The realities of the Trump administration

[Sandy Shanks]

Why are Republicans acting like idiots? The Electoral College is about make Joe Biden our next President, and we have Republicans in the House assaulting the very fabric of American democracy.

The Hill reports, "Rep. Jim Jordan, one of President Trump's staunchest defenders in the House, said in remarks published Monday that doesn't think Trump should concede the 2020 election after the Electoral College certifies President-elect Joe Biden's victory next week.

Just how stupid are some members of the Republican Party?

This stupid.

Politico reports, "Rep. Alex Mooney introduced a resolution on Tuesday to formally condemn any lawmakers who call on Donald Trump to concede “prematurely” from the presidential race despite having lost."

Put a another way, this Republican wants to condemn Republicans who are following the law and our Constitution. In our democracy, you can't get more stupid than that.

Politico continues, "The West Virginia (that explains it)Republican, a member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus, offered the resolution during a private GOP conference call."

Yeah, a "private conference call." At least Mooney was smart enough to try to avoid advertising how stupid he is.

Well, that didn't work. The press got a hold of the remarkably ludicrous resolution that has no chance of succeeding in a House controlled by Democrats. This resolution is just for show.

Mooney wanted to show how really stupid he is. It doesn't say much for West Virginians that they would elected a man this dumb.

Trump Republicans on this forum will not respond to this post. Even they are embarrassed by Republicans in the House as they keep wondering why they support Trump. They know that support makes no sense.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Just how stupid are some members of the Republican Party?

This stupid.

"We're going to have to see who the next administration is. Because we won in those swing states," Trump falsely claimed today, adding, "Hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration ... You can't steal hundreds of thousands of votes."

Trump lost all six swing states. He lost the popular vote by over seven million. He is the only Presidential candidate in American history to lose the popular vote twice.

Undaunted, Trump continued with his fantasy. "Let's see whether or not somebody has the courage, whether it's legislators or legislatures or a justice of the Supreme Court or a number of justices of the Supreme Court," he said.

The small window for Trump's subversion of our democracy officially closed today.

Tuesday is the "safe harbor" deadline under federal law. What that means is that when Congress tallies the electoral votes in January, it must accept electoral results that were certified before the deadline.

However, Trump's lawyers will join Republican members of the House in defying federal law.

And a ruling by the Supreme Court.

The Post reports, " The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a last-minute attempt by President Trump’s allies to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania."

Trump will not stop his relentless attack on our democracy. Why? Because losers, referring to members of Trump's cult, are paying Trump to subvert American democracy as we know it!

So far Trump has raised over $200 million dollars. The Trump losers are paying Trump to lie to them, and Trump doesn't mind making a complete fool of himself as long as he is the center of attention.

So, why should he quit?

The losers are so embarrassed of their support for Trump, they don't have the balls to respond to this post.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Post reports, " The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a last-minute attempt by President Trump’s allies to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania."

The Post added, "The court’s brief order provided no reasoning, nor did it note any dissenting votes. It was the first request to delay or overturn the results of the presidential election to reach the court, and it appears that Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s latest nominee, took part in the case."

This totally inept President was allowed to choose three Supreme Court justices. Trump had this unique view that the Supreme Court with his chosen disciples would somehow save him; overturn the will of the people and grant him a new term.

"The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied," the order flatly stated, giving Trump a lesson in civics.

This is still another illustration of how Trump is completely oblivious to the workings of our federal government and our Constitution. He thought the three judges he appointed would be beholden to him, not to the American people and not our Constitution.

He was wrong.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Times reports, "The House overwhelmingly passed a $741 billion defense policy bill on Tuesday that would require that Confederate names be stripped from American military bases, defying President Trump’s veto threat and moving lawmakers one step closer to a potential showdown in his final weeks in office."

Trump is demanding that the bill include an unrelated repeal of a legal shield for social media companies.

Twitter has often censured Trump's tweets, particularly when it came to false accusations of voter fraud and claims that he won the election.

Is it possible that Trump could veto a defense bill over his personal beef with Twitter?

I don't think so. Trump is stupid, but not that stupid. Biden would just override the veto in January. Naw, this is just another empty threat. He has made countless empty threats during his Presidency. It's what he does.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

I'll say it again. Writers are using my material. This was written a few days ago.

Republicans in the House are challenging the Constitution? That's crazy!

The Guardian writes, "On Tuesday, the US supreme court delivered a devastating blow to Donald Trump’s dreams. A terse one-sentence order left the president even more desperate than he was at the start of the day: “The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied.

"Trump will leave office as a rejected one-term president who never won a majority in two tries. Instead of seeking to broaden his appeal, he chose to play the bile-filled victim even as nearly 300,000 Americans were dying.

"Asked by the Guardian what the White House’s strategy was over the past four-plus weeks, a Trump campaign adviser could only say he “wasn’t sure”. Just hours before the supreme court shut down the challenge to Pennsylvania’s results, Texas commenced a nakedly performative lawsuit in the same forum against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin."

Regardless of whether Trump has a strategy, his post-election antics have left the US looking more like a banana republic and less like the “land of the free and home of the brave”. As for the Republican party, it appears hostile to two-party democracy, the Guardian concluded.

That says it all.

As is their custom on this forum, Trump's cult will have no response to this post. It is the truth, and they know it. The anarchists are proud of Trump as he attacks the very fabric of our government. Putin is pleased as well.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Republicans in the House are challenging the Constitution? That's crazy!

" The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a last-minute attempt by President Trump’s allies to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania."

Trump's lawyer, Attorney General William Barr declared Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election, disputing Trump’s persistent, baseless claims.

Now we have the craziest stunt yet. The Texas attorney general is filing a lawsuit before the Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The President of the United States is joining the effort, but no one, including Trump, knows how.

"We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!" Trump tweeted.

Seventeen other states support the Texas A.G. in one form or another, as do the two Republican Senators in a runoff election on Jan. 5. The Republican Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

This is surreal! Have Republicans lost their minds?

The Hill reports, "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) alleged that the new voting processes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin skewed the presidential election results and that electors should not be allowed to cast their votes for Biden as a result.

"Trump and his attorneys have argued in public that there is evidence of widespread fraud, but they have failed to produce any evidence of it in court."

Obviously this is a publicity stunt and Trump intends to make all the money he can from this caricature of the law.

In addition, Paxton is in trouble with the law and he is fishing for a Trump pardon.

 

[Indeependent]

Republicans in the House are challenging the Constitution? That's crazy!

" The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a last-minute attempt by President Trump’s allies to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania."

Trump's lawyer, Attorney General William Barr declared Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election, disputing Trump’s persistent, baseless claims.

Now we have the craziest stunt yet. The Texas attorney general is filing a lawsuit before the Supreme Court against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The President of the United States is joining the effort, but no one, including Trump, knows how.

"We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!" Trump tweeted.

Seventeen other states support the Texas A.G. in one form or another, as do the two Republican Senators in a runoff election on Jan. 5. The Republicans Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

This is surreal! Have Republicans lost their minds?

The Hill reports, "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) alleged that the new voting processes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin skewed the presidential election results and that electors should not be allowed to cast their votes for Biden as a result.

"Trump and his attorneys have argued in public that there is evidence of widespread fraud, but they have failed to produce any evidence of it in court."

Obviously this is a publicity stunt and Trump intends to make all the money he can from this caricature of the law.

In addition, Paxton is in trouble with the law and he is fishing for a Trump pardon.

If you think one R is going to vote D and one D is going to vote R because of these lawsuits, you're not only naive, you're stupid.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump has put both Republican Senators in a tough spot with his ludicrous accusations about the election in Georgia. He has insisted the state election in Georgia was corrupt. Biden was allowed to cheat, and the election in Georgia was stolen from him, so says Trump. He has called the Republican governor a "moron" and a "nut job," and Trump has had similar comments about the Republican secretary of state.

The Republican Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

Atlanta, GA — Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have given their support to a controversial and longshot bid to overturn the election results in Georgia.

As reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asks the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the Dec. 14 deadline for certification in the presidential election for Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit rests on conspiracy theories that the election was fraudulent and rigged. There’s no evidence of widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 election. President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump and unexpectedly flipped Georgia. Now, Perdue and Loeffler will face Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the Jan. 5 runoff election, a contest that could determine control of the United States Senate.

Sens. Perdue and Loeffler back attempt to overturn election results in Georgia

Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have given their support to a controversial and longshot bid to overturn the election results in Georgia.

decaturish.com

Question: Why would anyone want to give control of the United States Senate to a political party that is threatening the very fabric of American Democracy -- free and unfettered elections? The American people have spoken. In 40 some court cases Trump's lawyers have not shown one scintilla of evidence. Trump lost by over seven million votes. Fraud on that scale is virtually impossible.

The shame of it is, Americans who should see all of this don't want to know!

 

[Indeependent]

Trump has put both Republican Senators in a tough spot with his ludicrous accusations about the election in Georgia. He has insisted the state election in Georgia was corrupt. Biden was allowed to cheat, and the election in Georgia was stolen from him, so says Trump. He has called the Republican governor a "moron" and a "nut job," and Trump has had similar comments about the Republican secretary of state.

The Republican Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

Atlanta, GA — Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have given their support to a controversial and longshot bid to overturn the election results in Georgia.

As reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asks the U.S. Supreme Court to delay the Dec. 14 deadline for certification in the presidential election for Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit rests on conspiracy theories that the election was fraudulent and rigged. There’s no evidence of widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 election. President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump and unexpectedly flipped Georgia. Now, Perdue and Loeffler will face Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the Jan. 5 runoff election, a contest that could determine control of the United States Senate.

Sens. Perdue and Loeffler back attempt to overturn election results in Georgia

Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have given their support to a controversial and longshot bid to overturn the election results in Georgia.

decaturish.com

Question: Why would anyone want to give control of the United States Senate to a political party that is threatening the very fabric of American Democracy -- free and unfettered elections? The American people have spoken. In 40 some court cases Trump's lawyers have not shown one scintilla of evidence. Trump lost by over seven million votes. Fraud on that scale is virtually impossible.

The shame of it is, Americans who should see all of this don't want to know!

virtually impossible
What is impossible is the number of ballots scanned between 2AM and 3AM.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Republicans in the House are challenging the Constitution? That's crazy!

The Republican Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

Arizona certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of its 11 electoral votes. Trump's team has lost several lawsuits in the state after failing to provide evidence of voter fraud, but continues to dispute the results.

CBS News reports, "The Arizona Republican Party asked its Twitter followers this week if they would be "willing" to die to overturn President Trump's election loss.

"On Monday, an activist associated with the "Stop the Steal" movement, which promotes baseless arguments that Democrats "stole" the election, tweeted, "I am willing to give my life for this fight."

"In response, the official account for the Arizona branch of the GOP quote tweeted the sentiment, adding, "He is. Are you?'"

In general, Republicans have lost their minds.

The shame of it is, Americans who should see all of this don't want to know!

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Republicans in the House are challenging the Constitution? That's crazy!

The Republican Senators from Georgia want to disenfranchise the voters of Georgia!

106 Republican members of the House, 18 Republican state A.G.'s, and one Republican President with to disenfranchise millions of voters in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

I am not making this up.

New York Magazine reports, "On Thursday, 106 GOP representatives signed an amicus brief sent to the Supreme Court in support of a petition by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. The petition requests that the Supreme Court grant an emergency order that would nullify presidential election results declaring Joe Biden the winner in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin based on a bogus claim about mail-ballot rules.

"That means that more than half of all House Republicans have now endorsed Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election and stay in power for another four years.

"18 Republican attorneys general filed their own amicus brief in support of the Texas lawsuit. Paxton’s suit will almost surely be dismissed from the high court as soon as it gets there, but it’s still an effective tool to raise money."

"Effective tool to raise money?" How so? Because grassroots Republicans are paying Trump to lie to them. So far, they have paid over $200 million into Trump's coffers.

It is a sad commentary on the Republican Party that this satire of American politics is playing out as the Thanksgiving surge of the coronavirus is upon us. The pandemic surge is happening at the same time Republicans, including our President, are attempting to dismantle American democracy.

Yesterday, there were 226,953 new case, and 3,264 Americans were killed by the virus. The raging pandemic has claimed the lives of 296,719 Americans. While all this is happening, our President is concentrating his efforts on disenfranchising American voters.

The shame of it is, Americans who should see all of this don't want to know!

 

[Sandy Shanks]

106 Republican members of the House, 18 Republican state A.G.'s, and one Republican President wish to disenfranchise millions of voters in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator and a dedicated communist, went to a great deal of trouble to get Trump elected President in 2016.

