Sunday, December 04, 2022

White House rebukes Trump’s suggestion to suspend Constitution over 2020 election. (WsPo)

Could it be that DONALD JOHN TRUMP is now trying for an insanity defense for his crimes, including his theft of classified national security documents and storing them at his hotel-home in Florida? 

 



White House rebukes Trump’s suggestion to suspend Constitution over 2020 election

The White House rebuked former president Donald Trump for suggesting suspending the Constitution over his baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post)
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The White House issued a stern rebuke on Saturday after former president Donald Trump suggested suspending the Constitution in his ongoing crusade to discredit the results of the 2020 election.

“Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, calling the Constitution a “sacrosanct document.”

“You cannot only love America when you win,” he added.

Trump’s message on the Truth Social platform reiterated the baseless claims he has made since 2020 that the election was stolen. But he went further by suggesting that the country abandon one of its founding documents.

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote.

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“UNPRECEDENTED FRAUD REQUIRES UNPRECEDENTED CURE!” Trump followed up in another post on Saturday afternoon on Truth Social.

Trump, who last month announced he would run again for president, helped launch Truth Social after he was banned from Twitter following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Musk has said he would allow Trump back on Twitter but the former president has not rejoined the platform.

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Trump’s sustained and unfounded attacks on the 2020 election result culminated in the attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol. Many GOP candidates also echoed his false claims ahead of this year’s midterms, but lost their efforts to win key state posts.

In the weeks since the midterms, Trump has continued to press the lie that the 2020 election was rigged as he has announced his next White House bid.

The Democratic National Committee condemned his comments on Saturday, as did several other politicians.

“Trump’s words and actions are unacceptable, they stoke hatred and political violence, and they are dangerous,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote in a tweet.

“Trump just called for the suspension of the Constitution and it is the final straw for zero republicans, especially the ones who call themselves ‘constitutional conservatives,’” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) wrote on Twitter.

As he has done before, the former president also baited GOP leaders into weighing in on his claims.

“I wonder what Mitch McConnell, the RINOS, and all of the weak Republicans who couldn’t get the Presidential Election of 2020 approved and out of the way fast enough, are thinking now?” he wrote Saturday in a subsequent Truth Social post.

Karoun Demirjian is a Pentagon correspondent for the Post. She was previously a national security reporter covering Capitol Hill, focusing on defense, foreign affairs, intelligence and policy matters concerning the Justice Department. She began working for The Post based in its Moscow bureau.  Twitter
Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa is the White House Bureau Chief of The Washington Post, and the co-author of "His Name is George Floyd." He joined The Post in 2019 and has covered the last three presidents. Previously, he spent five years at Bloomberg News, where he reported on politics and policy from Washington and Florida.  Twitter



3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:23 PM

    Old Trump. They say his presidency was the best thing since sliced bread before the virus, but he merely benefitted from Obama's economic successes. And because he didn't put policy in place to ensure that the economy didn't overheat we have the mess that we're in now. The man did absolutely nothing but sit on his balls and insult people for four years and pour snake oil all over stupid conservatives. And of course we had Trump crime spree. Conservatives live in fantasy.

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  2. Anonymous5:12 AM

    And organizations like Trump Club St John's County are still pumping out the conspiracy theories and lies for Orange Hitler. As a dog returns to his vomit, so does a fool return to his folly. Trumpism should be labeled a harmful substance and criminalized. People have died for Christ sakes.

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    1. Anonymous1:12 PM

      After Trump is officially indicted they might have to change the name of their club to the "St. John's County Crime Spree Club" because it does appear that Trump did go on a crime spree. Trump is the enemy of the GOP and those who still support the lunatic are as well. Trump was the ultimate RINO.

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