Trump slammed 'fake news' outlets after they reported his statement. But it wasn't just journalists who saw his rhetoric as outrageous. (via MaddowBlog)
After sparking a controversy by calling for the "termination" of constitutional law, Donald Trump is now arguing he didn't write what he wrote.Donald Trump has peddled ridiculous conspiracy theories about the elections for months. He’s talked about being reinstated to the presidency for months. He’s called for some kind of do-over election for months. But on Saturday morning, the Republican broke new ground with a specific argument.
In other words, as Trump described it, the rule of law and our constitutional system of government are fine, but in this case, they should be put aside in order to advance his ridiculous election conspiracy theories. It’s an argument predicated on the idea that the laws that serve as the foundation for the United States must be discarded, at least temporarily, because the former president has bonkers ideas about the election he lost two years ago.
This did not go unnoticed. As the controversy intensified yesterday, the former president returned to his platform“The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American People that I said I wanted to ‘terminate’ the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of their other HOAXES & SCAMS.
This was soon followed by some similarly hysterical missives in which Trump continued down the same mindless path. “SIMPLY PUT, IF AN ELECTION IS IRREFUTABLY FRAUDULENT, IT SHOULD GO TO THE RIGHTFUL WINNER OR, AT A MINIMUM, BE REDONE,” the RepublicanAt this point, we could spend some time exploring the obvious fact that the 2020 election was not “fraudulent” and unhinged conspiracy theories have not been “irrefutably proven.
But let’s not brush past the fact that the former president also took a moment to blame the controversy, not on what he wrote, but on news organizations for alerting the public to what he wrote. As Trump put it, the “Fake News” is disseminating “disinformation” and “lies.”A handful of Republicans appeared on the Sunday shows and
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