Just staggered by that press conference. The President’s lawyers sounded like disturbed people shouting outside subway stations. And people who swore oaths to the Constitution are going along with it as a pretext to overturn a free and fair election they lost
“This raises some uncomfortable questions for conservatives. One of those questions is: How long are we going to keep pretending that this madness isn’t madness?” nationalreview.com/corner/the-dum…
Tucker Carlson - Tucker Carlson! - says the President’s claims are evidence-free nonsense
"an unprecedented challenge to the election outcome like nothing since the Civil War." And yet Congressional Rs bend the knee. apnews.com/article/electi…
The post-election democratic erosion I warned about (npr.org/2020/11/15/935…) will only worsen if the President's campaign against the legitimacy of the election continues. Ignoring it won't make it go away.
Not a drill. The President’s campaign is trying to overturn an election they lost based on fictitious claims of widespread fraud. Even if they lose (and they will), this scorched earth strategy will further damage our democracy.
An attack on our system of government *even if it is doomed from the beginning* (and it is). The norms that make democracy possible are under assault. Nothing about this is ok.
No amount of $ is too much for this kind of legal expertise
"A $20,000-a-day rate would have made Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer for several years, among the most highly compensated lawyers anywhere." nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/…
"A $20,000-a-day rate would have made Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who has been Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer for several years, among the most highly compensated lawyers anywhere." nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/…