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When Trump Promises to Be a Tyrant, Take Him at His Word. American patriots do not recommend the suspension of the United States Constitution.
National Review ^ | December 5, 2022 | Charles Cooke

Posted on 12/05/2022 1:17:32 PM PST by karpov

Once again, Donald Trump has proposed dismantling the United States Constitution. “Do you throw the Presidential Election Results of 2020 OUT and declare the RIGHTFUL WINNER, or do you have a NEW ELECTION?” Trump asked on TruthSocial Saturday. “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”

The answer to Trump’s question is “neither.” The response to his declaration is, “No, it does not.” The conclusion one must draw is that the 45th president of the United States has lost whatever was left of his mind.

That Trump probably cannot achieve his stated aims here remains spectacularly beside the point. During the closing days of the 2020 election, I wrote repeatedly about the seriousness of Joe Biden’s refusal to reject his party’s growing demand to “pack” — i.e. destroy — the United States Supreme Court. Not once did I receive an email from a Trump voter telling me that my alarm was misplaced on the grounds that, in all likelihood, Biden would not have the votes to do it. Back then — and rightly so — the mere fact that Biden was entertaining the idea was deemed instructive: “When people tell you what they want to do with power,” my correspondents invariably opined, “you should believe them. Joe Biden cannot be trusted with power.”

Well, so it is with Donald Trump once again. When Trump declared his 2024 candidacy last month, he implicitly asked us to judge him and his plans for the country, and, eventually, to compare those plans to those that are on offer from other hopefuls. And so we must — including when he talks about the election of 2020.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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To: karpov

Blow it out your left ear. He didn’t say what you are implying. Please keep on defending Mizz Clintoon and showing who you really are.


121 posted on 12/06/2022 3:45:04 AM PST by dforest (What are we sittin' around for? )
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To: teeman8r

teeman8r wrote: “I quoted the section... you deny it is there... but it is.”

teeman8r wrote: “things not enumerated in this Constitution shall be reserved for the people and the states.”

No, that does not state that “fraud negates constitutional certification.”


122 posted on 12/06/2022 4:45:37 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: DugwayDuke

is Election Fraud mentioned in the Constitution?

is it?

then it is reserved to the States and to the people.

is it a Constitutional Crisis? Yes.

one cannot hide behind the constitution after committing fraud.


123 posted on 12/06/2022 8:41:07 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: teeman8r

teeman8r wrote: “is Election Fraud mentioned in the Constitution?”

No, it isn’t but the method of selecting a President certainly is. Now explain the mechanism for changing the outcome of the 2020 election that is in the Constitution. If your method isn’t there, then you’re fostering on overthrow of the Constitution and a rebellion.


124 posted on 12/06/2022 8:52:21 AM PST by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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To: DugwayDuke

if it is shown that state election laws were violated, and resulted in an illegitimate outcome, or the sitting of illegitimate electors, i see grounds for restitution.


125 posted on 12/06/2022 6:16:31 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: karpov

“Allows for the termination” and “recommend the suspension of” are two different things. More media misleading headlines.


126 posted on 12/06/2022 8:55:54 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Brilliant

He did not call for suspension of the constitution. He called for termination of the rules, regulations and articles found in the Constitution. Termination, not suspension.


127 posted on 12/06/2022 9:09:43 PM PST by Kathy in OC
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