Trump's latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can't ignore it.

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Noah Bookbinder
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President Trump, by pushing bogus theories of election fraud and attacking democratic institutions, has greatly weakened the people's faith in our system. If prominent supporters don't disavow these attacks, the democracy may not survive the next round.

Opinion | Trump’s latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can’t ignore it.
The Republican dodge on Trump’s lies has run its course.
washingtonpost.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-republican-dodge-on-trumps-lies-has-run-its-course/2020/11/30/0a0030c4-3354-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S Sunday Fox News rant ranks as one of the most dangerous of his presidency, and that is saying something. Mr. Trump issued claim after incoherent claim about vote rigging — machines switched thousands of votes, dead people voted, mail-in ballots were “phony,” poll watchers “weren’t allowed.” The United States just conducted probably the most secure, transparent presidential vote in its history; Mr. Trump calls it “the most messed-up election we have ever seen.” Proving there is no core national institution he will not besmirch, Mr. Trump attacked the judicial system for failing to ratify his lies and suggested that the Justice Department and the FBI are in on the conspiracy.

Either the president is delusional, or he is willing to knowingly tear down the democracy to deny that he is a loser. Either way, everyone else in a position of trust has a responsibility to defend the nation’s democratic system against Mr. Trump’s sustained assault. Some Republicans, mostly at the state and local levels, have done so, at times under extreme public scrutiny, counting the votes and refusing to manipulate the electoral process to overturn the popular will. For conscientiously overseeing the vote in his state — and standing up for its integrity against baseless attacks from Mr. Trump and the state’s two U.S. senators — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his family have received threats. He and other election officials have had to accept security details.

“It’s time to stand up and be counted,” Mr. Raffensperger said. “Are you going to stand for integrity? Or are you going to stand for the wild mob? You wanted to condemn the wild mob when it’s on the left side. What are you going to do when it’s on our side?”

The response of most national Republican “leaders” has been to sit on the sidelines, or worse. Three weeks after the major networks called the race for President-elect Joe Biden, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) refused Sunday to refer to Mr. Biden as president-elect, arguing that the label is not “significant.” He managed to admit that the election was not “rigged,” but he also claimed that “there may have been ballots that shouldn’t have been cast” in Georgia and that “there were some things that were done that shouldn’t have been done. And I think there was some element of voter fraud.”

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[Firestorm49]

1. I'll look forward to them disavowing him.........(never going to happen).

When will we realize that times have changed, not for the better, but for a long foreseeable future. We’re going to have to deal with this mess for a long time, and Republicans have made their case.

[malaise]

2. Most ReTHUGs actually love the idea of a one party state

as long as it is ReTHUGs. Dems better understand that quickly and have the relevant agencies enforce the laws regarding sedition. .

[Mike 03]

3. This is so dangerous.

I'm recommending everyone who hasn't watched it yet watch this PBS series "Rise of the Nazis" and just count the parallels. It's a remarkable series.

https://www.pbs.org/video/episode-1-politics-6y6ygy/

There are only a few days left to watch the first episode. It's bone chilling.

[malaise]

4. Killa Con has promised that lots will happen between now and Jan 20 but

he is already a major LOSER. I think this attempted coup has failed but there will be other attempts if no one is penalized..

[central scrutinizer]

5. Tearing down democracy is a feature, not a bug