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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5236 on: June 07, 2022, 02:59:25 PM »
GOP will be left 'defending the indefensible' in justifying Trump's 'autocratic power grab': analysis



The Republican strategy for defending Donald Trump against the House Select Committee hearings could lead the GOP even further into extremism.

Pro-Trump lawmakers are planning a media blitz to distract from the public hearings on the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election to keep the former president in power, and CNN political analyst Stephen Collinson warned that could set the GOP onto a dark path.

"There are potential pitfalls for Republicans who stand with Trump as the lurid tale of violence, lies and autocratic power grabs is told again for the American people and for the benefit of history," Collinson wrote. "The evidence could be so damning that those who seek to discredit the hearings will find themselves defending the indefensible -- a dark moment of the American story that is so heinous it will live in infamy."

It's not clear what political impact the evidence will have, and most voters have already made up their minds about Trump after his four years in the White House, but the GOP's willingness to defend the former president to the bitter end shows that he maintains his grip on the party and its core voters.

"Republicans have a much clearer route to power five months before the midterm elections than yet again appeasing Trump's autocracy," Collinson wrote. "They can simply blame President Joe Biden for the ills afflicting the country, given the disastrous political environment for Democrats as gasoline prices hit record highs and the cost of living soars."

"Anything that deflects from that goal seems unwise," he added. "There's also a risk that standing with Trump will brand the GOP all over again with the stain of defending a strongman who tried to overthrow a democratic election. That vision repeatedly punished the party when Trump was in power. And defending him could remind critical suburban voters all over again of just how extreme their party has become."

https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-hearings-2657468410/

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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5237 on: June 07, 2022, 05:59:00 PM »
GOP lawmaker still 'livid' over Jan. 6, calls Trump a 'narcissist' who is 'driven by revenge'
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmaker-still-livid-over-jan-6-calls-trump-a-narcissist-who-is-driven-by-revenge/

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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5238 on: June 07, 2022, 11:48:41 PM »
Trump likely hoped to create enough chaos on Jan 6th that he could invoke martial law: former DHS official



Two days before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th insurrection begins televised hearings and testimony on the attack on the nation's Capitol that followed Donald Trump's appearance at a "Stop the Steal" rally, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official suggested the former president may have hoped he could declare martial law in the aftermath.

Taking to Twitter, former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor speculated that Trump possibly saw a way to remain in power if enough chaos was created then he could have declared martial law and halted all the proceedings of the day.

According to Taylor, who authored an anonymous New York Times op-ed in 2018 asserting there was a "resistance" effort within Trump's White House, "I believe Trump intended to incite an insurrection as a pretext for declaring some form of marshal (sic) law. He mused about invoking the Insurrection Act YEARS before Jan 6 — calling it a 'magic power' — in convos I witnessed & was briefed on," later correcting "marshal" to "martial."

By way of explanation about what martial law would have entailed, Yahoo reported, "The Insurrection Act of 1807 gives the president broad powers to deploy the military domestically in response to what he or she deems to be emergency situations."

The Washington Post previously reported that "Three days before Joe Biden’s inauguration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. She told him that some Republican members of Congress believed the only path for President Donald Trump to change the outcome of the 2020 election and stay in power was for him to declare martial law."

Yahoo adds, "Legal experts say using the Insurrection Act to contest an election would a gross violation of precedent, and that the law needs sharpening to prevent abuse."

You can read more here:

https://twitter.com/MilesTaylorUSA/status/1533867378555199489

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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5239 on: June 08, 2022, 12:31:07 AM »
Trump is now under investigation for foreign gifts that weren't reported or disappeared

The National Archives has already been forced to go to Mar-a-Lago to find all of the papers that former President Donald Trump took from the White House. There are still documents missing, according to a Feb. 2022 report. In April, it was revealed that Trump officials failed to provide details or track any foreign gifts given to the president. It's now something that the House Oversight and Reform Committee is investigating, CNN reported.

