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TRUMP PHONE LOGS TURNED OVER TO HOUSE SHOW 7 HOUR GAP ON JAN 6
29 Mar 2022 9:50 am
This near two month old article that I saved rings TRUER with today's revelations, than it did when WRITTEN:
The Trump Coup: Maybe We Can’t Handle the Truth – Mother Jones
Jeffrey Engel, the director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, observed that voters had become desensitized, if not numb, to Trump’s attacks on democracy/
Engel’s ... point is: Trump’s wickedness may be too immense for the nation to absorb.
Each week yields new evidence that Trump was scheming in his final days to destroy American democracy.
He improperly—possibly criminally—pressured state legislators, state election officials, and Justice Department officials to help him rig or undermine the vote count.
[He] issued a statement acknowledging he had leaned on Vice President Mike Pence to “overturn” the election—not just provide the states more time to review their vote tallies.
But the enormity of Trump’s turpitude has not fully registered—in part because the Republicans have stuck to a this-parrot’s-not-dead stance and refused to admit reality.
But this shameless denialism can only work if enough of the public either goes along, declines to pay attention, or doesn’t give a damn.
A -resident attempting a coup ought to define the political moment.
A party that supports such a leader and his return to power ought to be scandalized and delegitimized.
Failing the basic test of responsible governance—defending the Constitution—the GOP has proved itself unworthy of national stewardship.
And yet the Republicans remain standing—and drool over the prospect of regaining control of Congress later this year.
The Trump Coup: Maybe We Can’t Handle the Truth – Mother Jones
Jeffrey Engel, the director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, observed that voters had become desensitized, if not numb, to Trump’s attacks on democracy/
Engel’s ... point is: Trump’s wickedness may be too immense for the nation to absorb.
Each week yields new evidence that Trump was scheming in his final days to destroy American democracy.
He improperly—possibly criminally—pressured state legislators, state election officials, and Justice Department officials to help him rig or undermine the vote count.
[He] issued a statement acknowledging he had leaned on Vice President Mike Pence to “overturn” the election—not just provide the states more time to review their vote tallies.
But the enormity of Trump’s turpitude has not fully registered—in part because the Republicans have stuck to a this-parrot’s-not-dead stance and refused to admit reality.
But this shameless denialism can only work if enough of the public either goes along, declines to pay attention, or doesn’t give a damn.
A -resident attempting a coup ought to define the political moment.
A party that supports such a leader and his return to power ought to be scandalized and delegitimized.
Failing the basic test of responsible governance—defending the Constitution—the GOP has proved itself unworthy of national stewardship.
And yet the Republicans remain standing—and drool over the prospect of regaining control of Congress later this year.