date":"2018-03-22T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2019-11-26T12:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:55:37","slug":"donald-trump-same-or-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/donald-trump-same-or-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Same or Different?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a new reading comprehension<\/span> activity for you.<\/h4>\n
We will present two quotes by Donald Trump, and you decide if the meaning of the two quotes is the same<\/span> or different<\/span>. The first – the a<\/em> quote – was spoken or written earlier than the b<\/em> quote.<\/h5>\n

Are you ready?<\/h4>\n

1a) “I don’t want teachers to have guns.”<\/em><\/p>\n

1b) “But you could have concealed (weapons) on teachers.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong> These two quotes were spoken on the same day.<\/p>\n

2a) \u201cWell, you\u2019ve got David Duke just joined (the Reform Party) \u2014 a bigot, a racist, a problem. I mean, this is not exactly the people you want in your party.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2b) \u201cWell, just so you understand, I don\u2019t know anything about David Duke. Okay? I don\u2019t know anything about what you\u2019re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So, I don\u2019t know.<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

3a) “If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Just knock the hell – – I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise.”<\/em><\/p>\n

3b) “I don’t condone violence. I never said I was going to pay for fees.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

4a) \u201cI wanted to do this for myself. \u2026 I had to do it for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

4b) \u201cI don\u2019t want it for myself. I don\u2019t need it for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

5a) \u201cI\u2019m totally pro-choice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

5b) \u201cI am very, very proud to say that I\u2019m pro-life.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

6a) “I think my positions are going to be what the people in this room come up with. If they come to me with things I’m not in love with, I’m going to do it because I respect them. . . \u201cI\u2019ll take the heat off both the Democrats and the Republicans.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

6b) “(T)here can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

7a) \u201cThe WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built,\u201d he tweeted early Thursday.”<\/em><\/p>\n

7b) \u201cThe wall will come later.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/p>\n

8a) \u201cIf I run for office, I\u2019ll produce my tax returns, absolutely.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

8b) “I would release my tax returns when audit is complete, not after election!” <\/em><\/p>\n

Same or different?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tell us what you think!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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