The Donald Trump Score Card

When Trump's public schedule was blank after the 2020 election, the White House issued an empty statement saying that Trump would be making many calls and meeting with many people to work tirelessly for the American people.

 

GOP always leaves out important words...

 

How many of these Ohioans did Gym Jordan bankroll?

 

Kildee is a U.S. House member from Michigan.

He was in the House chamber when Ashli Babbitt was shot. After the shot, he can be heard on a cell phone recording saying, "The fuck?" Someone in the chamber told members to remove their badges.

Article from January 2021.


“This Is the Ultimate Breach of Faith With Our Democracy”

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"I didn’t realize until I was walking over after midnight for that CNN interview exactly how extensive it all was. We were in the middle of this, [so] we weren’t able to see any of the reporting. … Smashed furniture, every window broken, trash strewn everywhere, graffiti, and bottles and cans and wrappers that would be only attributable to many, many hundreds of people, if not thousands, occupying that space for some number of hours.

There are a couple of aspects of this for which accountability is going to be required. No. 1 is to hold the people who did it, who were there, criminally liable and use the fullest extent of the justice system to bring them to justice. Second, a very serious review of the failure of the security mechanisms of the U.S. Capitol, which clearly failed and were not prepared for this.

And then there’s another level of accountability that I can’t ignore, and that is the accountability for so-called political leaders, elected officials, colleagues of mine, who have fanned the flames of this, benefited and warmed themselves by the heat of that flame for months and months and months. And now that the fire has burned out of control, [they] are doing all sorts of mental gymnastics to try to separate themselves from responsibility, for a fire that they fueled and now has nearly burnt down our democracy."

 

Ordinary tourist day.

 

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee says Capitol riot gave him PTSD

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"A congressman says he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in the aftermath of the US Capitol riot — and that video of the siege triggered an “emotional, physical reaction” within him months later.

Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee, a Democrat who was in the House chamber as rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, took footage of gun-toting officers as they responded to the chaos. He then removed his congressional pin as someone warned it might identify him as a lawmaker.

But the impact of what the rep saw didn’t fully hit him until later, Kildee told NBC News on Sunday.

“I went home, I thought I was fine,” Kildee recalled. “It was after I got home and I started looking at some of the video from the event. I thought it was a few dozen people – it was hundreds and hundreds of people, violent people. And that triggered an emotional and physical reaction.”"

 

The fact that Graham is bothering to warn Trump about the insurrection hurting him shows how much he wants Trump to become president again or, at the very least, be instrumental to the GOP.

He shouldn't even care about Trump's reputation.

 

In contrast to Graham, McConnell seems to have detached himself from Trump. McConnell hasn't been making pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago.


All The Prominent Republicans And Candidates Who Have Visited Mar-A-Lago Since Trump Left Office

 

Nothing can improve trump’s reputation, and I’m not sure that he cares.

 

Trump was in charge of the DC National Guard and didn't need to ask permission to use it. He had the quickest available response at his disposal to quell his insurrecition.

He chose to not activate the DC National Guard which left the matter to the governors of VA and MD to activate their own guard which was delayed by issues of obtaining permission to use them in DC.


Insurrection Act: Could Trump invoke? What is martial law?

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"Hoffmeister and Banks said, however, there was no need for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act on Jan. 6. given the federal government's control of the district's National Guard and federal law enforcement. Invoking the Act would have further allowed Trump to send active-duty military to the district when he already in effect had control over its National Guard and federal police.

"They had more than enough forces to stop that, but they have to call them up," Hoffmeister said.

Additionally, nearby governors and the district's Mayor Muriel Bowser sought more National Guard support that was slowed by the federal government's response."

 

Insurrection Act: Could Trump invoke? What is martial law?

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"As Hoffmeister put it, usually someone was "just sitting back and watching," but on Jan. 6, "It was the president who was sitting back and watching."

"What's so dramatically different now of course is that the person who would decide to utilize the Insurrection Act is the very guy who is precipitating the violence," Banks added."

 

Figure it's Graham once again just looking to cover his political bases. It might not be that he wants Trump to be president again as it is that he wants to position himself on Trump's good side should the electorate be stupid enough to vote him back into office.

Makes me think of Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell before the 2016 election. Both leaders of Congress came out strongly against Trump before and during the primaries, figuring there was no way the fool would actually win the presidency. When Trump did win, the two of them were stuck with their remarks and were on Trump's bad side from the very beginning.