When a president accepts a gift from a foreign country it is tracked and reported and ultimately belongs to the United States, not to the individual. The reason is to maintain transparency and ensure that no country could buy off a president or top US official. Trump's White House apparently didn't work that way.

Last year, the inspector general reported that the Trump administration allowed tens of thousands of dollars in gifts to go "missing." The report cited a 30-year-old Suntory Hibiki bottle of Japanese whiskey that was given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It was worth $5,800. Another gift was a 22-karat gold commemorative coin valued at $560 given to a different State Department official. There were also "monogrammed commemorative pewter trays, marble trinket boxes, and leather portfolios," the Times reported. While readying for the change-over for the new administration, State Department appointees were also spotted taking gift bags meant for foreign leaders with them.

By April it was discovered that it wasn't merely the State Department, the West Wing also didn't give an accounting of the foreign gifts. In 2020, Trump traveled internationally and welcomed foreign leaders to the U.S. when gifts were exchanged. At least three items from his India trip were observed like a bust of Gandhi, a sculpture of Gandhi's famous "three monkeys" metaphor and a spinning wheel. None of the items were listed by the White House.

The New York Times "also reported that government officials had questions about whether [Mike] Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, wrongly took two gold-toned place card holders from the prime minister of Singapore without paying for them," said the report. "The Trump administration, The Times reported, also failed to disclose that Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, had been given two swords and a dagger from the Saudis. A month after Mr. Trump left office, Mr. Kushner paid $47,920 for them along with three other gifts."

According to a new letter sent to the National Archives by the House Oversight and Reform Committee, members of Congress intend to look into the failure to comply with laws that govern foreign gifts.

"As a result, the foreign sources and monetary value of gifts President Trump received remain unknown," the letter says. "The Department of State also stated that it was unable to determine the identities of some government officials who received foreign gifts during the Trump Administration, as well as the sources of those foreign gifts."

The public reports about the missing White House and State Department gifts "raise concerns about the potential for undue influence over former President Trump by foreign governments, which may have put the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States at risk, and about possible violations of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the president from obtaining benefits from foreign entities while in office," the letter also said.

It appears 2020 is the only year in which the State Department didn't get a list of the gifts, but the House said that the "Office of the Chief of Protocol failed to request a listing." It is only due to media reporting that the department realized there was no accounting of the gifts. Most of the gift exchanges were photographed or reported on at the time by the U.S. and international press.

Read the full report at CNN.com

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/politics/democrats-investigate-trump-foreign-gifts/index.html

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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5240 on: June 08, 2022, 01:37:33 AM »
Here's an excellent article that details the treasonous Republicans who were in cahoots with Criminal Donald to steal the election from the American people. There was never any "massive voter fraud". This was all a plot to keep Criminal Donald in power by a GOP coup. All of these seditionist Republicans need to be thrown in prison for treason against the United States of America. They helped cause and were also involved in the worst attack against the United States in American history.

Here are 19 of the most eye-popping tweets sent by Republicans in Congress leading up to and during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

https://www.rawstory.com/republican-tweets-jan-6/

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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5241 on: June 08, 2022, 10:31:51 AM »
Lying Faux "News" hack Tomi Lahren with another one of her bogus "election fraud" conspiracies going down in flames. These right wingers are pathetic fraudulent liars.   




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Re: Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2
« Reply #5242 on: June 08, 2022, 12:06:08 PM »
Well, it looks like Lauren Boebert and little Marco Rubio joined in with the right wing chorus of scripted talking points attacking the January 6th Committee hearings on Thursday. Republicans are terrified of what the Committee will divulge, and rightfully so, because they were complicit in this coup.     

These are just the same right wing scripted talking points, and once you know the game the GOP plays, you know they have nothing else to offer.   

Boebert and Rubio are feigning outrage over $5 gallon of gas falsely attacking Democrats for "not doing anything about it".

