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Republican senator says voting rights bill meant to ensure fair elections was ‘written in hell by the devil’ Chris Riotta Wed, March 10, 2021, 10:23 AM (Fox News) Republican Senator Mike Lee blasted a voting rights bill that seeks to reshape the nation’s electoral system by expanding automatic voter registration and restricting partisan gerrymandering as legislation “written in hell by the devil himself”. Speaking with Fox News’ conservative morning show, the Utah lawmaker said he disagreed “with every single word” in the For the People Act, also known as HR1, introduced in 2019 after Democrats took control of the House. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had previously blocked the bill from receiving a vote under the Republican-controlled Senate, until Democrats won a majority in 2020. “Everything about this bill is rotten to the core,” Mr Lee said. “This is a bill as if written in hell by the devil himself.” Republicans have lambasted the historic proposal after it passed in the House earlier this month and advanced to the Senate, where Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote. But Democrats have said the bill would guarantee free and fair elections by requiring states to offer same-day voter registration, as well as hold early voting for at least 15 days and create automatic voter registration for all eligible Americans. Mr Lee, who stirred controversy last year on Twitter when he suggested that “Democracy isn’t the objective” in the US, claimed the bill “takes all sorts of decisions that the federal government really has no business making” away from the states. However, asked to elaborate on whether he was against specific components of the bill, Mr Lee appeared less clear in his conviction. When a Fox News host asked him about automatic voter registration and added, “We want everyone to vote, right? What’s wrong with that?” the senator agreed: “We want everyone to vote.” He then argued that “it’s up to each and every state to decide how to register voters” and effectively suggested the bill was the Democratic Party’s way of “micromanaging” from Washington DC. Still, many voting rights and constitutional experts have said the For the People Act was a critical step towards achieving equal voting rights in the US, while providing additional election security and critical ways to modernise the US electoral system, including voter verified paper ballot provisions, campaign finance reforms and new ethics laws. Republicans in the Senate can block the bill through a filibuster, and it remains unclear whether Democrats will be able to recruit at least 10 Republicans required to block such a move. https://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-says-voting-rights-152309939.html GO RV, then BV -
Oath Keeper seen with Roger Stone is arrested, reports say Justin Vallejo Mon, March 8, 2021, 4:55 PM Roger Stone, exasesor y confidente del presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, deja el Tribunal de Distrito Federal para el Distrito de Columbia después de ser sentenciado el 20 de febrero de 2020 en Washington, DC. (Getty Images) A member of the Oath Keepers militia group seen flanking Roger Stone on the morning of the 6 January Capitol riot has been arrested, according to ABC News. Quoting an anonymous law enforcement official, the outlet said Roberto Minuta, of New York, would appear in court on Monday after he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on the weekend. Mr Minuta was first seen on video with Mr Stone, a Donald Trump adviser and pardon recipient, in Washington DC just hours before the Capitol was breached by rioters. In the video, posted by ABC News, Mr Stone is talking to a woman as men wearing Oath Keeper insignia stand in the background. In a comment to ABC, Mr Stone said: "I had no advance knowledge of the riot at the Capitol. I could not even tell you the names of those who volunteered to provide security for me, required because of the many threats against me and my family." The Oath Keepers reportedly provided security for Stone while in Washington DC, although ABC does not suggest the men seen in the video were part of the mob that stormed the Capitol building. At least five people associated with the Oath Keepers have been arrested on charges related to events at the Capitol, with three charged with conspiracy. Mr Minuta, a 36-year-old tattoo artist, was arrested at a business in the Newburgh area of New York on Sunday, according to NBC News 4 New York. Another man, 32-year-old Isaac Sturgeon, of Montana, was arrested in New York at JFK Airport after returning from Kenya on Saturday, the outlet reported. He allegedly flew to Kenya on 24 January after his photo was added to the FBI's wanted page, but was ordered deported by Kenyan officials, according to court documents cited by the outlet. Quoting law enforcement officials, Mr Sturgeon was allegedly seen on bodycam footage shoving barricades at police. He was expected to appear in Brooklyn federal court on Monday. https://news.yahoo.com/oath-keeper-seen-roger-stone-215528661.html GO RV, then BV
