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Trump never conceded he lost, but his impeachment lawyer did
apnews.com ^ | February 9, 2021 | JESSICA GRESKO

Posted on 02/09/2021 10:13:33 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

One of the lawyers heading former President Donald Trump’s defense at his second impeachment trial did what Trump himself has not: conceded Joe Biden won the presidential election. —

In opening remarks Tuesday, lawyer Bruce Castor said: “The American people just spoke, and they just changed administrations.” He added that Americans are “smart enough to pick a new administration if they don’t like the old one, and they just did.”

The comments by Castor, a former county prosecutor in Pennsylvania, were a surprising contrast to Trump’s defiance. The former president repeatedly disputed the results of the election, falsely claiming he won in a “landslide.” And he kept up the baseless claims through the end of his presidency, including during a speech at a rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, which set in motion his trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection.

“We will stop the steal,” he said at the rally. “Today I will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election, and we won it by a landslide. This was not a close election.”

There was no widespread fraud in the election, as has been confirmed by election officials across the country and former Attorney General William Barr. Dozens of legal challenges to the election put forth by Trump and his allies were dismissed.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: concefssion; concession; cowardkeywordabuser; dissociatedpress; fakefreepers; fakeimpeachment; fakenews; ibtz; keywordrage; tds; trump; turncoatlawyers; zot; zotalready
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To: Fury

“President Trump knew what he was getting himself into when he ran for President. He knew that the media and Democrats would be be out for him.”

Maybe to some extent, but he had no idea it would be this bad. WHO in the world could have expected persecution 24/7 for almost five years? Several of the worst of them had been his friends for decades, and had taken thousands of dollars from him.


81 posted on 02/10/2021 7:03:25 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (They HAD to kill somebody for their plan to work. RIP Ashli.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Smokingsnowflake.


82 posted on 02/10/2021 7:54:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BlueHorseShoe
1: He was a good mayor
2: He was an effective but abusive prosecutor who pushed the boundaries of ethical behavior (plead guilty or I'll indict your family)
3: "He had no cases that were heard by the courts" - false. But regardless, a failure as a lawyer either way
4: Did you miss the 4 seasons fiasco? He has embarrassed the President and dragged him down. The critical moment for Pennsylvania bungled.


83 posted on 02/10/2021 7:55:23 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: hawkaw

deep state types often do not reveal themselves until opportune moments, as President Trump’s lawyer did. you may not know them ahead of time, unless the mistakenly out themselves. of course, there are also the weak kneed cowards who never fight and just follow... such as yourself. you’re not needed.

as for those that broke the law via election tampering... they’ll pay for it.

one such penalty comes from shredding ballots before the 22 month period has ended.


84 posted on 02/10/2021 7:56:39 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Chuckle.
How is Berlin these days then?
No more Soviet tanks?
85 posted on 02/10/2021 7:59:31 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

How are things in sore loser land?


86 posted on 02/10/2021 8:00:26 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Hostage
WTH is the matter with you?

Of course, I support President Trump.

He's been the greatest president of my lifetime.

He has, unfortunately, hired people that betrayed him. That's just a fact

I'm sure that he will be the first to tell you that he made mistakes in these hires.

Your rape analogy is offensive and disingenuous.

87 posted on 02/10/2021 8:19:33 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix/1984.)
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To: sten

Looks like Fulton County leads the nation in corrupt election officials


88 posted on 02/10/2021 8:54:03 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals; Bshaw; Hostage
Re: "I keep reminding Freepers, like yourself, that President Trump did not lose."

And, I keep reminding Freepers that Trump did NOTHING consequential to prevent voter fraud in GA, WI, MI, or PA, before it happened, and he did NOTHING consequential to prepare a legal response to voter fraud, after it happened.

Trump has always possessed the most important candidate skill - he understood how to win.

But, once in office, Trump was a politically helpless buffoon from his first day until his last.

He did not anticipate or parry even one Democrat or MSM attack for four consecutive years.

Trump did not throw even one consequential political counter punch for four consecutive years.

Incomprehensible.

89 posted on 02/10/2021 9:41:23 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Wayne07

Tell me which of Rudy’s cases were heard by a court?

