As he contests the election, Trump has largely stopped governing:
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 10, 2020
His public schedule hasn’t included an intelligence briefing since Oct. 1
No foreign lead call readout in weeks
No statement on Tropical Storm Eta
No COVID task force meeting in months
https://t.co/JUEEmXf77J
I started this last night. Events, as ever, have been catching up to my thesis:While the president is pushing a legal fight that some of his own aides have little faith in, much of the GOP energy is moving on to the GA runoffs. PENCE is likely to visit there after his trip to Fla, per two ppl briefed on discussions.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 10, 2020
"We’re told the president and his top allies pressured the two Republican senators to take this step, lest he tweet a negative word about them and risk divorcing them from his base ahead of the consequential runoff." https://t.co/uASTV2l5Ot
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 10, 2020
The "Save America" that's getting donations through this Trump recount donation portal is the new Trump leadership PAC first reported by @maggieNYT last night. https://t.co/CV5ue9HGsd
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) November 10, 2020
The GOP is not concerned with the national interest nor with governance. Their only concern is to have power. And about half the country is either okay with that, or blissfully unaware of it. Or just doesn’t care. But, at some point, where does the power come from? It doesn’t come from being in office. It comes from that office meaning something, from The People giving it power. Destroy that trust, and where is the power?Trump still has an iron grip on his party. Whether that remains true through 2022 is a question but it’s certainly true right now. https://t.co/qxkAEtgoUf
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 9, 2020
To destroy the thing that gives you power, or destroy trust in it, is Iago’s dilemma. If he succeeds, everyone learns to trust no one, and then what power does Iago have? He doesn’t care about that, but then the government he knows doesn’t depend on the wisdom of the people. His lies could hurt people; these lies could undermine the very authority the GOP wants to wield.This is simply insane.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) November 10, 2020
Trust in the electoral process among Republicans has cratered from 68% before the election to 34% now.
The reason: Donald Trump can't accept that he lost.
This is the damage Trump is causing and almost every elected Republican is helping him do it. pic.twitter.com/rTO7xM0res
I sense an inconsistency. 1. I lost because the voting process is broken and corrupted by the Democrats with tens of thousands of fake ballots. 2. You must rally to vote in the Georgia run-off election.
ReplyDeleteTrump discouraged absentee voting in the general election. How many Republicans didn't trust it but never made it to the polls on election day? How many will be discouraged that the election is rigged and won't show up for the run-off? Given the brilliance of these campaign strategies maybe we are better off that he has stopped governing.
The way to fire up Trump's base to GOTV in January is to tell them the process is rigged against them and corrupt and not to be trusted and the Democrats stole Georgia!
DeleteWhat's wrong with that argument?
Heh.