2012 Election
Scumbag Trump Election Denial
After Barack Obama was declared the winner of the Electoral College while still trailing in the popular vote count early on election night 2012, Trump tweeted the election was a “total sham” because Obama “lost the popular vote by a lot and won the election,” adding “the electoral college is a disaster for a democracy” and “We can’t let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty.” Final election results showed Obama won the popular vote by nearly five million ballots. In the 2016 US presidential election, Trump won the electoral college but lost the popular vote by nearly three million ballots.
ABC News writer Terrence Smith described Trump’s statements as the first example showing a broader playbook of election denial.
Despite Trump’s comments, unsuccessful Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney accepted the results and conceded defeat. – Wikipedia: Election denial movement in the United States
2016 Election
During the 2016 Republican primaries, Trump alleged, without evidence, that his opponent Senator Ted Cruz stole the Iowa presidential caucuses after he had won them.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump asserted that the only way he could lose was if there was election fraud. Trump political advisor Roger Stone created a “Stop the Steal” organization in 2016 in the event Trump lost; it was revived after Trump’s loss in 2020.
Trump claimed, without evidence, that millions of undocumented migrants voted illegally for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, costing him the popular vote victory. As a result, Trump established an election integrity commission in May 2017, but the commission was disbanded several months later, with member Matthew Dunlap, the Maine secretary of state, writing to commission chair Mike Pence and vice chair Kris Kobach that, contrary to public statements by Trump and Kobach, the commission did not find “substantial” voter fraud. Dunlap alleged the true purpose of the commission was to create a pretext to pave the way for policy changes designed to undermine the right to vote. Critics said the commission’s intent was to disenfranchise or deter legal voters. Kobach, then the Kansas secretary of state, had a history of making false or unsubstantiated allegations of voting fraud to advocate for voting restrictions. The commission did not find a single instance of a non-citizen voting.
Democrats Accept Election Results
Concession by Hillary
Of Mr. Trump, Mrs. Clinton said she hoped that he would be “a successful president for all Americans,” and that she respected and cherished the peaceful transition of power. She told her supporters that they must accept that Mr. Trump would be president. “We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead,” she said. But she also acknowledged that the country was more divided than she had realized.
Obama on Trump: We are ‘all rooting for his success.’
• Mr. Obama said that he and former President George W. Bush had major differences eight years ago, but they managed a successful transition. He said he expected to do the same with Mr. Trump, while acknowledging that they have their differences, and he invited the president-elect to come to the White House on Thursday.
Trump’s First Impeachment
Mueller Report: Russian Interference in 2016 Presidential Election
The report states that Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was illegal and occurred “in sweeping and systematic fashion”, and was welcomed by the Trump campaign as it expected to benefit from such efforts. It also identified multiple links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies, about which several persons connected to the campaign made false statements and obstructed investigations. Mueller later stated that his investigation’s findings of Russian interference “deserves the attention of every American”.
Trump’s first impeachment took place after a formal House inquiry found that he had solicited foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. presidential election to help his re-election bid, and had then obstructed the inquiry itself by telling his administration officials to ignore subpoenas for documents and testimony. The inquiry reported that Trump withheld military aid[a] and an invitation to the White House from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in order to influence Ukraine to announce an investigation into Trump’s political opponent Joe Biden, and to promote a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine–not Russia–was behind interference in the 2016 presidential election. The inquiry stage of Trump’s impeachment lasted from September to November 2019 in the wake of an August whistleblower complaint alleging Trump’s abuse of power. – Wikipedia
Even before seeing the Mueller report, Barr had already decided not to charge Trump with obstruction of justice. To this end, upon receiving the report, he tasked the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) with writing an internal memo that would provide a pretextual justification for his decision. – Wikipedia
Trump–Ukraine scandal – 2019
Memorandum of the call between Trump and Zelenskyy released by the White House on September 25, 2019
Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Donald Trump in New York City on September 25, 2019
The Trump–Ukraine scandal revolved around efforts by former U.S. President Donald Trump to coerce Ukraine and other foreign countries into providing damaging narratives about 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary candidate Joe Biden, as well as information relating to the origins of previous political attacks against him, such as the claims investigated by Robert Mueller. Trump enlisted surrogates within and outside his official administration, including his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr, to pressure Ukraine and other foreign governments to cooperate in investigating conspiracy theories concerning American politics.[19][20][21][22][23] Trump blocked but later released payment of a congressionally mandated $400 million military aid package to allegedly obtain quid pro quo cooperation from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine. A number of contacts were established between the White House and the government of Ukraine, culminating in a phone call between Trump and Zelenskyy on July 25, 2019. Less than two hours later, on behalf of the President, senior executive budget official Michael Duffey discreetly instructed the Pentagon to continue withholding military aid to Ukraine.[25][26][27][e]
First impeachment of Donald Trump – from Wikipedia
It now appears that President Donald Trump was running an extortion campaign against Ukraine, as well as a complex cover-up to keep the public in the dark about his abuse of power. On July 18, 2019, the Trump administration withheld $250 million of military aid to Ukraine. Seven days later, Trump held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which he asked Zelensky to work with Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Here is a PDF of ‘White House memorandum of a telephone conversation between U.S. President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky, July 25, 2019 Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky
Read through Scumbag Trump’s attempt at extortion of Zelensky for political dirt regarding
