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Trump rips Democrats, media over Jan. 6 anniversary
Former President Trump on Friday delivered a forceful rebuke of Democrats and the media a day after the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, accusing his critics of using the assault as a political wedge, while downplaying the significance of the most violent day at the Capitol in centuries.

In a lengthy statement issued through his leadership PAC, Trump sought to tap into the grievances of his conservative base of voters, casting Democrats and the so-called “media establishment” as nothing less than a sinister force that had “driven our country into the ground.”

“These radical leftists in Washington care NOTHING for American Democracy,” Trump said. “All they care about is control over you, and wealth and riches for themselves.”

“But they are failing. No one believes them anymore,” he added. “And the day is quickly coming when they will be overwhelmingly voted out of power.”

The former president’s remarks made no mention of the violence committed by the rioters. Instead, he blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the chaos that day, dubbing the events of Jan. 6 “a Pelosi-led security failure at the Capitol.”

Trump also accused Democrats of using the Jan. 6 riot as a pretext for clamping down on free speech and censoring detractors. He also hammered Democratic efforts to pass sweeping election reforms, accusing them of pursuing such measures in order to shore up their governing majorities.

“The reason the Democrats are doing all of this is not because they believe they will win a fair and honest election,” Trump said. “It’s because they know they will overwhelmingly LOSE one.”

In his Friday remarks, Trump pushed back on criticism that he had sought to weaken American democracy by rejecting the results of an election.

“Remember, I am not the one trying to undermine American Democracy,” he said. “I am the one trying to SAVE American Democracy.”

Trump rips Democrats, media over Jan. 6 anniversary

Former President Trump on Friday delivered a forceful rebuke of Democrats and the media a day after the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, accusing his critics of using the assault…

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I’d rather be a Radial Leftist than the other team who ply their bias. It’s my retirement.

 

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Trump rips Democrats, media over Jan. 6 anniversary
Former President Trump on Friday delivered a forceful rebuke of Democrats and the media a day after the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, accusing his critics of using the assault as a political wedge, while downplaying the significance of the most violent day at the Capitol in centuries.

In a lengthy statement issued through his leadership PAC, Trump sought to tap into the grievances of his conservative base of voters, casting Democrats and the so-called “media establishment” as nothing less than a sinister force that had “driven our country into the ground.”

“These radical leftists in Washington care NOTHING for American Democracy,” Trump said. “All they care about is control over you, and wealth and riches for themselves.”

“But they are failing. No one believes them anymore,” he added. “And the day is quickly coming when they will be overwhelmingly voted out of power.”

The former president’s remarks made no mention of the violence committed by the rioters. Instead, he blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the chaos that day, dubbing the events of Jan. 6 “a Pelosi-led security failure at the Capitol.”

Trump also accused Democrats of using the Jan. 6 riot as a pretext for clamping down on free speech and censoring detractors. He also hammered Democratic efforts to pass sweeping election reforms, accusing them of pursuing such measures in order to shore up their governing majorities.

“The reason the Democrats are doing all of this is not because they believe they will win a fair and honest election,” Trump said. “It’s because they know they will overwhelmingly LOSE one.”

In his Friday remarks, Trump pushed back on criticism that he had sought to weaken American democracy by rejecting the results of an election.

“Remember, I am not the one trying to undermine American Democracy,” he said. “I am the one trying to SAVE American Democracy.”

Trump rips Democrats, media over Jan. 6 anniversary

Former President Trump on Friday delivered a forceful rebuke of Democrats and the media a day after the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, accusing his critics of using the assault…

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I’d rather be a Radial Leftist than the other team who ply their bias. It’s my retirement.

i'm letting my freaky Prog Flag fly!

 

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got a pop-up WILL YOU JOIN TRUMP MEDIA..that fuvcker is such a grifter..so i told him my name was: go fvckhimself to get past and this is what i got after i answered NO.

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we must know who the enemy is and where they are to be able to fight..there's a selection for $10k donation

Be careful. One wrong step and trump could drain your account.

 

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Be careful. One wrong step and trump could drain your account.

keep your friends close but enemies closer. stop the squeal is over he wants trump media which means we don't want him to have his own megaphone.