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has mic muted at CPAC for spouting vaccine and election conspiracies Namita Singh Mon, March 1, 2021, 4:42 AM File Image: In this 30 March 2020 photo, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington (Associated Press) More MyPillow’s outspoken Trump-supporting chief executive was censored during an interview at CPAC – an event branded “America Uncanceled” – after he launched into conspiracy theories linking the coronavirus vaccine with the devil. Mike Lindell was speaking on Sunday to Liz Willis, the host of conservative YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN), when he delivered a somewhat meandering set of conspiracy theories relating to the pandemic, the presidential election and Israel. “In Israel right now, from the prime minister on down, we don’t know what happened, but obviously, he congratulated Biden, but after that, we got a little suspect,” Mr Lindell said during the segment that was edited out by RSBN on their YouTube channel. According to an unedited version that can still be accessed on the channel’s account on Rumble, Mr Lendell claimed that Israel has made it so that without a vaccine, a person cannot go shopping or get a job. “Right now with the vaccine over there, they are making the whole country take it so you can’t go in shopping malls, you wouldn’t be able to get a job, and if this happens, it is the start for the world, the worst thing that could happen to this world,” he said. “I’m telling you with the vaccine… if you get a vaccine, which is only 95 per cent effective, they say, then they want you to do another one in six months, six months,” he continued. “Well, I’m telling you when you get that, what do you care what someone else does, if that person wants to come to a mall and they don’t want to get a vaccine. This is our bodies, this is ‘mark of the beast’ stuff.” The phrase “mark of the beast” appears to reference a quasi-religious conspiracy theory that holds Covid vaccines to be the work of the devil and that by getting it, a person is unwittingly pledging allegiance to Satan. After he finished talking, Willis said: “We do have to be super careful. I hate to do it. You know I love you but due to YouTube’s guidelines, we will get our whole platform shut down, if you talk about vaccines.” “Well, this is all in Israel,” said Mr Lindell. “I know. We love you, we love you,” said Willis before moving on to the next topic. MyPillow’s CEO has been a vocal supporter of election fraud conspiracy theories floated by former president Donald Trump. Mr Lindell has also repeatedly claimed that the voting machines by the company Dominion Voting Systems allowed widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential elections and influenced the votes in favour of president Joe Biden. Dominion Voting Systems has since filed a defamation suit against Mr Lindell, a month after he urged the company to “please sue me”. https://news.yahoo.com/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-mic-094227102.html GO RV, then BV
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Republican senator who voted to convict Trump was not sent to DC to 'do the right thing', his party complains Gustaf Kilander Tue, February 16, 2021, 12:16 PM Senator Pat Toomey walks through the Senate subway after the end of Mr Trump’s second impeachment trial on February 13, 2021. (Getty Images) A Republican senator who voted to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial was not sent to Washington to “do the right thing”, the GOP chair of one county in his state has said. Pennsylvania senator Pat Toomey was one of seven Republicans who voted with all 50 Democrats on Saturday to convict the former president of incitement following the lethal insurrection at the US Capitol on 6January, when a mob of Trump supporters tried to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Those Republican senators are now facing blowback from their parties back home. Speaking to KDTV, Washington County Republican Party chair Dave Ball said: “We did not send him there to vote his conscience. We did not send him there to do the right thing, whatever he said he was doing. We sent him there to represent us, and we feel very strongly that he did not represent us.” Mr Toomey was censured by the Washington County GOP, and Mr Ball said that he didn't think Mr Toomey "was straightforward with us", on his thinking surrounding his looming impeachment vote. Westmoreland County Republican Party chair Bill Bretz told KDTV that they too are looking to censure Mr Toomey. Mr Bretz said: “We strongly disapprove of his action both to hear the case and the subsequent vote to convict," adding "This is a matter of magnitude beyond a simple up or down vote on some trade policy or something". Allegheny County Republican Party chair Sam DeMarco was worried that censuring retiring senators like Mr Toomey was focusing too much on the past. He said: “Every minute that we spend sitting there and fighting among each other and going back and trying to censure somebody who has already announced they’re retiring and are leaving is a moment where we’re not focused on the future." He added: “We’re a big tent party. I believe there is room under this tent for people who don’t always agree." As county parties censure the senator, the state party chairman Lawrence Tabas has signalled that a meeting will be called to "address and consider actions related to the impeachment vote,” meaning that there's a movement in the party to censure the Senator on a statewide basis. The York county GOP passed a resolution on Saturday before Mr Toomey voted to convict, saying that the county's Republican Committee "condemns, in the strongest terms, the actions of United States Senator Patrick Joseph Toomey, Jr for his failure to defend the Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees". The resolution was