“This is what you get when you, @HawleyMO, stick your fist in the air like some fucking Model U.N. freedom fighter who is fantasizing about leading the separatists in the installation of a dictator.” thebulwark.com/trumps-voters-…
“This is what you get when you pretend that you care about the grievances of vox populi but all you actually want to do is inflame those grievances so they’ll give you another $5 donation or retweets or a future primary vote.” thebulwark.com/trumps-voters-…
The Republican Minority Whip @SteveScalise is the first to speak and call for an overturning of the results of multiple states to maintain Donald Trump as an unelected dictator.
Republican congressman @Jim_Jordan is the second to speak and call for overturning the results of the election to maintain Donald Trump as an unelected dictator.
HIs proof is that Joe Biden didn't leave his basement so he can just sense that he didn't win.
Republican congressman @RepAndyBiggsAZ is the third to call for overturning the results of the vote to maintain Donald Trump as an unelected dictator.
He acknowledges theres "little evidence" of fraud but knows its there and wants the AZ state legislature to determine winner
This audio of Trump talking about how much worse COVID is than strenuous flus was on 2/7.
For @BulwarkOnline I wrote a timeline of Trump's public comments downplaying the virus and comparing it to the flu. It is shocking to see it in this context. thebulwark.com/the-coronaviru…
A month later on 3/6 Trump said this: "The percentage for the flu is under 1 percent. But this could also be under 1 percent...And you’re smiling when I say that. Who are you from, by the way?...I don’t watch CNN. That’s why I don’t recognize you." whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
Two weeks after Trump's comments to Woodward the CDC lead Nancy Messonnier spoke out to warn the public about the disruption to their lives that would be required. The stock market tanked. Trump shouted at staffers and silenced Messonnier. thebulwark.com/the-ten-weeks-…
I wrote about the Virginia GOP’s anti-gay dumpster fire “election” which took place in a congressional district where I was a field staffer as a young fella. thebulwark.com/virginia-race-…
The Riggleman debacle is the latest example of willingness to be cruel to the other tribe being the true animating force of the Trump era GOP. thebulwark.com/virginia-race-…
I put together a timeline of Donald Trump’s “Costanzafied” press briefings. It’s not a lie if you believe it. thebulwark.com/a-timeline-of-…
The big Trump lie is about the China “travel ban.”
- It came after 45 countries & 3 major US carriers had already acted.
- It only banned foreign nationals which means throughout crisis you could fly direct from Beijing to US. Here’s a flight this wknd thebulwark.com/a-timeline-of-…
“The virus is the first force Donald Trump has ever met that is completely and totally immune to his bullshit.” thebulwark.com/a-timeline-of-…