Like I previously posted yesterday, when right wing congresswoman Elise Stefanik was tweeting the same talking points, Democrats passed "The Big Oil And Gas Price Gouging Bill" which will lower gas prices for American consumers. Moron High School dropout Lauren Boebert voted AGAINST the "Big Oil and Gas Price Gouging Bill" and so did Elise Stefanik. Marco Rubio along with Mitch McConnell in the Senate are blocking this bill from being voted on to become law. But here they are attacking Democrats when they voted against this Bill and blocked it. This is all right wing GOP political theatre hoping to get voters to turn on Democrats when it's Republicans that are voting against bills that will help Americans pay less at the pump.   

Boebert asks what are "Dems in DC doing to fix this"? House Democrats passed the "Big Oil and Gas Price Gouging Bill" to lower gas prices for you. Senate Democrats would pass this bill to become a law but Senate Republicans are blocking this bill so it won't become a law to lower gas prices for you. They want gas prices to remain high so they can post attack tweets like this hoping to score political points for the election.

What are Republicans doing to fix it? Absolutely nothing. They voted NO to lower gas prices for you. Senate Republicans are blocking this Bill from becoming law to lower gas prices for you. Actually I misspoke, Republicans are "doing something". They are engaging in sabotage to keep gas prices high on purpose.     

And let's not forget that Republicans refuse to do anything about gun violence and they voted AGAINST the Domestic Terrorism Bill that would help prevent violence and mass shootings.

Republicans in the House vote against these bills and Senate Republicans block them from even allowing a vote. Then they attack Democrats for "not doing anything" when it's Republicans that are voting against bills and blocking them.

Remember that in November.             





Pretty much the same scripted talking points from the both of them.

Once again below, I will post the 2 major bills House Republicans voted against along with Stefanik's same scripted tweet. Just right wing propaganda is all that this is.           

Below you will see "The Big Oil And Gas Price Gouging Bill" Lauren Boebert voted AGAINST but is attacking Democrats for "not doing anything about gas prices ". She is a right wing fraud. Below that, you will see the Domestic Terrorism Bill that Republicans voted against as well.





House Republicans had a chance to vote "Yes" to lower gas prices for you but instead they voted "NO". They have no business feigning outrage over gas prices when they refused to lower gas prices. And that includes insurrectionist Lauren Boebert who voted against this bill. 

Senate Republicans are purposely blocking "The Big Oil And Gas Price Gouging Bill" from being voted on because they don't want gas prices to be lowered. They want gas prices to be high so they can keep falsely attacking Biden and Democrats for "not doing anything". Republicans are playing politics with your finances because they are sadistic and will do anything to seize control of power. They already attempted a coup so they will do anything to regain power.       

We also have the Domestic Terrorism Bill which will help prevent mass shootings and violence in America. Only one Republican voted "Yes" to prevent domestic terrorism. Every other Republican voted "NO". They clearly do not want to keep you safe, otherwise they would have voted "yes". And as usual, Republicans in the Senate are blocking this bill from becoming law as well. Every single Democrat in the House voted "Yes" to keep you safe.

What are Republicans doing for the American people? The answer is not a damn thing. They vote "no" to stop Big Oil companies from gouging consumers at the pump with artificially high gas prices for profit and they vote against keeping you safe from mass shooters and violent white supremacist groups. Why would anybody vote Republican when they are voting against you?

The only party looking out for you are the Democrats. They voted to lower gas prices and to prevent domestic terrorism in the United States.

Are you tired of Senate Republicans blocking these Democratic bills from becoming law? Then you need to vote for Democrats in the Senate to expand their majority to end the filibuster which will stop Republicans from blocking it. The simple fact is, no real meaningful legislation will ever get passed unless Democrats have a clear Senate majority because Republicans will keep blocking it. With a clear Senate majority for Democrats, these sadistic Republicans will no longer be able to block the legislation the overwhelming majority of Americans demand. We are being held hostage by a minority of Republicans but that will change if you vote blue.

Once again, the same lying scripted right wing talking points.