passed because Mr Toomey voted to proceed with the trial, something the county GOP considered unconstitutional. York County GOP chair Jeff Piccola told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the vote was "overwhelming," and added: "There was no debate. They were cheering when they were voting and when the resolution was being read. It bubbled up from beneath, it wasn’t my idea." Mr Toomey has been part of the GOP's rightward journey and has supported almost all of Mr Trump's policies and nominees but failed what is becoming the most important litmus test within huge swathes of the Republican Party: unwavering support for Donald Trump. A poll released on Tuesday shows Mr Trump routing all possible competitors in a hypothetical 2024 GOP primary, with 54 per cent supporting him. His past right-hand man, former Vice President Mike Pence, came in second with 12 per cent. Mr Toomey said on Saturday that Mr Trump's “betrayal of the Constitution and his oath of office required conviction. Had he accepted the outcome of the election, acknowledged defeat, and cooperated with a peaceful transfer, then he’d be celebrated for a lot of the accomplishments that he deserves credit for. Instead, he’ll be remembered throughout history as the president who resorted to nonlegal steps to try to hold on to power". The vote to convict Mr Trump was 57 to 43, a majority but short of the 67 senators needed for conviction. https://news.yahoo.com/republican-senator-voted-convict-trump-171609072.html GO RV, then BV
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Lindsey Graham claims GOP will try to impeach Kamala Harris Alex Woodward Sun, February 14, 2021, 3:02 PM (AP) Lindsey Graham suggested Republicans will impeach Vice President Kamala Harris if the GOP takes control of the House of Representatives in 2022, after the South Carolina senator falsely claimed that she had paid bail for Black Lives Matter protesters who later “broke somebody’s head open”. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Mr Graham called Donald Trump’s impeachment trial “an affront to rule of law”, that had “opened Pandora’s Box to future presidents”. He said: “And if you use this model, I don’t know how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached if the Republicans take over the House.” The senator appeared to suggest that Republicans intended to retaliate against their perceived political enemies for impeaching Mr Trump. On 1 June, VP Harris posted a link on Twitter to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which provides bail support for people who cannot afford to pay. People who cannot afford to pay a full amount of bail typically must wait in jail until their trial or borrow money through a bail bondsman for their release. Judges set the conditions for bail. Ms Harris – who had not yet been announced as Joe Biden’s running mate – posted a link to the organisation’s fundraising page as police arrested demonstrators protesting the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “If you’re able to, chip in now to the [Minnesota Freedom Fund] to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,” she said. There is no evidence that the vice president bailed anyone out. All but three of the 170 people arrested during the protests between 26 May and 2 June were released from jail within a week, according to accounting by the American Bail Coalition and Hennepin County jail records reviewed by The Washington Post. Of the 167 people who were released, only ten individuals had to put up a monetary bond, and 92 per cent of the people who were arrested did not have to pay any amount of bail at all. Some 29 per cent of arrestees did not face any charges. In July, the organisation paid bail for Lionel Timms, who was later charged with third-degree assault on 14 August after a person suffered a traumatic brain injury and a fractured skull. The arrests were not related to the protests. In a statement, the group’s interim executive director Greg Lewin said: “We do not make determinations of bail support based on the crimes that individuals are alleged to have committed. We are, however, taking steps to strengthen our internal procedures for ensuring that those we bail out receive support, especially if they are in need of housing or medical treatment. Those processes involve renewing our commitment to listen to the communities directly impacted by our efforts, and ensuring those we bail out have the necessary support to safely return to their families and their community.” Mr Graham’s comments follow Mr Trump’s acquittal on Saturday at his Senate impeachment trial. Lawmakers fell short of a two-thirds majority vote to secure a conviction despite a majority bipartisan vote that found him guilty for inciting the Capitol insurrection on 6 January. The South Carolina senator said that Mr Trump’s months-long effort to undermine the 2020 election results with false claims of fraud was “politically protected speech” and that the former president bears no responsibility for the assault that sought to intimidate and attack lawmakers who convened to certify the votes. https://news.yahoo.com/lindsey-graham-claims-gop-try-200252947.html GO RV, then BV