 

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Did someone ask for more laughing donkey?

 

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Did someone ask for more laughing donkey?

rip away Dems..rip away..

 

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I’d rather be a Radial Leftist than the other team who ply their bias. It’s my retirement.

 

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Georgia prosecutor says decision on Trump election interference case likely coming soon
A Georgia district attorney said in an interview published on Sunday that a decision would be made in the first half of this year on whether to bring charges against former President Trump for allegedly pressuring state officials to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

“I believe in 2022 a decision will be made in that case,” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told The Associated Press. “I certainly think that in the first half of the year that decisions will be made.”

Willis, a Democrat, said that she is leaning toward requesting that a special grand jury with subpoena power take part in the investigation.


In February, Willis launched an investigation to determine if any crimes were committed during a phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) in which the former president asked that Raffensperger "find" the necessary amount of votes to overturn Trump's election defeat in Georgia.

“This investigation includes, but is not limited to, potential violations of Georgia law prohibiting the solicitation of election fraud, the making of false statements to state and local governmental bodies, conspiracy, racketeering, violation of oath of office and any involvement in violence or threats related to the election’s administration,” Willis said in a letter to state leadership.

The district attorney said she has put together a team of fewer than 10 people, including attorneys and investigators.

"I just think the public should be patient – you know, go on, lead your lives – trust that they’ve elected a district attorney that knows that this is a serious issue, takes it seriously and we’re doing our job here," Willis said

Georgia prosecutor says decision on Trump election interference case likely coming soon

A Georgia district attorney said in an interview published on Sunday that a decision would be made in the first half of this year on whether to bring charges against former President Trump for…

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After Trump Org Indictment, New D.A. On 'Open' Trump Probe And Justice In NY

Six months after Trump’s CFO Allen Weisselberg was indicted in the criminal investigation into the Trump Organization, the probe is now being overseen by the newly sworn-in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by Bragg to discuss the state of the probe, his fight against racial inequality in New York, and his effort to revise prosecuting guidelines for certain crimes.

 

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McConnell: Rounds 'told the truth' about 2020 election
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday expressed his support for GOP Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.), who earlier this week was attacked by former President Trump after saying the 2020 presidential election was fair.

"I think Sen. Rounds told the truth about what happened in the 2020 election," McConnell told CNN. "And I agree with him."

While appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Rounds shot down Trump's claims that the presidential election was affected by voter fraud, saying President Biden's victory was legitimate.

"While there were some irregularities, there were none of the irregularities which would have risen to the point where they would have changed the vote outcome in a single state," said Rounds. "We simply did not win the election as Republicans for the presidency."

Shortly after Rounds made his remarks, Trump released a statement attacking the South Dakota senator and repeating his baseless claims that the election was fraudulent. Trump called Rounds "a weak and ineffective leader," adding, "I hereby firmly pledge that he will never receive my Endorsement again!"

Rounds responded to Trump on Monday, saying he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the former president's reaction.

As a Republican Party, our focus should be on what lies ahead, not what’s in the past. Elections are about growing support for your party, not further dividing it,” he said.

Other Republicans have come to Rounds's defense, including Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who said Rounds spoke the "truth knowing that our Republic depends upon it." Other Republican lawmakers similarly echoed what Rounds said and argued that it was time for the party to move on.

"I don't think re-litigating or rehashing the past is a winning strategy," fellow South Dakota Sen. John Thune (R) said. "If we want to be a majority in 2023, we've got to get out and articulate what we're going to do with respect to the future the American people are going to live and the things they're going to care about when it comes to economic issues, national security issues."

McConnell: Rounds ‘told the truth’ about 2020 election

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday expressed his support for GOP Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.), who earlier this week was attacked by former President Trump after saying the 2020 p…

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Trump abruptly ends NPR interview
The network said it had tried to conduct an interview with Trump for six years, but the former president had declined until Tuesday evening. The interview was planned to last 15 minutes, it added. However, Trump reportedly ended it after nine minutes when he was pressed on his claims about the 2020 election and questioned about the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Trump quickly got off the phone after being questioned about whether his claims of election fraud inspired the Capitol attack, NPR said.