I’ll wait for your answer. You must know.


90 posted on 02/10/2021 9:49:41 AM PST by BlueHorseShoe
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To: BlueHorseShoe
"Tell me which of Rudy’s cases were heard by a court? I’ll wait for your answer. You must know."

It's amazing you can act so confident, but be completely ignorant of the facts. Do yourself a favor and expose yourself to a few news sources outside the the garbage blog spam Free Republic is flooded with.

Rudy himself argued and lost the highest profile case, the big Pennsylvania lawsuit. It was a total embarrassing fiasco, with Trump's lawyers trying to withdraw, dropping most of the claims mid-process, and Giuliani making a failed argument himself.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057/gov.uscourts.pamd.127057.202.0_1.pdf

91 posted on 02/10/2021 10:27:26 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sniff sniff smells like ASS.Press.💩


92 posted on 02/10/2021 11:17:35 AM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Wayne07

That case was dismissed. No evidence was allowed to be shown.

Why do you attack me? I’m only discussing that you have your facts wrong. Didn’t you say Rudy has all these myriad cases he lost? You are the one who needs to bone up.

You have no knowledge of me, do you? Where I get my news from? Certainly not FR that is more than a habit as I’m a very long timer here. Many on this forum are vastly uninformed, it’s disappointing based on what FR used to be.

In addition, breaking stories are posted here days later so I know all about the effectiveness or lack thereof on FR.

Try listening to WarRoom and you’ll learn a lot. I read everything. I listen to many podcasts that feature the most informed experts and I think I’m pretty good in my knowledge base.

You on the other hand are not. Cheers though.


93 posted on 02/10/2021 11:24:24 AM PST by BlueHorseShoe
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To: BlueHorseShoe
That case was dismissed. No evidence was allowed to be shown.

Wrong, read the decision. Rudy presented evidence and the Judge didn't find it compelling. I gave you the link to the case, read it instead of listening to grifters who are profiting by lying to people like you.

Why do you attack me?

Because you are repeating falsehoods that hurt Trump and conservatives.

That case was dismissed.

What do you think that means? It wasn't thrown out for lack of standing like many cases. The judge took the case, heard the presentation from Giuliani, and dismissed it because it had no merit. That's called losing a case!! What did you think was going to happen? A jury trial? The judge either blocks the election results (WIN) or dismisses (LOSE). It was a loss.

94 posted on 02/10/2021 11:33:01 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: sten; Bshaw

Thanks!


95 posted on 02/10/2021 2:35:04 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: Wayne07

You’re really a nice guy aren’t you? Stop trying to attach things to me that aren’t true. Maybe you should rein in your obvious anger. I can’t even discuss a subject. I know your type. Sad!


96 posted on 02/10/2021 4:02:34 PM PST by BlueHorseShoe
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To: BlueHorseShoe

Man up, admit you were wrong and move on. I don’t need your whining, but you have a moral obligation to the truth.


97 posted on 02/10/2021 8:12:35 PM PST by Wayne07
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To: Wayne07

LOL. I don’t need to “man up” to do anything. I’m a woman and I’m just fine the way I am.

You said ... “... Giuliani is senile and lost every case in the election fight, ”...

What were the “every cases” in the election fight? You try answering Mr. SmartyPants.


98 posted on 02/10/2021 10:44:51 PM PST by BlueHorseShoe
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To: DesertRhino

The process of destroying good people in Trump’s Admin was a BIG WARNING SHOT ACROSS THE BOW, “don’t even think of joining Trump.”

The planned insurrection on Jan 6th was the FINAL SHOT “don’t even think of speaking freely or you will be destroyed, like Flynn.” This is the country Trump tried to turn around.

But the very size of the government monolith is the problem. It has been ending freedom by a 1000 cuts. DC is a totalitarian fiefdom unto itself now.


99 posted on 02/10/2021 11:12:10 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the gov out of medicine, education and forests!)
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To: BlueHorseShoe

Why don’t you list the cases he won, and list the states that he was able to flip to Trump? It will be a much shorter list for us to review.


100 posted on 02/11/2021 8:19:10 AM PST by Wayne07
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