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INSANE: Trump Actually Considering MARTIAL LAW
Outgoing President Donald Trump is considering imposing martial law so that he doesn’t have to leave office on January 20th. Trump had an Oval Office meeting last week that included attorney Sidney Powell and disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Powell and Flynn pushed the president to declare martial law and enable the military to hold new elections in the states he narrowly lost. Another option they discussed was forcibly seizing voting machines so they can be “investigated” and so that Trump can be revealed as having actually “won.” Trump is considering appointing Sidney Powell as special counsel to oversee a White House voter fraud investigation.
The meeting reportedly got quite heated, as career officials and slightly less crazy Trump officials were pushing back hard at the suggestions. Powell reportedly referred to them as “quitters,” which Trump probably loved to hear. Trump has less than thirty days to go now and it’s obvious the courts, electors, and most in Congress aren’t going to be complicit in his coup. The current president is getting desperate so he is listening to people like Powell and Flynn and weighing his military options. And most Republicans are sitting back and watching this unfold because they’re concerned about angering Trump and his radicalized voter base.
Trump Press Secy Loses Mind, Enters Fantasy World
Kayleigh McEnany, White House Press Secretary and Trump campaign adviser extraordinaire, went on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show last week to dial up the stupid. This time, McEnany claimed that there are alternate Trump electors who have sent their votes to Congress to be counted on January 6th. She said, “in the four states that we saw a lot of problems in . . . there has been an alternate slate of electors voted on.” These so-called “alternate electors” aren’t really alternate electors in any legal sense. Their votes for president have not been certified by the governors or secretaries of state so they are utterly pointless. Anyone can pretend to be an elector for any given candidate and submit their votes to Congress, it doesn’t make them electors in any legal or constitutional sense.
This is a fantasy world that Kayleigh McEnany and others are selling. It’s a way to give the illusion for a few more weeks that Trump actually won the 2020 election and that they still have a chance at delivering on a second term. Meanwhile, the Trump legal defense fund continues to raise money for the purposes of paying off campaign debt and who knows what else. This is a grift and it is working. The Trump supporters tuning in to watch Hannity at night want to hold out hope and they’re ready to open up the checkbook when they hear McEnany and others claim there’s still a path to victory.
From over the weekend:
Can We Trust Georgia Senate Polls?
On January 5th, there are two runoff elections in Georgia that Democrats have to win in order to take control of the US Senate. Polling for the two races, between Kelly Loeffler v. Raphael Warnock and David Perdue v. Jon Ossoff, is essentially tied. Some polls give the Republicans a slight advantage and others give the Democrats a slight advantage. Some believe the Democrats’ poll numbers are inflated due to poor polling methodology and some believe the Republicans’ poll numbers are inflated due to Trump supporters who will protest the election. No matter how accurate the polls are, the message is the same: If you live in Georgia and you are eligible, you need to vote for Warnock and Ossoff on or before January 5th.
--More on the show:
--Lawmakers have agreed in principle to a second coronavirus stimulus package which will include $600 payments for Americans making up to $75,000 per year, as well as enhanced unemployment benefits of $300 per week for 3 months
--So-called "left wing populists" on Twitter focus on attacking Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while Donald Trump considers declaring martial law during an Oval Office meeting
--Fox host Lou Dobbs runs a pre-produced segment bizarrely debunking his own previous election lies, apparently triggered by a legal threat to Fox News from the company Smartmatic
--Despite intelligence point to Russia as the perpetrator of a massive cyberhack against the US, Donald Trump downplays Russia's role, and wildly suggests maybe China did it
--Donald Trump has a bizarre outburst on Twitter, erratically making baseless claims about so-called voter fraud and generally embarrassing himself
--Donald Trump's campaign appears to have laundered $170 million in campaign donations to his own family and friends
--A new voicemail caller dubbed "Re-Peter" will not stop calling in
--On the Bonus Show: UK identifies new COVID strain, NY bans sale of Confederate flag on state grounds, Pence prepares to leave country after Biden formally wins, much more...
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