Throughout the interview, Trump reportedly pushed for his fellow Republicans to support his claims and views that the election in 2020 was rigged.

NPR said it asked Trump about a quote from his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, shortly after the election. "This is not a fraud case," Giuliani told a judge at the time.

The network also noted the fact that multiple judges, many of whom Trump appointed, ruled against him.

"It was too early to ask for fraud and to talk about fraud. Rudy said that, because of the fact it was very early with the — because that was obviously at a very, very — that was a long time ago. The things that have found out have more than bore out what people thought and what people felt and what people found," Trump replied.

Before abruptly ending the interview, Trump could not cite evidence of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the network reported.

Trump abruptly ends NPR interview

NPR is reporting that former President Trump abruptly ended an interview after being pressed on his repeated baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.The network said it had …

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McConnell: Rounds 'told the truth' about 2020 election
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday expressed his support for GOP Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.), who earlier this week was attacked by former President Trump after saying the 2020 presidential election was fair.

"I think Sen. Rounds told the truth about what happened in the 2020 election," McConnell told CNN. "And I agree with him."

While appearing on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, Rounds shot down Trump's claims that the presidential election was affected by voter fraud, saying President Biden's victory was legitimate.

"While there were some irregularities, there were none of the irregularities which would have risen to the point where they would have changed the vote outcome in a single state," said Rounds. "We simply did not win the election as Republicans for the presidency."

Shortly after Rounds made his remarks, Trump released a statement attacking the South Dakota senator and repeating his baseless claims that the election was fraudulent. Trump called Rounds "a weak and ineffective leader," adding, "I hereby firmly pledge that he will never receive my Endorsement again!"

Rounds responded to Trump on Monday, saying he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the former president's reaction.

As a Republican Party, our focus should be on what lies ahead, not what’s in the past. Elections are about growing support for your party, not further dividing it,” he said.

Other Republicans have come to Rounds's defense, including Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who said Rounds spoke the "truth knowing that our Republic depends upon it." Other Republican lawmakers similarly echoed what Rounds said and argued that it was time for the party to move on.

"I don't think re-litigating or rehashing the past is a winning strategy," fellow South Dakota Sen. John Thune (R) said. "If we want to be a majority in 2023, we've got to get out and articulate what we're going to do with respect to the future the American people are going to live and the things they're going to care about when it comes to economic issues, national security issues."

McConnell: Rounds ‘told the truth’ about 2020 election

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday expressed his support for GOP Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.), who earlier this week was attacked by former President Trump after saying the 2020 p…

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It's a sign Trump is near to getting indicted somewhere, Mitch has sources of information we are not privy to and besides, the sharks can smell blood in the water and the prize is control of a herd of tens of millions of morons and suckers. Desantis is already a threat to Donald's control. Control of the republicans is all Donald has going for him now, it's the only lever he has left and the walls are closing in.

 

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McConnell has not been around the Senate as long as he has been and not learn a thing or two. He has pissed of Donny a few times, he is not too scared of him. Part due to being in the Senate with longer terms than the House where right after you get elected you start working on your next election bid. Trump can sink a House seat more than he can a Senate seat.

 

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McConnell has not been around the Senate as long as he has been and not learn a thing or two. He has pissed of Donny a few times, he is not too scared of him. Part due to being in the Senate with longer terms than the House where right after you get elected you start working on your next election bid. Trump can sink a House seat more than he can a Senate seat.

If he keeps his base home he can hurt all of them, they depend on the lunatics in all but a few red states, a 10% reduction in their vote would be a disaster for the house and senate. Over the next few months Trump is gonna go nuts as the walls close in, if Georgia indicts him, he will call the governor and threaten him!

 

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If he keeps his base home he can hurt all of them, they depend on the lunatics in all but a few red states, a 10% reduction in their vote would be a disaster for the house and senate. Over the next few months Trump is gonna go nuts as the walls close in, if Georgia indicts him, he will call the governor and threaten him!

Trump is just noise, same with the other nutcase politicians. It is the laws the republicans are changing at the state level, gerrymandering, that will decide the election.

