In future history books, a long and embarrassing chapter will be written about the 2020 presidential elections. A sitting president has denied that the democratic system works and there is talk among his followers of martial law and suspending the Constitution in order to overturn the election. The conspiracy theories they’ve concocted as “proof” of this is about on par with a YouTube conspiracy video, which would be funny if it wasn’t all so frightening.
🚨BREAKING:Based on the transcript of Sunday's Georgia Kraken-case hearing, it is now clear the court DENIED Powell's request for a TRO.
Trump is now 1-40 in post election litigation. pic.twitter.com/9O80Lhk33x
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 2, 2020
In Georgia, a judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump team’s request for a temporary restraining order to stop the counting of votes on Dominion voting machines, which have become Trump’s new catchword, just like “Burisma!” and “Fusion GPS!” once were. Trump bragged on Sunday that a former member of his legal team, Sydney Powell, took the case to court just as she promised to do.
BREAKING NEWS: @SidneyPowell1 says her lawsuit in Georgia could be filed as soon as tomorrow and says there’s no way there was anything but widespread election fraud. #MAGA #AmericaFirst #Dobbs pic.twitter.com/buB5UDwZ9u
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) November 24, 2020
GREAT NEWS! Is Fake News @60Minutes watching this? https://t.co/v9T2MUmGss
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2020
As the recount has continued, President Trump has openly challenged Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, because he won’t simply stop the vote. Trump called for his to “call off [the] election” on Twitter. These tactics have already ended with one governor facing a kidnapping and murder plot, but Trump doesn’t appear to be concerned that someone could get hurt.
Do something @BrianKempGA. You allowed your state to be scammed. We must check signatures and count signed envelopes against ballots. Then call off election. It won’t be needed. We will all WIN! https://t.co/UiJrlyBGiK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2020
Why won’t Governor @BrianKempGA, the hapless Governor of Georgia, use his emergency powers, which can be easily done, to overrule his obstinate Secretary of State, and do a match of signatures on envelopes. It will be a “goldmine” of fraud, and we will easily WIN the state….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2020
….Also, quickly check the number of envelopes versus the number of ballots. You may just find that there are many more ballots than there are envelopes. So simple, and so easy to do. Georgia Republicans are angry, all Republicans are angry. Get it done!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2020
It didn’t take long after Trump began chiding Kemp before his supporters, who have now called for the arrest of Attorney General William Barr for saying there was no evidence of voter fraud as well as Trump’s former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Chris Krebs, who issued a statement from the Department of Homeland Security saying that the 2020 elections was the “most secure” in history.
Who needs Democrats when you have Republicans like Brian Kemp and Doug Ducey?
— Dean Browning (@DeanBrowningPA) November 30, 2020
Trump’s attempts to thwart democracy are not over, and he’s likely to ride that particular conspiracy theory for some time. With 50 more days left in office, sane Americans are holding their breath until he’s gone.
Twitter was quick to comment on the Trump court loss. Read some of their comments below: