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Jennifer Rubin
November 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. EST
... When evidence was replete of Trumps impeachable acts, they refused to call witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton and acquitted Trump.
When evidence came to light that Trump had been informed of Russian bounties on the heads of U.S. troops, but repeatedly refused to raise the issue with President Vladimir Putin during phone calls, they did not insist on hearings, condemn Trump for dereliction of duty or ever demand a satisfactory explanation.
When Trump attempted in advance to delegitimize the election, falsely claiming absentee ballots were inherently fraudulent, they did not denounce him as undermining our democracy.
When the postmaster generals conflicts of interest and deliberate slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service came to light, they did not demand his resignation ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/22/when-2024-contenders-come-around-remember-this/
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Jennifer Rubin
November 20, 2020 at 7:45 a.m. EST
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Sidney Powell and other members of President Trumps legal team, in spouting their bizarre, incoherent conspiracy theories about voter fraud, have made clear they want to overturn the election in large part by excluding ballots from Black voters. Without Wayne County, Mich., which is heavily African American, Giuliani declared on Thursday, Trump could have won the state as if the 15th Amendment and the 1965 Voting Rights Act were nonexistent.
Giulianis news conference meandered from debunked claims about Dominion Voting Systems to a scheme somehow involving Hugo Chávez (dead since 2013). The event had virtually nothing to do with post-election lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign, of which Trump has so far lost 32 (in many, campaign officials including Giuliani have admitted there was no fraud).
... this is the level of .. insanity and .. propaganda that passes for Republican thinking ... Giuliani is representing the presidents views, and because the vast majority of Republicans say Trump should be allowed to exhaust his legal claims, his performance has, in effect, been endorsed by Republican House and Senate leadership, much of right-wing media and the Republican National Committee ...
The horrifying spectacle playing out before our eyes should leave little doubt of how far down the rabbit hole the Republican Party has gone and how cowardly and detached from reality Republican elected leaders have become. Clarity is enlightening, but in this case, it is also dispiriting. We have only one functional, rational political party. Its not enough ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/20/trump-giuliani-are-republican-party/
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)peggysue2
(10,811 posts)Don't forget the despicable performance with dear ole Vlad in attendance. And babies in cages, babies ripped from their mother's arms.
While Republicans remained silent. On all counts, every outrageous proclamation and action, Republicans shrugged and turned away.
Never forget, never forgive.
Because they did these things, ignored these things in our name.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)Not like Democrats who,want to destroy it.
of course.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Sad, but so very true.
My Pet Orangutan
(9,101 posts)Big D, and small d Democrats
And the National Socialists formally know as the Republican Party.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)Sorry, Ill never forget.
doc03
(35,148 posts)If we don't get control of the Senate Moscow Mitch will do the same with Biden. In 2024 Trump will be back
saying see Biden was a failure. That same 70+ million cult will still be backing him. I think the future is looking pretty
grim for 2024 and I doubt Biden would be running for a second term. We may dodge the bullet this time but next time they have a much better shot.