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Trump supporting priest ousted after performing exorcisms to try to rid Biden from White House James Crump Updated Thu, January 28, 2021, 9:18 AM Reverend John Zuhlsdorf speaking during the Authenticum Lecture Series ((Authenticum Lectures - YouTube)) A priest who live-streamed himself performing exorcisms of alleged election fraud in 3 November’s presidential election, has left his post at a Roman Catholic diocese in Wisconsin. The Diocese of Madison announced earlier this month that the parish and reverend John Zuhlsdorf had reached a mutual decision on the conservative priest leaving his post. In a statement accompanying the announcement, Madison Catholic Diocese bishop Donald Hying said that Rev Zuhlsdorf had left his post to “to pursue other opportunities.” “The Bishop of Madison is grateful to the Reverend Zuhlsdorf for his faithful support of the diocese’s seminarians and priests, thanks him for his many years of steadfast ministry serving the diocese, and wishes him the best in his future endeavours,” the diocese added. The announcement came just a few days after Rev Zuhlsdorf live-streamed on YouTube multiple exorcisms of alleged election fraud. The videos have since been deleted from the video-sharing platform. The Lincoln Journal Star reported on Tuesday that Mr Zuhlsdorf believed in the false claims peddled by former President Donald Trump and his allies that there was widespread fraud in 3 November’s national election in favour of the Democrats. In one of the live-streams, Rev Zuhlsdorf said: “I think it’s amply clear, there’s enough evidence to demonstrate that there was fraud in some places, and people had to commit that fraud, it didn’t happen by itself.” He added: “As exorcists will confirm, the demons are very good with electronic equipment,” seemingly referencing false claims from Mr Trump’s allies that voting machines were rigged in favour of President Joe Biden on 3 November. Despite the repeated claims from Mr Trump and several prominent Republican figures, there is no evidence of widespread fraud in last year’s election. Rev Zuhlsdorf, who is a popular traditionalist priest, claimed that he got permission from bishop Hying to perform the exorcisms. However, Mr Hying distanced himself from the priest on Tuesday, telling the National Catholic Reporter that he did not give the reverend permission to conduct exorcisms related to “partisan political activity”. He instead claimed that he gave Rev Zuhlsdorf permission to perform an exorcism “for the intention of alleviation from the scourge of the coronavirus pandemic”. An exorcism is defined by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as “a specific form of prayer that the Church uses against the power of the devil.” In a statement, Madison Catholic Diocese spokesman Brent King said that Rev Zuhlsdorf was not an employee of the parish, and was best described as a “freelancer”. Rev Zuhlsdorf wrote on his blog about his departure from the diocese, but did not mention the exorcisms or his reasons for leaving the post. https://news.yahoo.com/trump-supporting-priest-ousted-performing-141047152.html GO RV, then BV
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Trump discussing forming new political outfit called the Patriot Party, report says Mayank Aggarwal Wed, January 20, 2021, 4:43 AM File image: Donald Trump received over 74 million votes in the 2020 presidential elections (AP) In a clear indication that Donald Trump is not going to quietly settle down into the life of a private citizen after his White House stint, a new report on Wednesday said he is discussing forming a new political outfit called the Patriot Party. Following the riots in Washington on 6 January when Trump supporters breached the Capitol after being egged on by the president himself, he has faced severe criticism with many Republicans deserting him and the Congress impeaching him for the second time. Since then, Mr Trump has discussed the possibility of such a party with several aides and other people close to him. He wants to name it the “Patriot Party,” reported the Wall Street Journal. In his farewell speech too, Mr Trump said his movement is "just beginning.” A new party by Mr Trump could help him continue exercising influence once he leaves the office of the president. In a farewell video message released by the White House on Tuesday, Mr Trump told his steadfast supporters, “the movement we started is only just beginning. There’s never been anything like it.” “I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart and optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come,” Mr Trump said. While Mr Trump has been criticised for the riots and pursuing an election fraud campaign without offering any evidence, he still has the support of several Republicans, who remained loyal to him during his second impeachment process too. The former president had a fallout with several allies such as vice president Mike Pence, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, among others. Mr McConnell recently blamed Mr Trump for the Capitol riots stating that the mob was “fed lies”. But Mr Trump continues to remain popular among Republicans and has a solid base of supporters – something that was visible in the increase in the votes that he got in the 2020 presidential elections. However, the details for the new party are sketchy and would require a lot of efforts as there will certainly be resistance from the Republican party itself, the report said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-discussing-forming-political-outfit-080323888.html I imagine a new third party would really shake up our two party system. GO RV, then BV
