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Rachel Maddow rounds up the new information about Donald Trump's fake elector scheme to overturn his 2020 election loss revealed in the fourth January 6th hearing. Aired on 06/21/2022.
captain queeg
(10,185 posts)To benefit him. He employed sketchy lawyers to try to find loopholes. Its not like the slobfather had any idea how elections work, but when someone told him there were ways to subvert, he immediately paid attention. Its not like anything hes done before. Oh wait, thats always been his MO. He could never run a profitable business playing by the rules. Hes always tried to take advantage of any loopholes.
Rhiannon12866
(205,277 posts)He may have taken an oath, but it meant noting to him since he had no idea what it even meant. He has no idea of history, laws or norms, he figured he's "in charge," like he was in his family business, and could do what he wanted - and everyone else had to follow his orders.
Plus, he had no interest in the job, nor did he care about how his attitude could affect the country. He'd failed in all his previous money making schemes, so figured he'd run for office to collect campaign contributions. It was just a fluke that he found himself as POTUS, he was not chosen by the American people, but he found he liked the power of the office, let alone the additional opportunity to grift, and wasn't willing to give that up. And, unbelievably, he's still holding "campaign rallies..."
captain queeg
(10,185 posts)Also hes been shielded from getting charged for his crimes. Not that he thinks hes done anything wrong, but he realizes that lots of other people think he has.
Rhiannon12866
(205,277 posts)Anytime he got in a jam in life, his wealthy father stepped in to bail him out, so he never learned a thing. And he never had to earn a living, he was VP in his father's successful company and was paid accordingly, but there were other employees to actually do the job. And he went through all his father's money, actually tried to disinherit his siblings until his mother caught wind of it. What a guy!