Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lambasted Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for not doing more to help him stay in office as he continued to peddle the “big lie” that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
“As our country is being destroyed, both inside and out, the Presidential Election of 2020 will go down as THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY!” Trump claimed in his first statement.
He followed up with a second rant claiming: “The polls were a joke. I won States in a landslide that I was predicted to lose days before the election. Other states had me purposely so far down that it would force people, even fans, to say “Let’s stay home Darling. We love our President, but he can’t win.” … It’s called SUPPRESSION POLLING and it should be illegal.”
“The 2020 Presidential Election was, by far, the greatest Election Fraud in the history,” Trump added before turning his anger at Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell:
“Had Mike Pence had the courage to send the Electoral College vote back to the states for recertification, and had Mitch McConnell fought for us instead of being the weak and pathetic leader he is, we would right now have a Republican President who would be VETOING the horrific Socialistic Bills that are rapidly going through Congress, including Open Borders, High Taxes, Massive Regulations, and so much else!”
Judges aren’t making detention decisions based on Trump’s rhetoric alone, but it certainly doesn’t help! More background in this great @ZoeTillman piece. https://t.co/mK9hcA9doi pic.twitter.com/7v3tvmFxkr
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 15, 2021
Trump doesn’t have to actually put any skin in the game when he dashes off rants calling 2020 the "greatest Election Fraud in the history of our Country," but in additional to increasing the threat of another attack, he’s damaging the defenses of people who actually believed him. pic.twitter.com/TyyQlwWTdm
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 15, 2021
Yup. Trump is, once again, walking people to the edge. Don’t be surprised when some of the people who actually believe Trump’s “big lie” start resorting to violence to express their baseless grievance.