2020 Election
2020 Election Results Denial
The Landscape of Election Denial in America
Deniers of the 2020 Election – October 2024
26 Election Deniers hold statewide office in 19 states
14 Election Deniers are currently on the ballot in statewide races
172 Election Deniers are sitting members of Congress.
180 Election Deniers are on the ballot for Congress in November in races
2020 Election Interference
18 states join Texas case seeking to overturn Biden’s win
Trump Fake Electors Plot
The Trump fake electors plot was a significant part of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election made by Donald Trump and his associates. After the results of the 2020 United States presidential election determined U.S. President Donald Trump had lost, a scheme was devised by him, his associates, and Republican Party officials in seven states to subvert the election by creating and submitting fraudulent certificates of ascertainment to falsely claim Trump had won the electoral college vote in those states. The intent of the scheme was to pass the fraudulent certificates to then-vice president Mike Pence in the hope he would count them, rather than the authentic certificates, and thus overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
Trump Indictments – Attempts to Overturn the 2020 Election & J6 Conduct
On August 1, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on four federal charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his conduct during the January 6 Capitol attack.
Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. ___, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court determined that presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presumptively extends to all of a president’s “official acts” – with absolute immunity for official acts within an exclusive presidential authority that Congress cannot regulate such as the pardon, command of the military, execution of laws, or control of the executive branch.
A year later, the Supreme Court decision on immunity directed Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine what parts of the indictment may proceed.
Smith issued a superseding indictment rewording the charges to exclude Trump’s attempts to pressure his Justice Department but did not drop any of the charges. – Wikipedia
January 6th 2021 Capitol Attack
When the United States Congress convened to certify the electoral votes of the presidential election, supporters of Trump crossed the Mall and stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to prevent the tabulation of votes and protest against Biden’s win. Trump supporters illegally entered the Capitol and gathered on its eastern and western sides, including on the inaugural platform constructed for Biden’s inauguration….
During the riots, Trump was “initially pleased” by the attack on the Capitol and took no action. In a speech hours into the event, Trump told the rioters “We love you. You’re very special,” restated his false claims of electoral fraud, and then asked them to go home. Hours later, Congress reconvened and ultimately certified the electoral votes in the early morning hours of January 7. Trump then released a statement asserting that there would be an “orderly transition” of power on Inauguration Day, even while continuing to claim falsely that the election was stolen from him and also stating that he would not attend Biden’s inauguration. – Wikipedia
January 6th 2021 Capitol Attack – Wikipedia
“The FBI estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people entered the Capitol Building on January 6, with some vandalizing and looting, including the offices of then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Congress members. Rioters also assaulted Capitol Police officers and reporters, and attempted to capture and harm lawmakers.
A gallows was erected west of the Capitol, with rioters chanting to “Hang Mike Pence” after he rejected requests, from Trump and others, to use authority they believed he had to overturn the election results.
With building security breached, Capitol Police evacuated and locked down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the Complex. Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor.
Pipe bombs were found at both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol.
Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob. Later that afternoon in a Twitter video, after most rioters had been cleared from the building, he restated false claims about the election and told his supporters to “go home in peace”. The Capitol was cleared of rioters by mid-evening, and the electoral vote count was resumed and completed by the early morning of January 7. Pence declared President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris victorious. Pressured by his cabinet, the threat of removal, and many resignations, Trump later conceded to an orderly transition of power in a televised statement.” – Wikipedia
Scroll down the page to see Scumbag Trump designate these seditionists ‘Hostages’, and Trump has promised to pardon those charged and convicted in connection with the attack.
