MORE BASELESS LITIGATION AND FRUITLESS LEGISLATIVE SHENANIGANS
So far today, a federal court in Georgia and another federal court in Michigan totally rejected Trump’s efforts to throw out the election results in their states. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/judge-dismisses-sidney-powell-lawsuit-challenging-trump-georgia-loss.html and https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/07/michigan-judge-rejects-lawsuit-from-disavowed-trump-attorney/3855194001/
The legislature in Arizona has adjourned for the week after the House Speaker said the state legislature would not overturn the voters’ decision. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-state-house-speaker-will-not-entertain-calls-to-overturn-arizona-election-results-in-favor-of-trump and https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/12/04/arizona-republican-speaker-house-rejects-calls-overturn-election-rusty-bowers/3830827001/
The Georgia Secretary of State reported Biden prevailed once again on the state’s third recount. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/529028-georgia-secretary-of-state-says-he-will-recertify-election-results-after Georgia’s Governor said he would not call a special session to overturn the decision of the state’s voters. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-kemp-rejects-replacing-electors-170bb01fa21622846e6746d4db61a6e1
Meanwhile, Georgia GOP Senator David Perdue didn’t show up for his scheduled election debate with Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff. And Georgia GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler spent her debate time denying Trump lost the election and calling her Democratic opponent Reverend Warnoff a radical liberal. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-senate-kelly-loeffler-raphael-warnock-debate-recap/ She’s in a tough predicament since over 80% of Trump supporters think he won while every election count shows he lost, including three separate counts in Georgia alone. Both GOP Senators sold lots of their stock holdings shortly after they were briefed by federal officials on the expected Covid 19 pandemic. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/david-perdue-stock-trades.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/kelly-loeffler-coronavirus-stock-trades.html Trump spent his weekend visit to support Senators Loeffler and Perdue in Georgia claiming the Presidential election was rigged and blaming Georgia’s Governor and Secretary of State for his loss in Georgia and their failure to overturn the will of the state’s voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/trump-georgia-runoff.html
Given a choice, I far prefer these frivolous Giuliani/Trump lawsuits and legislative shenanigans to the armed Trumpistas surrounding the home of the Michigan Secretary of State in the middle of the night. https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/12/07/armed-trump-supporters-swarmed-michigan-secretary-of-states-house-at-night One has to wonder why the House and Senate GOP leadership is so tongue-tied at Trump’s behavior.
Lucien Wulsin
12/7/20