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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House rebukes Trump's suggestion to suspend Constitution over 2020 election
TFG's demand that the US Constitution be suspended is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/03/trump-constitution-truth-social/
The White House issued a stern rebuke on Saturday after former president Donald Trump suggested suspending the Constitution in his ongoing crusade to discredit the results of the 2020 election.
Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, calling the Constitution a sacrosanct document.
You cannot only love America when you win, he added.
Trumps message on the Truth Social platform reiterated the baseless claims he has made since 2020 that the election was stolen. But he went further by suggesting that the country abandon one of its founding documents.....
The Democratic National Committee condemned his comments on Saturday, as did several other politicians.
Trumps words and actions are unacceptable, they stoke hatred and political violence, and they are dangerous, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote in a tweet.
Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, calling the Constitution a sacrosanct document.
You cannot only love America when you win, he added.
Trumps message on the Truth Social platform reiterated the baseless claims he has made since 2020 that the election was stolen. But he went further by suggesting that the country abandon one of its founding documents.....
The Democratic National Committee condemned his comments on Saturday, as did several other politicians.
Trumps words and actions are unacceptable, they stoke hatred and political violence, and they are dangerous, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote in a tweet.
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White House rebukes Trump's suggestion to suspend Constitution over 2020 election (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Dec 2022
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LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)1. Here is the statement from the White House spokesperson
brush
(53,471 posts)2. Didn't he call for the TERMINATION of the Constitution, not just...
its suspension? That's an even worse offense.
louis-t
(23,199 posts)3. Hmm, what do the "strict Constitutionalists" in the repug party
have to say about this? What about the Libertarian "strict Constitutionalists"?
GenXer47
(1,204 posts)4. he's calling for a coup, again!
You don't have to break glass and kill Capitol Police officers to have a coup.
I hope Jack Smith is taking notes!
lees1975
(3,719 posts)5. I expect the White House, at least its current occupant, to have total respect for the Constitution
and to rebuke any such public statement by anyone in politics.
Where are the Republicans? Their silence is speaking volumes and it's not a good thing.