The
Times reports, "On the second day of the hearing, William P. Barr, the former attorney general, said in a recorded deposition that claims of widespread electoral fraud were nonsense.
"Former President Donald J. Trump’s attorney general testified that he believed the president had grown delusional as he insisted on pushing false claims of widespread election fraud that he was told repeatedly were groundless."
“He’s become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff,” Barr said, adding, “There was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were.”
To this day, Trump is still preaching the Big Lie, i.e. he won the 2020 Presidential election. The reason lies in the make-up of the Republican Party, and the fact that grassroots Republicans believe him and they have donated millions to Trump. Trump remains today the head of the party, and Republicans seeking office desperately want his endorsement.
The Republican Party has captured the minds of those who live in the rural counties of America. Those voters are mostly farmers and rural shopkeepers. They lack education and they are not well-informed. Most of what they know about politics is by word of mouth, otherwise known as gossip.
For some reason they are unaware of and cannot explain, Donald Trump is their savior, thus explaining why they believe everything Trump says. This also explains their total silence on issues involving Trump or their party. Their communication skills are limited.
As mentioned, grassroots Republicans have donated millions to their savior. The
Times continued, "The committee asserted that Mr. Trump used the lie of a stolen election
to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, duping his donors and ultimately fooling his supporters into showing up at the Capitol to press his bogus claims of a massive election “steal.”
"The committee presented evidence that there was not, in fact, an “Election Defense Fund” for the Trump campaign, despite the campaign soliciting millions in donations for one."
Raising money based on false pretenses is the definition of fraud.
Republicans were duped, but they don't care. Reminder, Trump is the leader of the party, proving once again the naivete of his supporters.
Will we allow grassroots Republicans to choose our Congress in November?