Scoop: Trump's frenetic, fanciful, bitter final plea by Jonathan Swan

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Right up to Monday's Electoral College vote, President Trump held the false hope that Republican-controlled state legislatures would replace electors with allies who'd overturn Joe Biden's win, two people who discussed the matter with him told Axios.

The big picture: Through the past week, the sources said, the president browbeat GOP legislators in multiple states, launched tirades against Republican Govs. Doug Ducey of Arizona and Brian Kemp of Georgia, vowed to make Fox News "pay" for accurately calling the race, and tested ways to say he didn't win without acknowledging he had lost.

Behind the scenes: One source who talked to Trump over the weekend said the president continued to insist that there was significant fraud in multiple states, paraphrasing him: "Do you think if the legislatures know this is all true, they would just act to overturn this?'"

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What's next: Sources who've spoken to Trump in the past few days said he's reluctant to talk much about a 2024 run.

https://www.axios.com/trump-electoral-college-legislatures-biden-e9e794c4-7fc1-4223-9ac0-a8c28c235f1f.html

[dalton99a]

1. The traitor has zero respect for Americans or American democracy.

[Cha]

2. uuhhh I remember Jonathan Swan!

All this is solid proof to me that trump Cheated in 2016 & we know he Cheated with the USPS in 2020.

trump has more Leakers..

Uh trump recently tweeted "..75 Million Votes.. I Won!!".. something close to that.

trump's a LOSER many times Over! he hates that word but that's what he is.

TY!

[Maven]

3. What ridiculous language to describe an attempted COUP

The journo-bros never fail to disappoint

[Ford_Prefect]

4. The Orange Monkey will continue to dance just as long as ALEC, the CNP And Putin want him to.

He'll be shredding records and senior cabinet staff alike to suit the same masters. That's how he got the gig and why he's still there now.

For those who imagine his zombie army will wither I offer the history of the TEA PARTY GOP faction. Those who put him there have huge fortunes to protect, money to burn, and expect to win in 2022 and 2024, if not sooner.

[Boomerproud]

5. Excellant post.

[IsItJustMe]

6. Doesn't t**** and his stooges still have some undemocratic authoritarian tricks up their sleeves.

I read somewhere that the Republican party, in the so called contested states (you know, the states that Biden flipped from the 2016 election), were drawing up fake slates of alternate electors to send into congress for the January 6th federal certification of the electorial college.

And we still have the 126 faithless stooge congressman that want to try a misguided coup on January 6th. These people sure do hate democracy, especially when they loose fairly, truly and honestly.