 

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Trump Warns GOP to 'Solve the Problem' of Our Elections, or Risk Losing
Former President Donald Trump says "RINOs" and "losers" want to solely focus on future elections, instead of correcting the 2020 pandemic election ills.

The sitting president who got the most votes in history — and lost — warns those so-called Republicans in Name Only who do not learn from the "corrupt election" are doomed to repeat it.

Take it, or leave it — and Trump left it in an NPR interview where the interviewer claimed Trump hung up on him after asking about the past election results on the premise Republicans should not be talking about the past.

"The ones that are smart — the ones that know — you take a look at," Trump told NPR. "Again, you take a look at how Kari Lake is doing, running for governor. She's very big on this issue. She's leading by a lot.

"People have no idea how big this issue is, and they don't want it to happen again. It shouldn't be allowed to happen, and they don't want it to happen again."

A combative and contrarian Steve Inskeep interrupted Trump around 10 times in nine minutes of an interview recorded Tuesday that was not aired live, the last two being at that moment.

"I want to," Inskeep said, as Trump kept on his point.

"And the only way it's not going to happen again is you have to solve the problem of the presidential rigged election of 2020," Trump said.

Inskeep cut in for the last time, "Mr. President, if I ..." before Trump thanked the NPR reporter and ended the interview.

"So Steve, thank you very much. I appreciate it," Trump said as he left.

Trump rejected Inskeep repetitively debating him on denouncing the ills of the past presidential election, using the words of Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., two Republicans that claim looking back at the past election puts them at a disadvantage in the midterms.

"No, I think it's an advantage, because otherwise they're going to do it again in '22 and '24," Trump said. "And Rounds is wrong on that, totally wrong. If you look at the numbers, if you look at the findings in Arizona, if you look at what's going on in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, by the way — and take a look at Wisconsin — they're finding things that nobody thought possible.

"This was a corrupt election."

Inskeep, whose lengthy writeup of the interview included just four short quotes from it, cherry-picked "some short quotes" from lawyers, judges, and Republicans to pepper Trump with whataboutisms.

Inskeep asked why Cyber Ninja's Doug Logan, who conducted the forensic audit in Arizona, said: "The ballots that were provided to us to count in the Coliseum very accurately correlate with the official canvass numbers."

Trump responded: "The ballots may correspond, but look at the ballots themselves. The number of ballots doesn't mean anything. It's who signed the ballots, where did the ballots come from. What you really have to do in that report is look at the findings. And the findings are devastating for Arizona. They're devastating like nobody's seen before."

Why did Arizona accept the results then, Inskeep asked.

"Because they're RINOs, and frankly, a lot of people are questioning that," Trump said, pointing to Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., grilling "some of those same people" in Congress who "weren't able to answer anything. He made them look like fools. They couldn't answer a thing."

Then, the interview went a bit awry, as Inskeep said, "let me read you some short quotes," taking pieces from a judge, a Trump campaign attorney, and Rudy Giuliani, suggesting their cases in court had "no evidence."

Inskeep then debated, without evidence, Trump's contentions on the problems in the 2020 election.

"You know the real truth, Steve, and this election was a rigged election," Trump said.

Inskeep went back to Rounds' remarks Sunday on ABC News, claiming "a vast majority of your allies in the United States Senate are not standing behind you" — ignoring the logic that actual allies tend to be allied not in opposition.

"Because Mitch McConnell is a loser," Trump said. "And frankly, Mitch McConnell, if he were on the other side and if [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer were put in his position, he would have been fighting this like you've never seen before. He would have been fighting this, because when you look at it, and this is long — is a long way from over."

Inskeep, again, in an interview on why Trump wants to look back, then went back to the Supreme Court telling Trump the 2020 election case lacked "standing."

"Well, yeah, 'no standing,' I know, 'no standing,'" Trump said. "And the president of the United States supposedly didn't have standing, either. So I wanted to file it myself. They said, 'Sir, you don't have standing.'

"I said, 'wait a minute.' I'm the president of the United States. They just rigged an election. Hundreds of thousands of votes in different states. They just rigged an election. We got — we got a number of votes that, I think you'll agree — no sitting president has ever gotten the number of votes that I got."

