Two-thirds of Republican voters still trust Donald Trump. His approval ratings have risen 10 points since January 6, when he encouraged an angry mob to storm Washington. And what’s more shocking is that a lot of information has emerged since that riot that Trump attempted to overturn Biden’s election, essentially dismantling the democratic system in the United States.
Although Trump’s legal responsibility for the insurgency is a subject of controversy, there are many established and unquestionable facts. The outgoing president called on Republican Michigan officials to de-certify the election results that handed Biden victory in that state by a margin of over 150,000 votes. He lobbied Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, telling him – in a recorded phone call – to “find 10,700 votes” to declare Trump the winner. In addition, he tried to force the Justice Department to announce an investigation that would serve as a pretext in several key states to cancel the election results.
After cashing in on two rejections, Trump found a mid-level official, Jeffrey Clark, willing to play along: Clark wrote a letter stating that in Georgia there were “serious concerns” about the election results. The plan failed only because in a long and tense meeting at the White House the minister and several of his deputies threatened to resign en masse.
We later learned that then Vice President Mike Pence was very close to agreeing not to validate Biden’s election. According to a new book by Bob Woodward (the Watergate reporter), Pence called former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice: Quayle replied that what he was being asked to do was clearly illegal.
Republicans reacted to these revelations unperturbed: the system worked, Trump failed, no problem. But trying to tamper with the elections is a very serious crime: planning a coup is treason. The fact that Trump has failed does not make his behavior any less criminal. Why is the former president not on trial? The answer must be sought in public opinion: the majority of Republican voters – against all evidence – believe that the 2020 elections have been stolen. Eight out of ten believe the political system is “against conservatives” and that “we may have to use force to save” the traditional American way of life. Seen in that light, betrayal becomes patriotism.
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Two-thirds of Republican voters still trust Donald Trump. His approval ratings have risen 10 points since January 6, when he encouraged an angry mob to storm Washington. And what’s more shocking is that a lot of information has emerged since that riot that Trump attempted to overturn Biden’s election, essentially dismantling the democratic system in the United States.
Although Trump’s legal responsibility for the insurgency is a subject of controversy, there are many established and unquestionable facts. The outgoing president called on Republican Michigan officials to de-certify the election results that handed Biden victory in that state by a margin of over 150,000 votes. He lobbied Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, telling him – in a recorded phone call – to “find 10,700 votes” to declare Trump the winner. In addition, he tried to force the Justice Department to announce an investigation that would serve as a pretext in several key states to cancel the election results.
After cashing in on two rejections, Trump found a mid-level official, Jeffrey Clark, willing to play along: Clark wrote a letter stating that in Georgia there were “serious concerns” about the election results. The plan failed only because in a long and tense meeting at the White House the minister and several of his deputies threatened to resign en masse.
We later learned that then Vice President Mike Pence was very close to agreeing not to validate Biden’s election. According to a new book by Bob Woodward (the Watergate reporter), Pence called former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice: Quayle replied that what he was being asked to do was clearly illegal.
Republicans reacted to these revelations unperturbed: the system worked, Trump failed, no problem. But trying to tamper with the elections is a very serious crime: planning a coup is treason. The fact that Trump has failed does not make his behavior any less criminal. Why is the former president not on trial? The answer must be sought in public opinion: the majority of Republican voters – against all evidence – believe that the 2020 elections have been stolen. Eight out of ten believe the political system is “against conservatives” and that “we may have to use force to save” the traditional American way of life. Seen in that light, betrayal becomes patriotism.
Continue reading in the weekly The Post Internazionale-TPI: click here.
Two-thirds of Republican voters still trust Donald Trump. His approval ratings have risen 10 points since January 6, when he encouraged an angry mob to storm Washington. And what’s more shocking is that a lot of information has emerged since that riot that Trump attempted to overturn Biden’s election, essentially dismantling the democratic system in the United States.
Although Trump’s legal responsibility for the insurgency is a subject of controversy, there are many established and unquestionable facts. The outgoing president called on Republican Michigan officials to de-certify the election results that handed Biden victory in that state by a margin of over 150,000 votes. He lobbied Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, telling him – in a recorded phone call – to “find 10,700 votes” to declare Trump the winner. In addition, he tried to force the Justice Department to announce an investigation that would serve as a pretext in several key states to cancel the election results.
After cashing in on two rejections, Trump found a mid-level official, Jeffrey Clark, willing to play along: Clark wrote a letter stating that in Georgia there were “serious concerns” about the election results. The plan failed only because in a long and tense meeting at the White House the minister and several of his deputies threatened to resign en masse.
We later learned that then Vice President Mike Pence was very close to agreeing not to validate Biden’s election. According to a new book by Bob Woodward (the Watergate reporter), Pence called former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice: Quayle replied that what he was being asked to do was clearly illegal.
Republicans reacted to these revelations unperturbed: the system worked, Trump failed, no problem. But trying to tamper with the elections is a very serious crime: planning a coup is treason. The fact that Trump has failed does not make his behavior any less criminal. Why is the former president not on trial? The answer must be sought in public opinion: the majority of Republican voters – against all evidence – believe that the 2020 elections have been stolen. Eight out of ten believe the political system is “against conservatives” and that “we may have to use force to save” the traditional American way of life. Seen in that light, betrayal becomes patriotism.
Continue reading in the weekly The Post Internazionale-TPI: click here.
Two-thirds of Republican voters still trust Donald Trump. His approval ratings have risen 10 points since January 6, when he encouraged an angry mob to storm Washington. And what’s more shocking is that a lot of information has emerged since that riot that Trump attempted to overturn Biden’s election, essentially dismantling the democratic system in the United States.
Although Trump’s legal responsibility for the insurgency is a subject of controversy, there are many established and unquestionable facts. The outgoing president called on Republican Michigan officials to de-certify the election results that handed Biden victory in that state by a margin of over 150,000 votes. He lobbied Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, telling him – in a recorded phone call – to “find 10,700 votes” to declare Trump the winner. In addition, he tried to force the Justice Department to announce an investigation that would serve as a pretext in several key states to cancel the election results.
After cashing in on two rejections, Trump found a mid-level official, Jeffrey Clark, willing to play along: Clark wrote a letter stating that in Georgia there were “serious concerns” about the election results. The plan failed only because in a long and tense meeting at the White House the minister and several of his deputies threatened to resign en masse.
We later learned that then Vice President Mike Pence was very close to agreeing not to validate Biden’s election. According to a new book by Bob Woodward (the Watergate reporter), Pence called former Vice President Dan Quayle for advice: Quayle replied that what he was being asked to do was clearly illegal.
Republicans reacted to these revelations unperturbed: the system worked, Trump failed, no problem. But trying to tamper with the elections is a very serious crime: planning a coup is treason. The fact that Trump has failed does not make his behavior any less criminal. Why is the former president not on trial? The answer must be sought in public opinion: the majority of Republican voters – against all evidence – believe that the 2020 elections have been stolen. Eight out of ten believe the political system is “against conservatives” and that “we may have to use force to save” the traditional American way of life. Seen in that light, betrayal becomes patriotism.
Continue reading in the weekly The Post Internazionale-TPI: click here.