Today, Trump is doing Putin proud. A FSB (replaced the KGB) Russian agent could not do any better than Trump right now.

Before the rooster crows in the morning many more times, the United States Supreme Court will end the legal equivalent of a coup d'etat attempt by Donald Trump.

It is ironic that Trump, who spent the last four years accusing various political opponents of treason, now receives a long list of entries resulting from a Google search for “Trump commits sedition.” I am not saying here whether or not Trump’s behavior constitutes legally defined sedition. But I am saying that his behavior is now a legitimate subject for profound legal discussion on the subject.

What Trump is attempting today, in real time, before the eyes of a restive and divided nation facing the most deadly health crisis in a century, is, in fact, an effective coup d’etat against the democracy of the United States.

No president, from any party, from the founding of our nation until today, has ever tried to attack and destroy American democracy the way Trump has. No president, no Democrat, no Republican, no liberal, no conservative, no moderate, no leader in the history of our Republic has ever done what Trump has done, and continues to do today.

SCOTUS will save America from Trump’s attacks on democracy

What Trump is attempting today is, in fact, an effective coup d’etat against the democracy of the United States.

thehill.com

The shame of it is, Americans who should see all of this don't want to know!

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator and a dedicated communist, went to a great deal of trouble to get Trump elected President in 2016.

Today, Trump is doing Putin proud. A FSB (replaced the KGB) Russian agent could not do any better than Trump right now.

Trump's court cases have been met with derision for lack of evidence. They have no merit, meaning there was no voter fraud committed by American voters.

But that doesn't mean there is no voter fraud.

The AP reports, "Trump and his allies say their lawsuits aimed at subverting the 2020 election and reversing his loss to Joe Biden would be substantiated, if only judges were allowed to hear the cases.

"There is a central flaw in the argument. Judges have heard the cases and have been among the harshest critics of the legal arguments put forth by Trump’s legal team, often dismissing them with scathing language of repudiation.

"This has been true whether the judge has been appointed by a Democrat or a Republican, including those named by Trump himself.

"The judicial rulings that have rejected Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud have underscored not only the futility of the lame-duck president’s brazen attempt to sabotage the people’s will but also the role of the courts in checking his unprecedented efforts to stay in power."

As reported in a recent post, "106 Republican members of the House, 18 Republican state A.G.'s, and one Republican President with to disenfranchise millions of voters in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania."

Trump and Trump Republicans in the House and in state houses are attempting to disenfranchise millions of American voters without even a whisper of evidence to support their claim.

Trump and Trump Republicans in our government are attempting to commit voter fraud.

How ironic is that?

No doubt Trump Republicans on this forum will remain silent. Ironically, that says a lot, too.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

"SCOTUS will do the same thing they did with the PA case which had far more merit. The judges will tell Trump to shove it (in legalese, of course) and refuse to take the case.

"They would have a very good reason. The Constitution leaves voting procedures up to the states. Texas can't tell four other states how to run elections. Not even the federal government can do that," written yesterday on another thread.

CNN reports, "The Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas' attorney general -- supported by President Donald Trump -- to block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.

"The court's move to dismiss the challenge is the strongest indication yet that Trump has no chance of overturning election results in court that even the justices whom he placed there have no interest in allowing his desperate legal bids to continue.

"The lawsuit, brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch Trump ally, sought to sue Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin -- which all went for Biden -- and invalidate their election results. And this week, with his options narrowing, Trump, accompanied by the support of several Republican attorneys general and GOP lawmakers, cranked up pressure to have the Supreme Court weigh in."

Trump will continue on with his seditious rhetoric probably until he leaves office. Why? The losers are paying him to lie to them, and his patron, Vladimir Putin, is proud of his work in dividing America.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Supreme Court with the three justices appointed by Trump have now rejected Trump twice.

The Times reports, "The order, coupled with another one on Tuesday turning away a similar request from Pennsylvania Republicans, signaled that a conservative court with three justices appointed by Mr. Trump refused to be drawn into the extraordinary effort by the president and many prominent members of his party to deny his Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., his victory."

Trump will continue on with his seditious rhetoric probably until he leaves office. Why? The losers are paying him to lie to them, and his patron, Vladimir Putin, is proud of his work in dividing America.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

This is what happens when our President refuses to accept the will of the American people.