Donald Trump calls Jan. 6 a “day of love.” Here are the Facts – clarifying that this was more than a riot, or an attack, The FBI calls the attack ‘an act of Domestic Terrorism’.
Sedition Hunters, assisting with bringing these criminal, pseudo-patriots to justice. Browse
Sedition Hunters Organization Sedition Hunters Organization
Take a look (click) at the acts of some of these folks. Many are not so bad behavior. Some are criminal, some guilty of sedition.
For example, #AARPropertyDamage, (top left picture on the Perp Sheet), Watch his actions. They are criminal.
Tucker Carlson might call this a weaponized DOJ arresting a Capitol tourist knocking on the door.
Scumbag Trump designates him a hostage.
Sedition Hunters on Twitter – Sediton Hunters – X
Sedition Hunters on YouTube – Sedition Hunters – YouTube
These YouTube videos show the many people who are seditionists.
Christian Nationalists Role Jan 6 Attack
A significant faction within the group that attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6 were Christian Nationalist.
Christian nationalism & the January 6 attack on the Capitol
Retired four-star General John Kelly, and one of Donald Trump’s White House chiefs of staff
“I think that the Cabinet should meet and have a discussion. I don’t think that it’ll happen, but I think the Cabinet should meet and discuss this because the behavior yesterday and in the weeks and months before that has just been outrageous from the President,” said Kelly, who has occasionally criticized Trump since leaving his post.
“What happened on Capitol Hill yesterday is a direct result of his poisoning the minds of people with the lies and the frauds,” he added.
Kelly, who has mostly maintained a low profile since leaving the White House, told Tapper that he was “horrified” by the violent scene.
“Just an unbelievable scene at the Capitol. Frankly, the President’s actions and words didn’t surprise me at all, but I was very, very surprised that those people would assault the people’s house, do the damage they did and embarrass us all,” he said, referring to the pro-Trump mob.
Second Impeachment of Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired.
After the vote on the acquittal, Mitch McConnell said, “There’s no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.” but he voted against conviction due to his interpretation of the United States Constitution. … , McConnell said that “the mob was fed lies” and that “they were provoked by the president.” While McConnell was also said to believe that an impeachment proceeding would make it easier for Republicans to purge Trump’s influence from the party, he nevertheless told fellow senators on January 13 that he had not yet decided whether he would vote to convict Trump and that he would listen to the arguments during the trial. Furthermore, McConnell was unwilling to convene the Senate early to hold the trial, entailing that Trump finished his presidential term. – Wikipedia And, enabling and providing support to the rationale that the Senate can not hold a trial of a private citizen. IMHO: Wikipedia’s Second Impeachment of Donald Trump is worth reading through. It provides an overview of the options to hold Trump accountable, as the GOP devolves into self-serving, cowardly, disgraceful party.
Justice might still be done, Trump might yet be held accountable
In August 2023, Trump was twice indicted for the conduct at issue in his impeachment, once in Georgia and once federally.
Trump Leaves Office Jan 20, 2021
United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
On May 19, 2021, in the aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, the House voted to form an independent bicameral commission to investigate the attack, House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack – Wikipedia
On January 6, 2021 the US Capitol was attacked. That attack warranted an investigation. The Select Committtee was a legitimate committee to do the investigation.
Republican National Committee – Response to Investigating J6 Insurrection
SALT LAKE CITY — In an extraordinary rebuke, the Republican National Committee on Friday voted to condemn Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), the two Republican members of a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
The censure resolution passed overwhelmingly on a voice vote without debate or discussion, with the whole process taking about one minute. The party said the behavior of Cheney and Kinzinger “has been destructive to the institution of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republican Party and our republic.”
The resolution accused the two of participating in a “Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse” as the committee investigates the insurrection in which a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building, injured 140 members of law enforcement and vandalized the Capitol to stop the affirmation of Joe Biden’s electoral college win. The attack led to the deaths of five people. – Washington Post Feb 4, 2022
Investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol was not ‘participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens participating in legitimate political discourse.’
Violently storming the US Capitol, threatening the Vice President’s life, and using violence to attempt to prevent the certification of the vote, is NOT ‘legitimate political discourse.’