Plus, Graham sees that the GOP will fall in line behind Trump whether he's POTUS or not. Consequently, Lindsey finds it better to flatter the moron and make it seem as if he's forever in Trump's corner. That way, he's covered (he figures).

 

'He’s a dictator': Florida mayors complain Ron DeSantis won't take their phone calls during pandemic
Travis Gettys
August 15, 2021

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-dictator/\

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"Florida mayors are growing increasingly exasperated by Gov. Ron DeSantis gathering "dictator" powers and refusing to take their phone calls.

Local officials across the state -- including some Republicans -- expressed frustration with the governor's moves to prevent them from taking action against the coronavirus pandemic, and Hialeah's mayor condemned DeSantis for blocking him from imposing a mask mandate in his heavily Republican community, reported the Washington Post.

"He's a dictator," said Mayor Carlos Hernandez, a Republican. "It's a shame because we're paying the price."

A spokeswoman for the governor called the mayor's comments "ridiculous," adding that DeSantis had a right to use "executive power" if "local officials overstep and infringe on individual rights."

"Since when do dictators prioritize individual rights over the unchecked expansion of government power?" said DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw, who pointed to reports that Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser had not abided by her own mask mandate. "That is truly dictatorial behavior. Rules for thee, but not for me."

Florida legislators had been taking away authority from local government well before DeSantis took office in 2019, with many bills originating with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and that loss of control has infuriated some mayors."

 

Graham told Biden attacks on Hunter didn't satisfy Trump supporters: report

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"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reportedly called President Biden after the 2020 election in an attempt to revive their long-standing friendship by saying his attacks on the president's son Hunter Biden had done little to appease Trump voters.

The New York Times reported that Graham reached out to President Biden in mid-November, while the senator was also publicly supporting former President Trump's attacks on the results of the election. The Times cited three people familiar with the conversation who said Graham told President Biden that targeting Hunter Biden hadn't appealed to many Trump voters in his home state.

Last year, Graham called for a special counsel to be named to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and China, calling it a "good idea" to look into whether "any crimes were committed.""

 

It appears that Trump's grip on the Republican Party is slipping and Lindsey Graham is well aware of it. This could be a careful attempt at distancing himself from Trump in case it all goes down the tubes, which it is apparently doing. At that point Graham could say, "I warned him but he wouldn't listen." And then Graham will run for President again. Huh? WTF?!

 

Methinks republicans are starting to realize, the lawsuits are still coming, and the democrats are going to drive the republican party into bankruptcy. Sorry Donald Duck, but there are only so many complete idiots in the country who have money to throw at con artists.

 

During an interview with Fox this weekend, Trump continued to skirt the issue of the violence of his insurrectionists at the Capitol. Shortly after the riot, Trump claimed they posed no threat and called them patriots. He hasn't wavered on that stance.

Graham might have been hoping that over time Trump would partly un-tarnish himself and the GOP by admitting that some of his protesters were violent, but such a move is nearly impossible for Trump. He has entrenched himself further in defending the riot that he pathologically perceives as peaceful.

Previously quiet about Babbitt, Trump has moved increasingly to defend his rioters by jumping on the "Babbitt is a martyr' bandwagon. He has spoken with the husband and mother of Babbitt and has made what sounds like a veiled threat against the Capitol police officer who shot her.

Graham can't un-tarnish himself either while continuing with his pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago to visit Trump while making it sound like he's concerned that Trump's image has been tarnished.

 

All-Republican Texas Supreme Court upholds Abbott's ban on mask mandates.


Texas Supreme Court blocks new mask orders in Dallas, Bexar Co | wfaa.com

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"Paxton then announced he would be taking the fight to the Texas Supreme Court, where all justices are Republican.

In a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Texas Supreme Court, Paxton’s office said the Texas Disaster Act of 1975 gives the governor power to act as the “‘commander in chief’ of the state’s response to a disaster. Attorneys representing cities and counties that have sued Abbott over his executive order have argued that his orders should not supersede local orders.

Sunday's decision comes a day before most of the Dallas County region heads back to school.

It will block Jenkins' mask mandate until the judge's temporary injunction hearing is complete or comes to a decision.

The same goes for Bexar County.

Jenkins responded Sunday afternoon saying he won't stop working to protect residents within the county."