This is what happens when our President refuses to accept the certification of election results by all 50 states and D.C.

This is what happens when our President refuses to accept the conclusions of his own DOJ regarding voter fraud, meaning lack of same.

This is what happens when our President refuses to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court

This what happens when our President refuses to accept the results of the Electoral College as mandated by our Constitution.

This is what happens when our President's actions are in line with the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, who assisted Trump in his election victory in 2016.

A growing crowd waving American flags and wearing “Make America Great Again" hats gathered Saturday morning in Freedom Plaza in support of President Donald Trump and his unfounded allegations of voter fraud in the presidential election.

The rally was organized by Women for America First, a conservative group that organized last month's “Stop the Steal” rally, which drew tens of thousands of people.

As many as 15,000 people were expected to attend Saturday's demonstration, according to the group's permit. Trump tweeted Saturday morning that he was unaware of the event, "but I’ll be seeing them!"

Crowds gathered to listen to speakers before marching to the Supreme Court, which denied an effort Friday to overturn election results in battleground states and prevent them from casting their Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden on Monday.

At least 23 arrested as crowds turn unruly after pro-Trump rally in Washington, DC

Supporters of President Donald Trump gathered Saturday to demand election integrity. The scene later turned tense as rival groups clashed.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Sandy Shanks]

This is what happens when our President refuses to accept the will of the American people.

This is what happens when our President's actions are in line with the Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, who assisted Trump in his election victory in 2016.

CNN writes, "Trump's effort to unravel democracy hit a dead end at the Supreme Court Friday night, capping five weeks in which he dragged the country along on his narcissistic quest to stay in power after President-elect Joe Biden overwhelmingly won the election.

"In the end, the guardrails of democracy stayed in place. Trump lost -- for the second time at the Supreme Court this week. But instead of helping the effort to curb a deadly pandemic that has claimed nearly 300,000 American lives by easing the transition for his successor, he is already scheming about his next political moves. Before the high court rejected his bid Friday, his campaign announced a cable ad buy to further his fraudulent claims about the election, and he clearly intends to try and meddle in Congress' counting of the Electoral College results in January.

"More broadly, the damage he has done to Americans' faith and trust in democratic institutions will last long after he packs his bags and ends what will go down as one of the worst presidencies in history."

Why does Trump have so much support? He garnered 74 million votes in a losing effort for a second term. He has raised over $200 million dollars by lying about the election to his own constituents.

We will never know. His supporters on this forum remain absolutely silent concernbing what Trump is actually doing and saying. They rarely discuss Trump. They talk more about the Bidens and Harris than they do Trump.

Put a different way, Trump's own supporters have no idea why they support him.

I dearly would love to have someone try to prove me wrong about that.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump's supporters are pathetic. I stated this yesterday in the above post:

Why does Trump have so much support? He garnered 74 million votes in a losing effort for a second term. He has raised over $200 million dollars by lying about the election to his own constituents.

We will never know. His supporters on this forum remain absolutely silent concernbing what Trump is actually doing and saying. They rarely discuss Trump. They talk more about the Bidens and Harris than they do Trump.

Put a different way, Trump's own supporters have no idea why they support him.

I dearly would love to have someone try to prove me wrong about that.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump tweeted Sunday morning that he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act, a $741 billion defense package.

Trump denounced the legislation for not including language that would strip social media companies from the protections they enjoy under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Trump also denounced provisions in the bill that would remove the names of Confederate leaders from 10 military installations.




Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump
THE BIGGEST WINNER OF OUR NEW DEFENSE BILL IS CHINA!. I WILL VETO!
7:49 AM · Dec 13, 2020

In terms of China, can someone please explain to me what the hell he is talking about.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

Trump is a loser!

Unless you live on Mars, you know that the Electoral College voted today. Guess what, Trump lost. Some are wondering if the President is going to continue his assault on our Constitution.

So far the loser has been unable to accept reality. It is what losers do.

In addition to officially losing the election Trump also lost hia attorney general. Barr could not take Trump's stupidity anymore. He quit today.

Trump revealed Barr's resignation minutes after California pushed Biden over the 270 threshold. Only a loser like Trump could lose a Presidential election and his attorney general within minutes of each other.