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It’s hard to get reliable information on how golfer Donald Trump has been doing this weekend, but it’s obvious that politician Donald Trump has ended up somewhere in the sand bunker and is trying to use a very tilted club to get out. thence.
Fox News and Axios reported Sunday night US time that the president plans to resume his campaign rallies to protest the electoral process in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. If the information is correct, Donald Trump is now trying to mobilize his support troops in the fight for power.
He laid the groundwork for the battle long before Election Day.
Back in May of this year, he tweeted, in the usual tone, that there was “NO CHANCE (ZERO”) that voting by mail could lead to anything other than serious cheating. That claim was rebuked by Twitter, as several studies do not show widespread cheating with postal voting in the United States. But Donald Trump did not give up. In September, he made it clear that he believed the election would end in the Supreme Court.
It was as if the day of the elections was just a process that had to be passed, so that the president could intensify the rhetoric about the electoral system, with judgments such as “fraud” and “great shame.” He and his lawyers are making at least three accusations against the electoral process: that his election observers have been prevented from following the count, that the votes of deceased persons have been recorded, and that postal ballots are incorrectly dated.
At another time, and with another politician, of course, it would only seem astonishing if several of the cheating allegations occurred at the same time as the cheating. But it has actually become a bit difficult for Donald Trump to surprise, after nearly four years in power. The big question for the next few days is how his party will act. In reality, what is at stake is the future of the Republicans.
So what have the party folks done while the president has been on the golf course?
Some famous critics you have selected the page. Former President George W. Bush has congratulated Joe Biden on his electoral victory. Senators Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski too.
It is not news that her relationship with Donald Trump is strained.
Kristi Noem.
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Perhaps more interesting is the comment from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who believes that the more than 70 million voters who voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election should have their case in court, as does the Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore in the presidential election 20 years ago. . Al Gore was given 37 days, he notes.
It is doubtful that Donald Trump appreciates the comparison, since Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential election after all. What Noem is really doing is showing central voters that he is loyal, while sending the signal to everyone else of who really understands that the race is over. . Several other prominent Republicans have expressed similar views, defending the right to scrutinize the voting process, but avoiding making assertive accusations of fraud and deception.
Everyone has the right to have their case tried, but the trial is just a trial.
But it is barely what the conversational choruses will sing, if Axios and Fox News are right, and Donald Trump retires on new campaign tours. Then the message becomes much sharper. But the sharper Trump’s tone, the stronger the pressure will be on top Republicans to pick sides.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Photo: Timothy D. Easley / AP
In the days to come It will be important to follow how current Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acts and what potential future presidential candidates will sound like, such as Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tom Cotton and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
It will also be interesting to follow the Trump family: According to CNN, both son-in-law Jared Kushner and his wife Melania Trump are trying to persuade the president to accept defeat, while their sons Donald Jr. and Eric Trump want their father to continue fighting. .
Donald Trump has reportedly played golf at least 295 times during his nearly four years as president. You know you need to be technically competent to get out of the bunker. But as long as he’s swinging wildly, you can at least keep him from continuing to play.
