There is no legitimate evidence of systematic election fraud in the recently concluded presidential race, but outgoing President Donald Trump adamantly refuses to let go of his claims to the contrary. On Twitter this Sunday, days before Congress is scheduled to certify the electoral college outcome, Trump insisted that “Swing States did not even come close to following the dictates of their State Legislatures,” adding that “[These] States “election laws” were made up by local judges & politicians, not by their Legislatures, & are therefore, before even getting to irregularities & fraud, UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” In fact, the Constitution does not prohibit authorities other than formal legislative bodies from being involved in crafting election rules, a coalition of state Attorney Generals have explained.
In a feat of bizarrely ignorant ranting, alongside his above comments, Trump tagged the Twitter accounts for a number of leaders like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), behaving as if he’s merely some concerned private citizen rather than the president of the United States. Why does he insist on repeatedly tagging the Twitter accounts of leaders to whom he wants to relay a message? Why doesn’t he just… call them up? His bizarre tagging habits seem to aptly represent the ignorant ineptitude of the Trump presidency.
….@SenTedCruz @HawleyMO @Jim_Jordan @senatemajldr @GOPLeader & THE WORLD!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
On Sunday, Trump also insisted — beyond the issue of the supposedly unconstitutional state election rules — that enough votes are in question to potentially swing the election to his side, which is not remotely correct. Every single state has certified its presidential election results, and no court or otherwise credible government authority has legitimately confirmed Trump’s systematic fraud allegations anywhere in the country. Top Trump ally Rudy Giuliani has failed to even map out a comprehensive idea of how the imaginary fraud took place. Who was in charge? Barack Obama? Hillary Clinton? Where are the thousands of people whose cooperation would have been needed to carry out the alleged nationwide scheme?
Trump tweeted as follows:
‘Sorry, but the number of votes in the Swing States that we are talking about is VERY LARGE and totally OUTCOME DETERMINATIVE! Only the Democrats and some RINO’S would dare dispute this – even though they know it is true!’
Sorry, but the number of votes in the Swing States that we are talking about is VERY LARGE and totally OUTCOME DETERMINATIVE! Only the Democrats and some RINO’S would dare dispute this – even though they know it is true!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 3, 2021
Check out Twitter’s response to Trump below:
