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marmar

(77,078 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:29 AM Nov 2020

Defeated Trump is already tearing our government apart


DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
NOVEMBER 10, 2020 9:00AM


America is entering a very dangerous time. For his next 11 weeks in office, Donald Trump will be in a position to exact revenge.

It's a word that by his own account is his entire life philosophy.

We should all hope that he goes into one of his down emotional periods for an extended time so that lethargy, not blind rage, dominates his behavior until Jan. 20.

Through phony charges of ballot-box stuffing, firing officials, issuing pardons to friends and family and Trump can do great damage between now and Inauguration Day. On Jan. 20, his shield against criminal prosecution vanishes. He also can hobble the transition to a Biden administration.

Trump's first act of post-election political vandalism came in the wee hours Wednesday morning. He claimed the election was being stolen (video at 8:00) through "a major fraud on our nation." He has yet to show a scintilla of evidence to support that lie. ...........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/10/defeated-trump-is-already-tearing-our-government-apart_partner/




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