That is when Inskeep's interruptions increased in frequency and spurred Trump to start asking questions of the interviewer debating him.

"You think Biden got 80 million votes? Because I don't believe it," Trump said.

"It's true that you got more than any sitting president in the election you've disputed," Inskeep responded.

"You mean he got them sitting in his basement," Trump told Inskeep, who interrupted to get to his final question, which would be about ongoing Jan. 6 documents litigation, but never got to ask.

Trump continued: "Let me ask you this question: How come Biden couldn't attract 20 people for a crowd? How come when he went to speak in different locations, nobody came to watch, but all of a sudden he got 80 million votes? Nobody believes that, Steve. Nobody believes that."

Trump Warns GOP to 'Solve the Problem' of Our Elections, or Risk Losing

Former President Donald Trump says "RINOs" and "losers" want to solely focus on future elections, instead of correcting the 2020 pandemic election ills.

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Trump is just noise, same with the other nutcase politicians. It is the laws the republicans are changing at the state level, gerrymandering, that will decide the election.

Perhaps, but those laws hurt their turn out too, most of their voters are uneducated. It might stimulate democratic turn out and make it too big to steal also even without new laws the FBI will be watching them like a hawk and will have a list, the DOJ will also warn them. If they bust them over the fake electors they will ensnare hundreds in a federal conspiracy case, many of them will be key players in this scheme. If they indict them before the election it will put the fear of Jesus into the rest of them.

I think the democrats are gonna get something through, no one is paying Manchin and Senema big bucks to block democracy, I think. This is an important issue and one that will get them primaried in 6 years and fucked if the democrats should win majorities and with the state of chaos in the GOP, ya never know, the election is 11 months away and that is a lot of news cycles and craziness.

 

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Trump: Politicians 'Gutless' for Lack of Candor on Boosters
Former President Donald Trump delivered the COVID-19 vaccines — and was booed for telling his supporters he was double vaccinated and boosted — but he says lawmakers' lack of candor of getting the booster is "gutless."

"I've had the booster," Trump told OAN in an interview recorded Monday. "I watched a couple of politicians be interviewed and one of the questions was, 'did you get the booster?' because they've had the vaccine.

Trump mocked them for hemming and hawing.

"In other words, the answer is yes, but they don't want to say it, because they're gutless. You've got to say it. Whether you've had it or not, say it."

Trump said the vaccines "have saved 10s of millions of people throughout the world" and provided anecdotal evidence that the booster is safe.

"I have had absolutely no side effects," Trump continued. "I've had it like other people have had it — nothing special."

Trump's Operation Warp Speed was developed in mere months, designed to get a vaccination to the world to help save lives in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic that punctuated the last year of his presidency's first term.

The former president considers the operation a success, as healthy, vaccinated people are not having serious complications if they contract COVID-19.

"If they get it, they're not going to hospitals, for the most part, and dying," Trump said. "Before it was a horror, and now they're not [dying]."

Trump did not mention which politicians lacked candor on the booster, but The Washington Post did a report earlier this month headlined: "Some GOP leaders are scornful or silent about booster shots seen as key to fighting omicron."

The story quotes Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis telling Fox News, "so, I've done whatever I did, the normal shot." DeSantis is considered a potential top GOP 2024 presidential candidate.

But Florida has been strong on it, according to that same report.

The Post story did not mention Democrats' position on booster shots, but Christina Pushaw, the press secretary for DeSantis, told the news outlet that the state's booster rate among the vaccinated — 31% — "is higher than the District of Columbia's rate of 26.5% and close to New York's rate of 32%."

In Texas, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has been silent on the booster, according to The Texas Tribune

A spokesperson for Abbott did not respond when asked whether the governor has received a booster. As of Monday, 14.4% of Texans had gotten boosters.

Trump: Politicians 'Gutless' for Lack of Candor on Boosters

Former President Donald Trump delivered the COVID-19 vaccines - and was booed for telling his supporters he was double vaccinated and boosted - but he says lawmakers' lack of candor of getting the booster is "gutless."

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