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Close this content Trump is back in contact with Steve Bannon and ‘asking him how to overturn election’ Trump is seeking out allies for a way ahead after an unprecdented second impeachment (Getty Images) Donald Trump is reportedly back in touch with his former chief strategist Steve Bannon who he has been speaking to several times over the phone in the recent weeks, seeking advice on how to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential elections. Mr Bannon is considered one of the main architects of Mr Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and had joined him as an adviser in the White House after the elections. Mr Bannon quit the position in August 2017 after he fell from the good books of the president due to a controversy related to his book. The president had infamously said in a tweet that Mr Bannon has been “dumped like a dog by almost everyone.” Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that the president has spoken to him to ask about ways of overturning his election defeat, though it is not clear how many times the two have spoken. Citing people familiar with the matter, the news report said that the president is seeking allies who will tell him what he wants to hear about the election which he claims was stolen from him. Mr Trump is increasingly finding himself isolated after an unprecedented second impeachment triggered by violence unleashed by this supporters, egged on by the president himself, at the Capitol building. In 2018, Mr Trump’s lawyers had threatened legal action against Mr Bannon after accusing him of violating a non-disclosure clause by speaking about his experience during the Trump election campaign to author Michael Wolff. Though Mr Bannon has not been in a position of favour with Mr Trump’s administration since his departure in 2017, he has reportedly been trying to build bridges with him. During Mr Trump’s first impeachment, Mr Bannon had started a podcast where he and other supporters of the president publicly defended him. He used the podcast for defending Mr Trump on several issues, including the Trump administration’s response to Covid-19, something that has been criticised by many. In August 2020, Mr Bannon was arrested in a case of fraud related to raising money for a campaign to build the US-Mexico border wall. Authorities had alleged that Mr Bannon and others used the money collected for their personal purpose, a charge he has denied. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-back-contact-steve-bannon-065618406.html GO RV, then BV
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Secret Service changing personnel amid concerns some may be Trump supporters - report Stuti Mishra Thu, December 31, 2020, 4:50 AM EST File image: The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the president (Getty Images) The Secret Service is planning to make changes to the presidential security detail before president-elect Joe Biden comes to power, amid rising concerns that some current personnel may be Donald Trump loyalists. It is not unusual for the agency responsible for the president’s personal safety to make staff changes during the transition period. However, according to a report by the Washington Post, there are particular fears this time around that some agents may be unusually politically “aligned” to the incumbent. This has become particularly pronounced as the Biden transition team has complained of hurdles put up by outgoing officials across the administration. During the pandemic, several media reports have highlighted incidents where a number of Mr Trump’s security team failed to wear masks at his public events. A number tested positive for the virus in November, after the president was himself infected. The Secret Service office also attracted scrutiny after it took the unprecedented decision to allow Anthony Ornato, who previously headed up the current administration's detail, to serve as a political adviser in the White House. The Post reported that Mr Ornato will be leaving the White House along with Mr Trump, and is slated to return to the Secret Service to become the assistant director overseeing the agency’s Rowley Training Center, quoting anonymous sources familiar with the changes. Those named as likely to return to the service include Darryl Volpicelli, who is expected to become second-in-command of Mr Biden’s detail, and Brian McDonough who will become a senior detail supervisor. A former Secret Service executive told the Post it was “smart to give the incoming president the comfort of the familiar”. “You want him to be with people he knows and trusts, and who also know how he operates,” they added. There has been no official confirmation from the White House or the agency itself about any changes. In a statement, Secret Service spokesperson Catherine Milhoan said it “remains steadfastly dedicated to a standard of excellence in those operations, wholly apolitically and unaffiliated with the political parties of protectees". “As a matter of practice and due to operational security, the agency does not comment on protective operations inclusive of internal decisions on agency assignments,” she added. https://www.yahoo.com/news/secret-changing-personnel-amid-concerns-095010600.html GO RV, then BV