Rescripting J6 Events
Link to: Washington Post – Trumpers Rewrite J6 Capitol Riots
“The share of Republicans who said the Jan. 6 protesters who entered the Capitol were “mostly violent” dipped to 18 percent from 26 percent in December 2021, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. More than half of independents and about three-quarters of Democrats, on the other hand, believe the protesters were “mostly violent,” numbers that have remained largely unchanged over time, the poll found.
The percentage of Republicans who hold Trump responsible for the attack dropped from 27 percent to 14 percent, compared with 56 percent of independents and 86 percent of Democrats. More than a third of Republicans said they believe the FBI definitely or probably organized and encouraged the attack — a conclusion contradicted by an extensive congressional investigation and more than 725 completed federal prosecutions.”
Kevin McCarthy Gives Exclusive Access to J6 Security Videos to Tucker Carlson
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (link) granted Carlson access to more than 40,000 hours of the Capitol security footage from January 6. CNN and other news organizations have also requested access to the security footage. McCarthy’s office said it is still working out the process to make the footage “more widely available” …The highly unusual move – a House speaker handing over a massive trove of internal government materials to a friendly media outlet.
So, what does Carlson do with the footage? Releases saying it depicts a peaceful gathering AND, search them for FBI agents at the J6 riots.
Tucker Carlson, with video provided by Speaker McCarthy, falsely depicts Jan. 6 riot as a peaceful gathering
NBC News March 6, 2023
“Carlson focused Monday’s segment on promoting former President Donald Trump’s narrative by showing video of his supporters walking calmly around the U.S. Capitol. He asserted that other media accounts lied about the attack, proclaiming that while there were some bad apples, most of the rioters were peaceful and calling them “sightseers,” not “insurrectionists.”
“The footage does not show an insurrection or a riot in progress,” Carlson told his audience Monday. “Instead it shows police escorting people through the building, including the now-infamous ‘QAnon Shaman.’”
He continued: “More than 44,000 hours of surveillance footage from in and around the Capitol have been withheld from the public, and once you see the video, you’ll understand why. Taken as a whole, the video does not support the claim that Jan. 6 was an insurrection. In fact, it demolishes that claim.”
Tucker Carlson falsely claimed the riots and insurrection at the Capitol were peaceful. The pictures at the top of this page and within the Getty Images collection clearly show breaking into and smashing up the US Capitol. There was a riot and an insurrection on January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol. Link to Getty Images Discussion to browse J6 pictures.
Scumbag Trump rescripting the J6 2021 criminals and seditionists as ‘hostages’.
Video that Carlson didn’t air shows police and rioters engaged in hours of violent combat. Nearly 1,000 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol attack. About 140 officers were assaulted that day, and about 326 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees, including 106 assaults that happened with deadly or dangerous weapons. About 60 people pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement. Two pipe bombs were also planted nearby but were not detonated.”
George Orwell “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
Trump Dis-Endorsements 2020
Trump has many dis-endorsements.
END OUR NATIONAL CRISIS, The Case Against Donald Trump
End Our National Crisis The Case Against Donald Trump By The Editorial Board
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign poses the greatest threat to American democracy since World War II.
Mr. Trump’s ruinous tenure already has gravely damaged the United States at home and around the world. He has abused the power of his office and denied the legitimacy of his political opponents, shattering the norms that have bound the nation together for generations. He has subsumed the public interest to the profitability of his business and political interests. He has shown a breathtaking disregard for the lives and liberties of Americans. He is a man unworthy of the office he holds. – NY Times
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
Scientific American Endorses Joe Biden
“Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly.
The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September. He has also attacked environmental protections, medical care, and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges. … “
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum The Editors of The New England Journal of Medicine
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum Editors NEJM
Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy.
The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering,1 the United States leads the world in Covid-19 cases and in deaths due to the disease, far exceeding the numbers in much larger countries, such as China. The death rate in this country is more than double that of Canada, exceeds that of Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50, and even dwarfs the rates in lower-middle-income countries, such as Vietnam, by a factor of almost 2000. Covid-19 is an overwhelming challenge, and many factors contribute to its severity. But the one we can control is how we behave. And in the United States we have consistently behaved poorly.
List of Republicans who oppose the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign – Wikipedia
Trump has a significant list of Republicans who crossed party lines to not support Trump.