Autopen has existed since at least the 19th Century. They could have used that if they wanted to. The irregularities suggest more about his condition than about some grand conspiracy.
So the head of security with the campaign just said, “Oh, OK, sounds good.” Was Trump himself told about the refusal? The head of security for the campaign didn’t object to the security plan for Butler?
Sounds like it’s not just government agencies at fault here.
The only down moment last night was the Teamster thug spouting union propaganda. The Big Lie is that unions are pro-worker. They are for using political and physical force to distort the free market, to the economic disadvantage of non-union workers. Their work rules reduce productivity, which makes everybody poorer.
The existence of unions requires heavy handed government action to carve out an exemption to antitrust laws, making unions a legal conspiracy to restrain trade.
Acting against market concentrations of power is a separate matter and is ideal for Trump’s philosophy, but not with the mob.
If the polls begin to show big losses for house and Senate Dems, see updated version of 1864 National Union Party.
Dems can shift to a fusion ticket (away from a con-fusion ticket) with - take your pick - Whitmer-Romney, Newsom-Nikki, Shapiro-Cheney, etc. Can’t discount Kennedy sneaking in to VP spot, though anti-vax stance might be tricky to spin.
Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Never Trumpers could write big checks (legal and illegal) overnight to “save Democracy.”
Media honeymoon would carry through for four months.
Desperate people do desperate things. This move might give them a chance at controlling at least one house to anchor Resistance.
Does anyone think the Dems don’t have all the receipts on Joe’s corruption? Just a hint that some of those might get leaked would be enough to focus even Joe’s addled mind.
The private part of the struggle for power - where the Dems show the Bidens all those Commerce Dept Suspicious Banking Activity Reports should be sufficient to convince even Dr. Jill.
They are doing what they are told to keep the money flowing.
Bingo! And just wait 'til the polls show he's dragging down other Dems. Then he'll get the 2024 equivalent of Howard Baker going to the WH to tell Nixon it was game over.
Dems will have Plan 'B' ready to rock 'n roll with by Thursday.
Governor Lepetomane : Holy underwear! Sheriff murdered! Innocent women and children blown to bits! We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!