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Roger Stone claims North Korea boated in votes for Biden ‘through a harbour in Maine’ Namita Singh Fri, December 4, 2020, 12:38 AM EST Roger Stone, former adviser and confidante to US President Donald Trump, leaves the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia after being sentenced February 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images) More In a new set of unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud, Roger Stone, a longtime friend and a former adviser to President Donald Trump on Thursday said that North Korea interfered in the US presidential elections. Appearing on far-right radio programme The Alex Jones Show, Mr Stones claimed that there was “incontrovertible evidence” that the votes were brought into the US through Maine. He didn’t present any himself. "I just learned of absolute incontrovertible evidence of North Korean boats delivering ballots through a harbour in Maine, the state of Maine," he said. "If this checks out if law enforcement looked into that and it turned out to be true, it would be proof of foreign involvement in the election," said Mr Stone who was granted clemency by President Trump in July this year, after being found guilty of lying to Congress and intimidating witnesses during an investigation into election interference. The longtime Republican operative was convicted in November last year on seven counts for lying to lawmakers about communicating with WikiLeaks, tampered with witnesses and obstructed a House intelligence committee investigation into the president's 2016 campaign. The office of Maine’s Secretary of State hit out at Mr Stone for using his position as a prominent Trump associate to further such unfounded claims. "Discussing a rumour such as this only legitimises it," said Maine Secretary of State spokesperson Kristen Schulze Muszynski, in a statement to Newsweek. “We have no evidence of any interference in our election, and we have completed our certification of the official results. We take voter fraud and interference allegations seriously and look into any substantiated claims. At this point, this vague rumour has absolutely no validity.” While Mr Stone’s allegations are among the more outlandish made about the US election, they are not made in isolation. The president and his legal team have repeatedly claimed the election was rigged and there was widespread fraud, though they have not presented any evidence of this in court and their lawsuits to stall the certification of the 3 November election have largely been rejected. Federal officials from Mr Trump’s own administration have backed the legitimacy of the vote, which saw president-elect Joe Biden take around 51.3 per cent vote of the popular vote to Mr Trump’s just under 47 per cent. While some litigation on behalf of the Trump campaign team is still yet to be decided, time is running out. States have until 8 December to certify their results before the Electoral College convenes on 14 December to formally declare the next president. https://www.yahoo.com/news/roger-stone-claims-north-korea-053809333.html GO RV, then BV
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Trump shares posts asking ‘why bother voting for Republicans?’ ahead of key vote that could decide Senate Gino Spocchia Tue, December 1, 2020, 8:35 AM EST US president Donald Trump (AP) With almost a month until Georgia voters decide whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress’s upper chamber, Donald Trump shared a tweet that asked “why bother voting for Republicans?” The US president shared the post on Monday as he continued to attack Republicans’ commitment to the electoral process and an election he will not concede, despite two crucial Senate elections next month. “Why bother voting for Republicans if what you get is [Doug] Ducey and [Brian] Kemp?”, said the tweet, which was written by conservative commentator Carmine Sabia, and shared by the president, a Republican. His remarks come as voters are set to decide between two Republicans or two Democratic challengers to take Georgia’s seats in the US Senate, and possible control over the upper chamber in Congress, in 35 days time. Mr Trump, who plans to campaign in the battleground state this weekend, has appeared to have turned against Republicans as his election defeat continued to become near-impossible to undo. And despite the two crucial senate races, Mr Trump delivered attacks on Georgia’s governor, Mr Kemp, as well as Arizona’s governor, Mr Ducey, who was alleged to have “put a Democrat in office" as the state confirmed election results, and Mr Trump’s defeat to Mr Biden, on Monday. On Sunday, the president told Fox News he was “ashamed” to have backed Mr Kemp’s 2018 campaign to become governor of Georgia, and that the Republican had “done absolutely nothing” to question the state’s election results, despite repeated — and baseless — allegations about election fraud by Mr Trump. Republican donors and strategists told the Associated Press , however, they were concerned that Mr Trump’s attacks on Republicans would persuade people not to vote in the Senate races, and that “Trump’s comments are damaging the Republican brand”, as Republican donor Dan Eberhart, described. Still, the president told supporters they should back senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler against two strong Democratic opponents, who have pushed Georgia’s Senate elections to the wire, with no candidate securing a 50 per cent majority on 3 November. Republicans need only one seat to reclaim control over the Senate, while Democrats need both Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to take the Senate to a tie, which would then be decided by president-elect Kamala Harris. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shares-posts-asking-why-133503258.html GO RV, then BV
