Beneath the Spin*Eric L. Wattree
EXCELLENCE IS THE KEY TO BLACK EQUALITY
IS TRUMP SUCH A SORE LOSER HE'S PREPARED TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW OVER ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD?
Why did Donald Trump feel that it was necessary to create the video below? He's been all over the media saying the exact same thing repeatedly, so why this video? There's only one difference between the video and the incessant whining that he's been doing since he loss the election - in instead of simply whining about losing, he tries to wrap himself in duty and patriotism. In other words, I'm not doing this in my own interest, I'm doing it for America.
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He calls it the most important speech he’s ever made, and said, as president he had no higher duty than to defend the laws and the Constitution of the United States. According to him, that’s why he's determined to protect our election system "which is under coordinated assault and siege". He goes on to say, "We're going to ensure the honesty of the vote, by ensuring that every legal ballot is counted". How does he intend to do that, if the courts disagree with his definition of what constitutes legal?
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Then, once again, he emphasizes that he's not whining on his own behalf, he's simply standing up in defense of American democracy. That's pure nonsense. When has Trump ever done anything for any reason other than for his own benefit? And he proves that's the case here when he drops this lug: If I'm right about this fraud, "Joe Biden can’t be president".
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Those are powerful words for a man who's been both impeached, and, kicked out of office by the people. If our democracy needed defending, the courts would have done it 30 cases ago. So, if he can't win in court, and the states have certified Biden the winner, what exactly does Trump intend to do about it? Joe Biden is President-Elect – period. Yet, Trump is talking like he has control over whether Biden takes office or not. Why? Does he know something that we don’t know, and if so, why wasn't it presented in court?
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Trump didn't explain. He simply goes on to spew all of the unsubstantiated claims that’s been thrown out of court well over 30 times – and in some cases, even by judges that he appointed. So, if he couldn't make his case in court, what is the purpose of trying to make it to the people in a specially prepared video? What is his objective?
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Trump is a clumsy thinker and his pattern of telegraphing his thoughts is well known, and in this case, he sounds like a man who’s trying to justify some unjustifiable action he intends to take in advance. So, what action is that? What does he intend to do to defend his version of democracy?
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Again, Trump never stops to explain. Instead, he continues to whine that it’s statistically impossible that Americans voted for Republicans in the House and senate, and then voted against the person who led the charge. But there was nothing unusual about that at all – especially when Americans are dying two per minute of a disease that he assured them was no worse than a bad case of the flu. Due to his self-service and gross incompetence, just today alone, 31,000 Americans died of Covid-19, while in Japan only 21,000 people have died since the pandemic began. That's a glaring reflection of Trump's gross incompetence. So, the vote simply demonstrates that the conservative base wasn’t against conservatism, but reacting to Trump's self-service, complete abdication of his responsibility, and unbelievable ineptitude. So what actually seems statistically impossible was that he got the number of votes that he did.
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But he then went on to claimed that the Dominion voting machines were flipping votes by the thousands that were casted for him and gave the votes to Joe Biden. He said, they found thousands and thousands of votes out of whack – "all against me". But Trump does this all the time – he says “they”, but he never bothers to identify who “they” are. If “they” had all this evidence, why didn’t “they” present it in court? If “they” had, his cases wouldn’t have been thrown out.
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Judge Matthew Brann of the US District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania wrote in his decision, "In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more," the judge wrote. "At bottom, Plaintiffs have failed to meet their burden to state a claim upon which relief may be granted." And Federal judge Stephanos Bibas, a judge appointed by Trump, said, “Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here.”
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So, Trump is batting zero in the courts, because, essentially, all he's doing is going into court and saying, I don't like the fact that I loss the election, so please ignore the will of the people and make me the winner. Then, he expected the court to overturn the election simply because the results were not to his liking.
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BRIAN KEMP - REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA |
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In fact, he didn't actually earn the presidency. He didn't win the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton lost it, and he just happened to be standing in the wings. His campaign was a publicity stunt, a photo op, and nobody in the world was any more shocked than himself when he won. He was totally unprepared to be President, and he never did get up to speed. That's why when he didn't know what to do about the pandemic, he tried to simply ignore it, and as a result, at this writing, two Americans a minute are dying of Covid-19.
Nevertheless, Donald Trump thinks he should be given the election, because he considers the presidency his personal property.
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A DESPERATE DONALD TRUMP TRIES TO GET REPULICAN LEGISLATORS TO REVERSE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
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"Pennsylvania is the third state in which Mr. Trump is known to have reached out to top elected Republicans to try to reverse the will of voters. He earlier summoned Michigan legislative leaders to the White House, and over the weekend he pressed Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia to call upon that state’s legislature to reverse the election."
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TO HELL WITH THE VOTERS AND DEMOCRACY!
JUST MAKE ME THE WINNER.
Trump Asked Pennsylvania House Speaker About Overturning His Loss - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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And this, in spite of the fact that even Republican officials and his own Attorney General and closest ally, Bill Barr, says there’s no evidence of election fraud. Barr said, U.S. attorneys and FBI agents have been investigating specific complaints and information they’ve received, but “to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” Yet, Trump continues to insist that all of his whining is in defense of democracy. So, what exactly is he defending our democracy from, an honest election that he lost?
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CHRISTOPHER KREBS |
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Christopher Krebs was the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Trump fired him by tweet after he pointed out that it was the smoothest election in American history, and they had a ballot to account for every vote. So is that what Trump wants to defend our democracy against, government officials doing their jobs, and being more loyal to the Constitution than to Donald Trump? Sen. Amy Klobuchar said, "Director Krebs has been praised by both Republicans and Democrats at the state and national level for protecting our nation's critical infrastructure, including our election systems." But for Trump, since he loss the election, that’s an intolerable offense. Trump didn't mind a "rigged" election, he just wanted it rigged for him to win, just like he's now trying to rig the electoral process.
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JOE DIGENOVA |
So, what is Trump’s endgame? Why is he so desperate to keep this farce alive, and how far is he willing to go to remain in office? His daughter-n-law, Lara Trump said, “Since Dad Can't Win in Court ... Subverting the Electoral Process is On the Table.” And recently pardoned Michael Flynn suggested that Trump declare martial law and hold a new election - presumably, I imagine, at gunpoint
MICHAEL FLYNN WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN |
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CNN reported that “Since firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper by tweet November 9, the President has ousted at least three other top officials and replaced them with perceived loyalists and targeted two advisory boards.” He has “purged a Pentagon business advisory board and replaced its members with his former campaign manager and deputy campaign manager [Corey Lewandoski and David Bossie], neither of whom have served in the military or have any apparent experience with the defense industry.”
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“One of the President's more recent nominees [Scott O'Grady] for a Pentagon position has spread debunked conspiracy theories on Twitter that called Trump's election loss to President-elect Joe Biden a "coup" and shared tweets that suggest Trump should declare martial law.”
Eric L. Wattree
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