Donald Trump’s flirtations with declaring martial law and appointing conspiratorial theorists as special advisers in war-torn states are “really sad” and “nutty and loopy,” Mitt Romney said Sunday.
“With that conspiracy theory and a whole range of things and things that are so vague and loophole leaving Washington Washington, people are shaking their heads in amazement at what has happened to this man in the world,” the Utah Republican senator said. Said.
Joe Biden won the November 3 election by college 06-232 in the electoral college ledge and in popular vote with more than m million ballots. Still, Trump is entertaining foreign plans to stay in office, such as National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who apologized to Trump for lying to the FBI, and allegations by colleagues such as the president’s personal attorney, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani. .
First reported by the New York Times During a meeting at the White House on Friday, Trump discussed security clearances for Sidney Powell, a conspiracy-spreading attorney cut off from Trump’s campaign legal team.
It is unclear whether Trump will actually seek to establish Powell as a special adviser to the US Attorney General, who appoints the president. Numerous Republicans, from outgoing attorney General William Barr to governors and state officials, have repeatedly said there is no evidence of mass voter fraud to make baseless allegations against Trump.
“It’s not going to happen,” Romney told CNN. “It simply came to our notice then. And I understand that the President is trying to get something different than the result delivered by the American people, but he is really sad in many ways and in a shameful way.
“Because the President could have just written the last chapter of this administration, the victory in the context of GS [Covid-19] The vaccine. Eventually he aggressively pushed for the vaccine to be developed and distributed, which is happening at a fast deadline. He will be able to go out and champion this extraordinary success.
“Instead … this last chapter suggests what it is known for.”
Trump’s campaign and allies have filed nearly 50 lawsuits alleging vote-rigging – almost all have been rejected. Trump has lost to judges on both sides in the appointments he made, and some harsh rebukes have come from hard-line Republicans. -3–3 The Supreme Court, which has an absolute majority of Rs 3 lakh and three Trump appointments, has refused to prosecute the case.
Trump is making a fuss for alternatives and killing allies. During a meeting on Friday, Giuliani pushed Trump to seize the voting machines. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has stated that it has no authority to do so. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Barrow told the Associated Press this month that the Department of Justice and the DHS had considered claims that voting machines were “programmed to control election results… and so far, we have seen nothing to prove it.” A paper ballot has been used to verify the results, including Georgia, which conducted two audits of its vote, confirming Baden’s victory.
Flynn went even further, suggesting that Trump would impose martial law and could use the military to re-run the election. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and White House adviser Pat Cipolo objected, people familiar with the meeting told news outlets. Trump, who spent more time on Saturday tweeting and retweeting election fraud allegations, responded on Twitter.
“Military law = fake news,” he said Wrote. “More deliberately bad reporting!”
Trump’s grip on the Republican Party remains secure, with members of Congress suggesting that the Jan. 6 election will be a tough duty against college results. Such objections will be for a political end and will not succeed in reversing the election in all circumstances. Democrats have taken control of the House, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated he will raise objections in the Senate.
On Sunday’s NBC’s Meet the Press, Romney, who did better in the 2012 election than Trump in 2012 and Trump’s defeats in 2016 and 2020 by Barack Obama, was asked if his party could escape Trump’s grip.
“I think the Republican Party has changed very dramatically.” “And by that, I mean people who consider themselves Republicans and vote for President Trump, I think that’s a different group than the votes I got.
“… you see those who are thinking about running in 2024, [they are] Trying to see who could be the most like President Trump. And it indicates that the party does not want to go in a different direction. “
Josh Howley of Missouri, Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Ted Cruz of Texas are among the senators who believe Trump is likely to handle the White House, and therefore are likely to object to the results of the election-oriented college.
“I don’t think anyone who is thinking of participating in 2024 has the kind of style and style that President Trump has,” Romney said. “He has a unique and capable politician, but I think the direction you are looking at is the one he has set.
“I want to see a different version of the Republican Party. But my side is very low these days… I think we should count the character is really valid. “
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