Trump Appoints Fake Elector As Campaign Advisor In Nevada, A State He Still Claims He Won In 2020
Donald Trump named election denier and indicted fake elector Michael McDonald as senior advisor to his Nevada campaign earlier this week, signaling that the battleground state will continue to be an area of Big Lie fixation if the Republican loses the state in November.
McDonald was one of six Republicans accused of falsely certifying the results of the 2020 election in Nevada in favor of Trump, despite the fact that Joe Biden won the state by more than 30,000 votes. A Nevada state court dismissed the criminal indictment in June of this year, but in response, Democratic Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has pledged to appeal the decision.
As recently as last month, Trump, during an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, repeated lies about the 2020 election in Nevada, claiming that he won the state: “And I really believe that bad things happened. … I really think we did incredibly, and we, somehow the vote wasn’t there. But I believe we won very strongly, by a lot.”
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It could be the first reaction among The Following to a story such as this is "why are you bothering with such trivial matters?" That's the point.
Admittedly, hiring someone who had his criminal indictment dropped on a technicality to work as a campaign advisor is small potatoes compared to the act of trying to steal an election. Though McDonald was a participant in that act. It's indicative of a recognition there is no political price to be paid for rewarding traitors. Or supporting them as Don has done with the imprisoned members of his 1/6 mob in return for their service to him. That's revolutionary.
Personally, I don't think being a divorcee should be a political death warrant like it used to be. But a criminal conviction should. So too should being found liable for sexual assault by a jury. Stealing from a charity.....you're done. But no longer.
It's all acceptable now. You can schtoink a pornographic film star months after your wife gave birth to your child, brag on tape about getting away with grabbing women's vajayjay's, and be sued for insulting the woman you raped. You can surround yourself with criminals, be one yourself,
stand idly by as your supporters physically threaten members of the legal system, and use a mug shot to solicit donations.
Not acceptable for everyone though. Good luck getting elected mayor of a small town with that resume. Bankruptcies, being sued for fraud, defamation, cheating on tax returns, settling a race discrimination suit, defending war criminals, rape, those are disqualifying liabilities for all but one person. Only Don's supporters know why they aren't for him.
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