Playbook: "The last gasp of Trumpism"
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is bending the federal bureaucracy to his benefit. Senate Republicans are taking his side. The attorney general has authorized prosecutors to probe election irregularities -- a hugely controversial move, considering there is no evidence of irregularities.
>@sendavidperdue and @KLoeffler called on the R Georgia secretary of state to resign after TRUMP lost the state. Even in statehouses around the country, Rs are investigating the election: Rs in PA, are calling for an audit, and in Lansing, they have subpoenaed election officials.
YOU’RE WITNESSING what might be the last gasp of Trumpism.
IF TRUMP HAS a dominant ideology, it’s that people on his side -- his administration and his party -- should be unbendingly loyal to him.
IF TRUMP HAS a dominant ideology, it’s that people on his side -- his administration and his party -- should be unbendingly loyal to him.
And what you’re seeing right now is the political and governmental machinery that he controls succumb to his anger at losing the election. And, with 71 DAYS until Inauguration Day, this kind of behavior has a rapidly approaching termination date.
OF COURSE, as with anything in his universe, this strain of Trumpism is a game, of sorts, an act in which the cast is aiming to please TRUMP.
BUT, IN REALITY, all of this is a bit less than meets the eye. Senate Republicans are suggesting the president’s time is limited, and he needs to produce evidence -- and soon. Georgia Secretary of State BRAD RAFFENSPERGER said he isn’t resigning.
JOE BIDEN’S team is mulling legal action to force the government to begin the transition. BARR’S memorandum says authorizes investigations if there is evidence -- but, of course, there is no evidence.
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