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A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon were actually behind the last-ditch coordinated effort by rogue Republicans in Congress to halt certification of the 2020 election results and keep President Donald Trump in power earlier this year, in a plan dubbed the Green Bay Sweep.
In his recently published memoir, Peter Navarro, then-President Donald Trumps trade adviser, details how he stayed in close contact with Bannon as they put the Green Bay Sweep in motion with help from members of Congress loyal to the cause.
But in an interview last week with The Daily Beast, Navarro shed additional light on his role in the operation and their coordination with politicians like Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).
We spent a lot of time lining up over 100 congressmen, including some senators. It started out perfectly. At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them, Navarro told The Daily Beast. It was a perfect plan. And it all predicated on peace and calm on Capitol Hill. We didnt even need any protestors, because we had over 100 congressmen committed to it.
That commitment appeared as Congress was certifying the 2020 Electoral College votes reflecting that Joe Biden beat Trump. Sen. Cruz signed off on Gosars official objection to counting Arizonas electoral ballots, an effort that was supported by dozens of other Trump loyalists.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-advisor-peter-navarro-lays-out-how-he-and-steve-bannon-planned-to-overturn-bidens-electoral-win?ref=home
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I did think it was kind of strange that the insurrectionists attacked about the time Gooser opened his mouth.......
czarjak
(11,191 posts)WarGamer
(12,106 posts)The fact that they THOUGHT they had a legal loophole to drive through is evidence enough.
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)They admitted to a crime.
global1
(25,168 posts)to take the emphasis off the actual violence at the Capitol and make themselves look like they were being patriots.
Again - if they didn't think they were doing something patriotic - why would they make it look like the were admitting to a crime.
This is just cover for their treasonous activities and claim they were as surprised as anyone that the violence broke out at the Capitol that we are calling an insurrection.
They are hoping we forget the violence aspect of this.
Bottom line they are all going to get off on this and not be held accountable for anything.
Get ready for a new speaker of the house in 2022. A Repug.
And get ready for TFG to become The Present Guy again in 2024 along with Moscow Mitch as the Majority Leader of the Senate.
Folks - we're going back to another hellish 6+ years starting in 2022.
One we'll never recover from this time.
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)AverageOldGuy
(1,462 posts). . . would someone wake up Sleepy Garland over at DOJ? Not that it will do any good.
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,996 posts)We should use this info as an essential action to eliminate the electoral college and go by the popular vote. That way Republicans might actually care about healthy legislation again.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)Scratching my head, no concept of where it would have headed.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,924 posts)Lombardi was a lifelong Democrat with a very strong sense of civil rights and social justice.